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Dieudonné Joseph Saive (1889–1973) was a Belgian
Belgium

* A small German-speaking Community of Belgium exists in eastern Wallonia. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political and cultural conflicts are reflected in the history of Belgium and a complex Communities and regions of Belgium....
 small arms
Small arms

Small arms is a general term used by the armed forces to refer to infantry weapons, such as the firearms that an individual soldier can carry....
 designer who designed the FN Model 1949
FN Model 1949

The Fabrique Nationale Model 1949 is a semi-automatic rifle designed by Dieudonne Saive and manufactured by Fabrique Nationale de Herstal. It was used by the militaries of Argentina, Belgium, the Belgian Congo, Brazil, Colombia, Egypt, Indonesia, Luxembourg, and Venezuela....
 and the FN FAL
FN FAL

The Fusil Automatique L?ger or FAL is a 7.62x51 NATO Self-loading rifle, selective fire rifle produced by the Belgian armaments manufacturer Fabrique Nationale de Herstal during the Cold War, and adopted by many North Atlantic Treaty Organization countries....
. He became the head firearms developer of Fabrique Nationale
Fabrique Nationale de Herstal

Fabrique Nationale de Herstal, more often abbreviated as Fabrique Nationale or simply FN, is a Belgium manufacturer of firearms. The official company name is FN Herstal....
 after the death of John Browning
John Browning

John Moses Browning , born in Ogden, Utah, was an United States firearms designer who developed many varieties of firearms, Cartridge , and gun mechanisms, many of which are still in use around the world....
. After John Browning's death, Saive continued with several projects for modernizing and improving firearms originally designed by Browning. Saive finished Browning's original concept for the GP-35 self-loading pistol, becoming the Browning Grand Puissance, or Browning Hi-Power
Browning Hi-Power

The Browning Hi-Power is a single action, 9x19mm Parabellum semi-automatic firearm pistol. It is based on ideas conceived and patented in 1922 by American firearms inventor John Browning, and later patented by Fabrique Nationale de Herstal of Herstal, Belgium....
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Dieudonné Joseph Saive (1889–1973) was a Belgian
Belgium

* A small German-speaking Community of Belgium exists in eastern Wallonia. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political and cultural conflicts are reflected in the history of Belgium and a complex Communities and regions of Belgium....
 small arms
Small arms

Small arms is a general term used by the armed forces to refer to infantry weapons, such as the firearms that an individual soldier can carry....
 designer who designed the FN Model 1949
FN Model 1949

The Fabrique Nationale Model 1949 is a semi-automatic rifle designed by Dieudonne Saive and manufactured by Fabrique Nationale de Herstal. It was used by the militaries of Argentina, Belgium, the Belgian Congo, Brazil, Colombia, Egypt, Indonesia, Luxembourg, and Venezuela....
 and the FN FAL
FN FAL

The Fusil Automatique L?ger or FAL is a 7.62x51 NATO Self-loading rifle, selective fire rifle produced by the Belgian armaments manufacturer Fabrique Nationale de Herstal during the Cold War, and adopted by many North Atlantic Treaty Organization countries....
. He became the head firearms developer of Fabrique Nationale
Fabrique Nationale de Herstal

Fabrique Nationale de Herstal, more often abbreviated as Fabrique Nationale or simply FN, is a Belgium manufacturer of firearms. The official company name is FN Herstal....
 after the death of John Browning
John Browning

John Moses Browning , born in Ogden, Utah, was an United States firearms designer who developed many varieties of firearms, Cartridge , and gun mechanisms, many of which are still in use around the world....
. After John Browning's death, Saive continued with several projects for modernizing and improving firearms originally designed by Browning. Saive finished Browning's original concept for the GP-35 self-loading pistol, becoming the Browning Grand Puissance, or Browning Hi-Power
Browning Hi-Power

The Browning Hi-Power is a single action, 9x19mm Parabellum semi-automatic firearm pistol. It is based on ideas conceived and patented in 1922 by American firearms inventor John Browning, and later patented by Fabrique Nationale de Herstal of Herstal, Belgium....
. It was the first 9 mm handgun to utilize a staggered-column magazine. The large magazine enabled the weapon to carry a total of thirteen 9 mm cartridges without an excessively oversized or protruding handgrip. The Hi-Power was a sales success, and was extensively used in World War II by German and British Commonwealth forces. After the war, the Browning Hi-Power was adopted as the standard military service sidearm of many Western countries, including the United Kingdom and Belgium.

In 1932, Saive improved the operating mechanism of the .30 M2 Browning AN aircraft machine gun, increasing its rate of fire to 1,200 rpm. In 1938, he made additional improvements to the M2 increasing the rate of fire further, to 1,500 rpm.

Saive is most famous for his series of gas-operated self-loading rifle designs, which used a tipping bolt to lock the action. His FN-49 rifle went into production, and was later developed into the widely successful FN FAL
FAL

FAL can refer to:* Fetch archive-log, a process supporting log-shipping within Oracle Data Guard* FN FAL, a Belgian rifle* Fal-Car, an early 20th century automobile...
 selective-fire battle rifle
Battle rifle

A Battle Rifle or Main Battle Rifle is a full-size select fire rifle designed for military use that fires a high-power rifle cartridge such as the U.S....
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Further reading

  • Johnson, Wayne.The FN-49 The Last Elegant Old-World Military Rifle. Greensboro, NC: Wet Dog Publications, ?. ISBN 0970799721. The second chapter is (apparently) a biography of Dieudonne Saive.