Editing FAMAS (section)

==Users==
[[File:A Cameroon soldier provides security during a patrol as part of a culmination exercise of infantry squad tactics March 18, 2014, during Central Accord 14 in Koutaba, Cameroon 140318-A-IS772-025.jpg|thumb|A Cameroonian soldier patrols with his FAMAS F1]]
[[File:Famas (1).jpg|thumb|FAMAS F1 used by Serbian Police Special Forces]]
[[File:FAMAS Users.png|thumb|A map with FAMAS users in blue]]

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* {{flag|Brazil}}: Special forces<ref>{{Cite web |title=ELITES OF THE EXÉRCITO BRASILEIRO – Small Arms Review |date=11 March 2011 |url=https://smallarmsreview.com/elites-of-the-exercito-brasileiro/ |access-date=2022-10-19 |language=en-US}}</ref> 
*{{CMR}}<ref>{{cite news|title=Des militaires camerounais arrêtés au Tchad|url=https://www.bbc.com/afrique/region-39857709|language=fr|work=[[BBC News]]|date=9 May 2017|access-date=12 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180912105234/https://www.bbc.com/afrique/region-39857709|archive-date=12 September 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{CAF}}<ref>{{cite book|title=The Central African Republic and Small Arms: A Regional Tinderbox|first1=Eric G.|last1=Berman|first2=Louisa N.|last2=Lombard|date=December 2008|publisher=[[Small Arms Survey]]|isbn=978-2-8288-0103-8|url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/D-Book-series/book-07-CAR/SAS-Central-African-Republic-and-Small-Arms.pdf|pages=82, 94|access-date=4 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170107035838/http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/D-Book-series/book-07-CAR/SAS-Central-African-Republic-and-Small-Arms.pdf|archive-date=7 January 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* {{flag|Chad}}: Presidential Guard<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.france24.com/fr/20080318-lopposant-tchadien-saleh-toujours-porte-disparu-tchad-reportage|title=L'opposant tchadien Saleh toujours porté disparu|date=18 March 2008|publisher=[[France 24]]|access-date=16 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181016130017/https://www.france24.com/fr/20080318-lopposant-tchadien-saleh-toujours-porte-disparu-tchad-reportage|archive-date=16 October 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> and Army<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ecpad.fr/tchad-instruction-de-70-eleves-officiers-tchadiens-au-combat-dinfanterie/|website=ecpad.fr|publisher=[[Ministry of the Armed Forces (France)|French Ministry of Defense]]|title=Tchad : Instruction de 70 élèves-officiers tchadiens au combat d'infanterie|date=30 March 2015|access-date=16 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181016125947/http://www.ecpad.fr/tchad-instruction-de-70-eleves-officiers-tchadiens-au-combat-dinfanterie/|archive-date=16 October 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{flag|Djibouti}}<ref name="jones2009">Jones, Richard D. ''Jane's Infantry Weapons 2009/2010''. Jane's Information Group; 35 edition (27 January 2009). {{ISBN|978-0-7106-2869-5}}.</ref>
* {{flag|France}}: Used by the [[GIGN]] and [[French Armed Forces]] since 1979, with over 700,000 rifles purchased.<ref name="marchington2004">Marchington, James (2004). ''The Encyclopedia of Handheld Weapons''. Lewis International, Inc. {{ISBN|1-930983-14-X}}</ref> Began to be replaced by the [[Heckler & Koch HK416]] starting in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Mizokami|first=Kyle|title=How The FAMAS Rifle Became A Game-Changer for the French Military|url=https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/how-famas-rifle-became-game-changer-french-military-104422|website=National Interest|date=13 December 2019}}</ref> Also used by several [[Law enforcement in France|law enforcement agencies]].<ref name="marchington2004" />
* {{flag|Gabon}}<ref name="Users">{{cite magazine | language=en | first=Ian | last=Kemp | title=Assault rifles in a 5.56 mm evolution: the fielding of new designs and the upgrade of existing weapons will ensure that 5.56 mm remains the predominant assault rifle calibre | url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Assault+rifles+in+a+5.56+mm+evolution%3A+the+fielding+of+new+designs...-a0162920783 | magazine=Armada International | date=April–May 2007 | access-date=12 September 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180912165617/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Assault+rifles+in+a+5.56+mm+evolution%3A+the+fielding+of+new+designs...-a0162920783 | archive-date=12 September 2018 | url-status=live }}</ref>
* {{flag|Indonesia}}: ''[[KOPASKA|Komando Pasukan Katak]]'' (KOPASKA) tactical diver group and ''[[Kopassus|Komando Pasukan Khusus]]'' (Kopassus) special forces group.<ref name="idnvojnik">{{cite web|url=http://www.hrvatski-vojnik.hr/hrvatski-vojnik/1612007/ind.asp |title=Kopassus & Kopaska – Specijalne Postrojbe Republike Indonezije |language=hr |publisher=Hrvatski Vojnik Magazine |access-date=12 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100822145526/http://www.hrvatski-vojnik.hr/hrvatski-vojnik/1612007/ind.asp |archive-date=22 August 2010}}</ref>
*{{flagdeco|Iraq|1991}} [[Iraqi insurgency (2003–11)|Iraqi insurgents]]<ref name="SAS 2012 10">{{cite book|url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/publications/by-type/yearbook/small-arms-survey-2012.html|chapter-url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/A-Yearbook/2012/eng/Small-Arms-Survey-2012-Chapter-10-EN.pdf|chapter=Surveying the Battlefield: Illicit Arms in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Somalia|title=Small Arms Survey 2012: Moving Targets|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]|year=2012|author=Small Arms Survey|author-link=Small Arms Survey|pages=320–321|isbn=978-0-521-19714-4|access-date=30 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831002411/http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/publications/by-type/yearbook/small-arms-survey-2012.html|archive-date=31 August 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* {{flag|Ivory Coast}}:<ref>{{cite book|title=Identifier les sources d'approvisionnement: Les munitions de petit calibre en Côte d'Ivoire|url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/C-Special-reports/SAS-SR21-CotedIvoire-FR.pdf|first=Holger|last=Anders|date=June 2014|publisher=[[Small Arms Survey]] and [[United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire]]|isbn=978-2-940-548-05-7|page=15|language=fr|access-date=5 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181009093415/http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/C-Special-reports/SAS-SR21-CotedIvoire-FR.pdf|archive-date=9 October 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Alassane Ouattara]]'s [[Armed Forces of the Republic of Ivory Coast|FRCI]] are said to have received some FAMAS in 2011<ref>{{cite news|title=Comment les forces pro-Ouattara ont préparé l'offensive contre Gbagbo|url=https://www.france24.com/fr/20110406-cote-ivoire-pro-ouattara-frci-fds-fn-preparation-offensive-contre-laurent-gbagbo-abidjan|date=7 April 2011|publisher=[[France 24]]|first=Jean-Baptiste|last=Marot|access-date=7 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180907144536/https://www.france24.com/fr/20110406-cote-ivoire-pro-ouattara-frci-fds-fn-preparation-offensive-contre-laurent-gbagbo-abidjan|archive-date=7 September 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> but that claim is disputed.<ref>{{cite news|title=La France les deux pieds dans le plat ivoirien|language=fr|first=Vincent|last=Duhem|work=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate.fr]]|date=13 April 2011|url=http://www.slateafrique.com/1343/france-deux-pieds-dans-le-plat-ivoirien|access-date=23 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181124055321/http://www.slateafrique.com/1343/france-deux-pieds-dans-le-plat-ivoirien|archive-date=24 November 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{flagicon image|Flag_of_FLNKS.svg}} [[Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front]]<ref name="New Caledonia" />
* {{flag|Lebanon}}<ref name="jones2009" />
* {{flag|Papua New Guinea}}<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/pngs-mutineers-trade-guns-for-amnesty/story-e6frg6so-1226257690011 | title=PNG's mutineers trade guns for amnesty | date=31 January 2012 | work=The Australian | access-date=29 February 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207141623/http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/pngs-mutineers-trade-guns-for-amnesty/story-e6frg6so-1226257690011 | archive-date=7 February 2012 | url-status=live }}</ref>
* {{flag|Russia}}: Some captured by Russian troops.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://armourersbench.com/2024/06/09/famas-in-ukraine/ | title=FAMAS in Ukraine | date=9 June 2024 }}</ref>
* {{flag|Senegal}}<ref name="NMAA">{{cite web|first1=Jeremy |last1=Binnie|first2=Erwan|last2= de Cherisey|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170622123315/http://www.janes.com/images/assets/520/71520/New-model_African_armies.pdf|title= New-model African armies|publisher= Jane's|date= 2017|archive-date= 22 June 2017|url=http://www.janes.com/images/assets/520/71520/New-model_African_armies.pdf}}</ref>
* {{flag|Suriname}}: On September 14-15, 2023, an unknown number of FAMAS were donated to the Suriname army to help them fight against illegal fishing and [[Placer mining|gold mining]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-24 |title=L'armée française donne ses fusils FAMAS désormais inutilisés à l'armée du Suriname |url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/international/l-armee-francaise-donne-ses-fusils-famas-desormais-inutilises-a-l-armee-du-surinam-20230924 |access-date=2023-09-25 |website=Le Figaro}}</ref> The weapons were awarded in a ceremony attended by French ambassador, Nicolas de Lacoste.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://armyrecognition.com/defense_news_september_2023_global_security_army_industry/suriname_armed_forces_receive_french_famas_assault_rifles.html | title=Suriname armed forces receive French FAMAS assault rifles &#124; Defense News September 2023 Global Security army industry &#124; Defense Security global news industry army year 2023 &#124; Archive News year | date=25 September 2023 }}</ref>
* {{flag|Syria}}: A few FAMAS F1s used by the [[Syrian Arab Army]], [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant|Islamic State]] and [[Peshmerga|Kurds]]<ref name="Syria">{{cite news|title=Des Famas en Syrie, preuve que la France arme les islamistes?|language=fr|url=http://www.francesoir.fr/politique-monde/des-famas-en-syrie-preuve-que-la-france-arme-les-islamistes|date=30 August 2018|work=[[France-Soir]]|access-date=12 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180912130959/http://www.francesoir.fr/politique-monde/des-famas-en-syrie-preuve-que-la-france-arme-les-islamistes|archive-date=12 September 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{flag|Ukraine}}: 1,000 delivered by France in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.<ref name="MAF">{{cite web |last1=Ministry of Armed Forces (France) |title=Ukraine: la France dresse le bilan des équipements militaires livrés |url=https://www.defense.gouv.fr/actualites/ukraine-france-dresse-bilan-equipements-militaires-livres |website=Ministère des Armées |access-date=4 March 2024 |language=fr |date=4 March 2024 |author1-link=Ministry of Armed Forces (France) }}</ref>
* {{flag|United Arab Emirates}}<ref name="bishop1998">Bishop, Chris. ''Guns in Combat''. Chartwell Books, Inc (1998). {{ISBN|0-7858-0844-2}}.</ref>
* {{flag|Vanuatu}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://modestclub.com/wp-content/themes/thematic/lib/vanuatu%20daily%20newspaper-74754.html |title=Vanuatu Daily Newspaper |work=modestclub.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104191621/http://modestclub.com/wp-content/themes/thematic/lib/vanuatu%20daily%20newspaper-74754.html |archive-date= 4 November 2013 }}</ref>