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i'm seeing more FAL than anything else.
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The bolt/carrier/piston is more AK than FAL (which does not use a rotating bolt...)...
The only weapon I've seen with a slight resemblance to the FAL bolt system is the M240/MAG58
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It looks like a hybrid between FAL, AR and AK.
The bolt is definately AK, and the lower has some similarities to the AK as well. The handguards also look like the Isreali AKs (galils??)
You can see the AR influence in the way that the upper and lower connect and split, but the adjustable gas tube and the "buffer" (the rod extending into the stock which connects to the bolt) are FAL all the way.
From where I'm sitting it looks like they studied 3 very successful designs and incorporated the best features of each into 1 easy to maintain, highly reliable, durable piece.
That said, I still don't feel deprived by the fact that I can't get one. It looks too bulky.