 These weapons were intended for the "Bundesgrenzschutz" (border guard) and not the nascent "Bundeswehr" (army), which at the time used M1 Garands and M1/M2 carbines.In November 1956, however, West Germany ordered 100,000 additional FALs, designated the G1, for the army.FN made the rifles between April 1957 and May 1958.