{"id":93142,"date":"2025-04-24T02:00:14","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T06:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=93142"},"modified":"2024-12-25T14:09:20","modified_gmt":"2024-12-25T19:09:20","slug":"modernizing-le-clairon-the-famas-valorise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2025\/04\/24\/modernizing-le-clairon-the-famas-valorise\/","title":{"rendered":"Modernizing <em>Le Clairon<\/em>: the FAMAS <em>Valoris\u00e9<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xhMfTm2-x04?si=fvt21mMS4WteqmiK\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Forgotten Weapons<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 25 Dec 2024<\/p>\n<p>The FAMAS was the best bullpup rifle of its era, but it was a difficult platform to modernize with optics. In 1995, the &#8220;FELIN&#8221; (<em>Fantassin \u00e0 \u00c9quipement et Liaisons INt\u00e9gr\u00e9s<\/em>; Integrated Infantry Equipment and Communications) was commissioned to create a next-generation weapons platform for the French soldier. This used a computerized multi-function optic mounted to a lowered rails system and a control keypad on a new front grip on the rifle. Like the American Objective Force Warrior and other similar programs, FELIN was not successful &mdash; but the base rifle did have a future. By dropping the new keypad-integrated lower assembly for the original FAMAS F1 lower but keeping the lowered upper assembly with its Picatinny rail, the FAMAS <em>Valoris\u00e9<\/em> was created, allowing much improved optics mounting.<\/p>\n<p>These new rifles still used the FAMAS 25-round magazine, but now had Beretta-made barrels with 1:9 rifling, suitable for M855 and other heavy 5.56mm loadings. The <em>Valoris\u00e9<\/em> also included a small piece of rail specifically for an IR laser and added pivot to the bipod (which remained free-floated from the barrel). A total of 18,500 rifles were converted, and in 2015 they were used to equip 17 French regiments &mdash; and they saw some combat use in Afghanistan. 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