Editing FAMAS (section)

=== Service ===
The FAMAS first saw service in [[Chad]] during [[Operation Manta]] and again in desert operations during Operation [[Desert Storm]] and in other various missions.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Meet Heckler & Koch's HK416: The Rifle You Need To Know About|url=https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/meet-heckler-kochs-hk416-rifle-you-need-know-about-48057|website=National Interest|date=19 March 2019}}</ref> Officially, operational conditions proved the weapon to be reliable and trustworthy under combat conditions. The FAMAS is affectionately known by French-speaking troops as ''le Clairon'' ("the [[Bugle]]") because of its shape.<ref name="FAMAS">{{Cite web|last=Eger|first=Chris|title=FAMAS BULLPUP ASSAULT RIFLES: LE 'BUGLE' (VIDEO)|url=https://www.guns.com/news/2014/03/26/famas-bullpup-assault-rifles-le-bugle-video|website=Guns.com}}</ref>

[[Senegal]] and the [[United Arab Emirates]] received a small number of FAMAS F1 rifles from France,{{citation needed|date=October 2017}} though it was unknown when they received them. [[Djibouti]] uses this weapon in its military and the gendarmerie<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.force-publique.net/sources/Annuaire/Djibouti-gb.html |title=Djibouti-gb |access-date=11 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190111121716/https://www.force-publique.net/sources/Annuaire/Djibouti-gb.html |archive-date=11 January 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> as the standard infantry weapon. The [[Philippines]] also received a limited number and is used by the [[Philippine National Police]] [[Special Action Force]].<ref name="Article">{{cite web|url=http://www.riflesnguns.com/node/649 |title=Famas F-1 |access-date=10 December 2008 |publisher=Rifles n Guns |date=2 January 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070222055838/http://www.riflesnguns.com/node/649 |archive-date=22 February 2007}}</ref>