As an emergency measure, the French military would use the SIG SG-540 until enough FAMAS rifles could be produced that they could equip the entire French army at once.
Despite the rifle performing favorably enough in testing to be considered for adoption, production issues would see the rifle's debut delayed until 1978. The first prototypes would be completed in 1971, and tested by military evaluators the following year. Under the direction of General Paul Tellié, development on what would eventually become the FAMAS started up in 1967. Development of a new rifle would not start up again until the late 1960's. As a result, MAS would begin producing G3 rifles in order to outfit the French military. Army's adoption of the M16 and its smaller 5.56mm cartridge. A prototype rifle chambered in 7.62x51mm NATO was developed, but the design was scrapped following the U.S.
Development was hampered by a lack of funding, as priority was being given to the modernization of existing weapons. The French military would actually begin experimenting with a bullpup rifle design in the years immediately following the end of World War 2. The French military is currently in the process of replacing the FAMAS with a variant of the HK416. The FAMAS is one of the more well-known military bullpup rifles, as is referred to as 'the Bugle' by French troops. The rifle was designed in 1971, and would enter into service with the French Army as their standard infantry rifle in 1978. The FAMAS (Fusil d'Assaut de la Manufacture d'Armes de Saint-Étienne, translated into English as "Assault Rifle from the Saint-Étienne Weapon Factory") is a bullpup configuration, lever-delayed blowback, select fire rifle designed and produced in France by MAS (now merged with GIAT Industries to form Nexter Systems).
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