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Fabrique Nationale de Herstal, more often abbreviated as Fabrique Nationale or simply FN, is 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....
 manufacturer of firearm
Firearm

A firearm is a tool that projects either single or multiple projectiles at high velocity through a controlled explosion. The firing is achieved by the gases produced through rapid, confined combustion of a propellant....
s. The official company name is FN Herstal. FN is a subsidiary of the Herstal Group. Herstal also owns the U.S. Repeating Arms Company
U.S. Repeating Arms Company

The U.S. Repeating Arms Company. Inc. is the current avatar of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company, famous for making Winchester rifles.USRAC's predecessor company obtained the Winchester name in 1866 when Oliver Winchester bought control of New Haven Arms Company and changed the name to the Winchester Repeating Arms Company....
 (Winchester
Winchester Repeating Arms Company

The Winchester Repeating Arms Company was a prominent United States maker of semi-automatic firearm during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century....
) and Browning Arms Company
Browning Arms Company

Browning Arms Company was founded in Utah in 1927. It offers a wide variety of firearms, including shotguns, rifles, pistols, and rimfire firearms....
 (an American gun company founded by John Moses 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....
's family). Together these divisions form the Herstal Group.

riginated in the small city of Herstal
Herstal

Herstal is a municipality of Belgium. It lies in the country's Walloon Region and Liege along the Meuse river. Herstal is included in the "Greater Li?ge " agglomeration, which counts about 600,000 inhabitants....
, near Liège
Liège (city)

Li?ge is a major Walloon Region city and Municipalities in Belgium in Belgium located in the Provinces of Belgium of Li?ge , of which it is the administrative capital....
.






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Fabrique Nationale de Herstal, more often abbreviated as Fabrique Nationale or simply FN, is 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....
 manufacturer of firearm
Firearm

A firearm is a tool that projects either single or multiple projectiles at high velocity through a controlled explosion. The firing is achieved by the gases produced through rapid, confined combustion of a propellant....
s. The official company name is FN Herstal. FN is a subsidiary of the Herstal Group. Herstal also owns the U.S. Repeating Arms Company
U.S. Repeating Arms Company

The U.S. Repeating Arms Company. Inc. is the current avatar of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company, famous for making Winchester rifles.USRAC's predecessor company obtained the Winchester name in 1866 when Oliver Winchester bought control of New Haven Arms Company and changed the name to the Winchester Repeating Arms Company....
 (Winchester
Winchester Repeating Arms Company

The Winchester Repeating Arms Company was a prominent United States maker of semi-automatic firearm during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century....
) and Browning Arms Company
Browning Arms Company

Browning Arms Company was founded in Utah in 1927. It offers a wide variety of firearms, including shotguns, rifles, pistols, and rimfire firearms....
 (an American gun company founded by John Moses 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....
's family). Together these divisions form the Herstal Group.

History

FN originated in the small city of Herstal
Herstal

Herstal is a municipality of Belgium. It lies in the country's Walloon Region and Liege along the Meuse river. Herstal is included in the "Greater Li?ge " agglomeration, which counts about 600,000 inhabitants....
, near Liège
Liège (city)

Li?ge is a major Walloon Region city and Municipalities in Belgium in Belgium located in the Provinces of Belgium of Li?ge , of which it is the administrative capital....
. The Fabrique Nationale d'Armes de Guerre (French
French language

French is a Romance language spoken around the world by around 80 million people as first language, by 190 million as second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired tongue, with significant speakers in 54 countries....
 for National Factory of Weapons of War) was established in 1889 to manufacture 150,000 Mauser Model 89
Mauser

Mauser is a German arms manufacturer, maker of a line of bolt-action rifles and pistols from the 1870s to present. Their designs were built for the German armed forces but have been exported and licensed to a number of countries since the later Nineteenth and early Twentieth Centuries, as well as being a popular civilian firearm....
 rifle
Rifle

A rifle is a firearm designed to be fired from the shoulder, with a barrel that has a helical groove or pattern of grooves cut into the barrel walls....
s ordered by the Belgian Government.

In 1898 the company entered into a long lasting relationship with John Moses 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....
, a well-known firearms designer.

FN became an important manufacturer of motor vehicles in Belgium, cars were produced in Herstal in the early 20th century, production of FN motorcycles
FN (motorcycle)

FN was a Belgium company established in 1899 to make arms and ammunition, and from 1901 to 1967 was also a motorcycle manufacturer. FN manufactured the world's first four cylinder motorcycle, was famous for the use of shaft drive in all models from 1903 to 1923, achieved success in sprint and long distance motorcycle racing, and after 1945,...
 continued until 1965, trucks until 1970.

One of Fabrique Nationale's weapons, a Model 1910
FN Model 1910

The FN Model 1910 was a Blowback -operated, Semi-automatic self-loading pistol designed by John Browning and manufactured by Fabrique Nationale de Herstal of Belgium....
 semi-automatic pistol in 7.65 x 17 mm (.32 ACP
.32 ACP

The .32 ACP pistol Cartridge is a Rim , straight-walled cartridge developed by firearms designer John Browning, for use in the FN M1900 semi-automatic pistol....
) (serial number 19074) was used to assassinate
Assassination

Assassination is the targeted killing of a public figure. Assassinations may be prompted by ideology, politics, or military reasons. Additionally, assassins may be motivated by contract killing, revenge, or celebrity or may be mental disorder....
 Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria

Franz Ferdinand was an Archduke of Austria-Este, Prince Imperial of Austria and Royal Prince of Hungary and Bohemia, and from 1889 until his death, heir presumptive to the Austria-Hungary throne....
, the event that triggered World War I
World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
.

The British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 .303
.303 British

.303 British, or 7.7mmx56R, is a .311 inch calibre rifle and machine gun Cartridge first developed in United Kingdom in the 1880s as a blackpowder round, later adapted to use cordite and then smokeless powder propellant....
 Browning aircraft
Aircraft

An aircraft is a vehicle which is able to flight by being supported by the air, or in general, the atmosphere, of a planet. Examples include balloons, airplanes and helicopters....
 machine gun introduced in the late 1930s and used in World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
 was actually a license-built FN Browning design, not a "Colt-Browning" as often referred-to.

John Moses 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....
 began development of the Browning GP35 'High 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....
 (sometimes written as Hi-Power) pistol, the GP standing for Grande Puissance or "high power" in French. However, the weapon was finalized by Dieudonné Saive
Dieudonne Saive

Dieudonn? Joseph Saive was a Belgium small arms designer who designed the FN Model 1949 and the FN FAL. He became the head firearms developer of Fabrique Nationale de Herstal after the death of John Browning....
 and did not appear until nearly a decade after Browning's death.

FN Manufacturing LLC in Columbia, South Carolina
Columbia, South Carolina

Columbia is the state capital and largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The population was 116,278 according to the United States Census, 2000 ....
 is part of the military division of FN. It is primarily responsible for the development of U.S. government contracted military and law-enforcement weapons, including M16 rifle
M16 rifle

M16 is the Military of the United States designation for a family of rifles derived from the ArmaLite AR-15 and further developed by Colt's Manufacturing Company starting in the mid-20th century....
s, M249 SAW
M249 Squad Automatic Weapon

The M249 squad automatic weapon , formally Squad Automatic Weapon, 5.56 mm, M249, is an American version of the Belgium Fabrique Nationale de Herstal FN Minimi....
 light machine guns, M240 medium machine guns, FNP series pistols and M2 machine gun
M2 Machine Gun

The M2 Machine Gun, or Browning .50 Caliber Machine Gun is a heavy machine gun designed towards the end of World War I by John Browning. FNH was the original manufacture of M2....
s.

Weapons made by FN


Sidearms


  • FN M1900
    FN M1900

    The Fabrique Nationale de Herstal Browning Arms Company M1900 is a trigger , Semi-automatic self-loading pistol designed ca. 1896 by John Browning and produced in Belgium at the turn of the century....
    :.32 ACP
    .32 ACP

    The .32 ACP pistol Cartridge is a Rim , straight-walled cartridge developed by firearms designer John Browning, for use in the FN M1900 semi-automatic pistol....
    (7.65 x 17 mm) blowback semi-automatic pistol
  • FN M1903: blowback semi-automatic pistol chambered for .32 ACP
    .32 ACP

    The .32 ACP pistol Cartridge is a Rim , straight-walled cartridge developed by firearms designer John Browning, for use in the FN M1900 semi-automatic pistol....
    (7.65 x 17 mm) and 9 x 20 mm Long Browning
  • FN M1905
    Colt Model 1908 Vest Pocket

    The Model 1908 Vest Pocket is a compact, Hammer less, Firing pin-fired, semi-automatic pistol Single-action#Single_action_ pistol. Manufacturing by the Colt's Manufacturing Company from 1908 to 1948, it was Marketing as a small Concealed carry in the United States firearm which could be easily tucked into a Gentleman vest pocket for unobtrusi...
    : .25 ACP
    .25 ACP

    The .25 ACP centerfire pistol Cartridge is a Rim , straight-walled pistol cartridge designed by John Browning in 1906....
     vest pocket blowback semi-automatic pistol
  • FN M1910
    FN Model 1910

    The FN Model 1910 was a Blowback -operated, Semi-automatic self-loading pistol designed by John Browning and manufactured by Fabrique Nationale de Herstal of Belgium....
    :single action pistol chambered for .32 ACP
    .32 ACP

    The .32 ACP pistol Cartridge is a Rim , straight-walled cartridge developed by firearms designer John Browning, for use in the FN M1900 semi-automatic pistol....
    (7.65 x 17 mm) and .380 ACP
    .380 ACP

    The .380 ACP pistol Cartridge is a Rim , straight-walled pistol cartridge developed by firearms designer John Browning. It was introduced in 1908 by Colt, and has been a popular self-defense cartridge ever since....
    (9 x 17 mm)
  • FN 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....
    :single action pistol chambered for 9 x 19 mm Luger and .40 S&W
    .40 S&W

    The .40 S&W is a Rim pistol Cartridge developed jointly by U.S. Repeating Arms Company and Smith & Wesson, two famous American firearms manufacturers....
  • FN HP-DA:9 x 19 mm Luger pistol, double action variant of the Browning Hi-Power
  • FN Forty-Nine
    FN Forty-Nine

    The FN Forty-Nine is a recoil operated, locked breech semi-automatic pistol developed by the Belgium company Fabrique Nationale de Herstal. The Forty-Nine uses an improved linkless locking principle intended for police use....
    :pistol chambered for 9 x 19mm Luger and .40 S&W
    .40 S&W

    The .40 S&W is a Rim pistol Cartridge developed jointly by U.S. Repeating Arms Company and Smith & Wesson, two famous American firearms manufacturers....
  • FN Five-seveN:lightweight high-capacity 5.7x28mm
    5.7x28mm

    The 5.7x28mm cartridge is a small caliber cartridge developed by Fabrique Nationale de Herstal.With a high muzzle velocity and low recoil, the cartridge was designed to be effective against modern body armor when used in pistols, submachine guns or carbines....
     pistol
  • FN FNP-357:.357 SIG
    .357 SIG

    The .357 SIG pistol Cartridge is the product of Switzerland firearms manufacturer Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft, in cooperation with the United States ammunition manufacturer Federal Cartridge....
     pistol
  • FN FNP-40:.40 S&W
    .40 S&W

    The .40 S&W is a Rim pistol Cartridge developed jointly by U.S. Repeating Arms Company and Smith & Wesson, two famous American firearms manufacturers....
     pistol
  • FN FNP-45:.45 ACP
    .45 ACP

    The .45 ACP , also known as the .45 Auto by C.I.P., is a rim pistol Cartridge designed by John Browning in 1904, for use in his prototype Colt Firearms semi-automatic .45 pistol and eventually the M1911 Colt pistol pistol adopted by the United States Army in 1911....
     pistol
  • FN FNP-9:9 x 19 mm Luger pistol
  • FN FNP-9m:compact 9 x 19mm Luger pistol
  • FN Barracuda
    FN Barracuda

    Double action multi-caliber revolver that can be switched between three calibers by changing parts of the cylinder. Originally police forces in Europe thought that revolvers were safer in the eighties than Semi-Automatics ....
    :double action multi-caliber revolver
    Revolver

    A revolver is a repeating firearm that has a Cylinder containing multiple Chamber and at least one Gun barrel for firing. As the user cocks the hammer , the cylinder revolves to align the next chamber and round with the hammer and barrel, which gives this type of firearm its name....
     that can be switched between three calibers (9 x 19 mm Luger, .38 Special
    .38 Special

    The .38 Smith & Wesson Special is a rim , Centerfire ammunition Cartridge designed by Smith & Wesson. It is most commonly used in revolvers, although some Semi-automatic self-loading pistols and carbines also use this round....
     and .357 Magnum
    .357 Magnum

    The .357 S&W Magnum, or simply .357 Magnum, is a revolver Cartridge created by Elmer Keith, Phillip B. Sharpe, Colonel D. B. Wesson of firearms manufacturer Smith & Wesson, and Winchester....
    ) by changing parts of the cylinder


Submachine guns


  • P90
    FN P90

    The P90 is a Belgium designed submachine gun. The weapon?s name is an abbreviation of Project 90, which specifies a weapon system of the 1990s....
    : Submachine gun
    Submachine gun

    A submachine gun is a firearm that combines the automatic firearm of a machine gun with the cartridge of a pistol, and is usually between the two in weight and size....
     developed to NATO
    NATO

    The North Atlantic Treaty Organization , also called the Atlantic Alliance, is a military alliance established by the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty on 4 April 1949....
    's PDW
    Personal defense weapon

    A personal defense weapon is a compact semi-automatic or fully-automatic firearm similar in most respects to a submachine gun, but firing an armor-piercing round which gives a PDW better range, accuracy and damage capability than a submachine gun firing pistol-caliber cartridges....
     specification that uses proprietary 5.7x28mm
    5.7x28mm

    The 5.7x28mm cartridge is a small caliber cartridge developed by Fabrique Nationale de Herstal.With a high muzzle velocity and low recoil, the cartridge was designed to be effective against modern body armor when used in pistols, submachine guns or carbines....
     rounds.
  • PS90
    FN P90

    The P90 is a Belgium designed submachine gun. The weapon?s name is an abbreviation of Project 90, which specifies a weapon system of the 1990s....
    : Civilian semi-automatic carbine version of the P90.


Rifles


Semi-automatic and select-fire rifles

  • 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....
    : Semi-automatic rifle
    Semi-automatic rifle

    A semi-automatic rifle is a type of rifle that fires a single bullet each time the trigger is pulled. They may be operated by a number of mechanisms, all of which derive their power from the explosion of the powder in the cartridge that also fires the bullet....
     chambered in .30-06 Springfield
    .30-06 Springfield

    The .30-06 Springfield cartridge or 7.62 x 63 mm in metric notation, was introduced to the United States Army in 1906 and standardized, used until the 1960s and early 1970s....
    , 7.92x57mm Mauser
    7.92x57mm Mauser

    The 7.92x57mm Cartridge was designed by the Germany Gewehr-Pr?fungskommission for the Model 1888 Commission Rifle and later used in Mauser bolt-action rifles....
    , 7.62x51mm NATO
    7.62x51mm NATO

    The 7.62x51mm NATO is a rifle Cartridge developed in the 1940s and 50s as a standard for small arms among NATO countries. Specifications for the 7.62x51mm NATO cartridge are not identical to the commercial .308 Winchester though they are safely interchangeable....
    , and 7x57mm Mauser.
  • 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....
    : Fusil Automatique Léger, 7.62x51mm NATO
    7.62x51mm NATO

    The 7.62x51mm NATO is a rifle Cartridge developed in the 1940s and 50s as a standard for small arms among NATO countries. Specifications for the 7.62x51mm NATO cartridge are not identical to the commercial .308 Winchester though they are safely interchangeable....
     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....
    .
  • CAL
    FN CAL

    The CAL was the Belgium arms manufacturer Fabrique Nationale's first 5.56 mm rifle....
    : Carabine Automatique Légère, 5.56x45mm NATO assault rifle
    Assault rifle

    An assault rifle is a rifle designed for combat, with selective fire . Assault rifles are the standard small arms in most modern Army, having largely superseded or supplemented battle rifles such as the World War II-era M1 Garand rifle and SVT-40....
    .
  • FNC
    FN FNC

    The FNC is a 5.56x45mm NATO assault rifle developed by the Belgium arms manufacturer Fabrique Nationale de Herstal of Herstal and introduced in 1979....
    :Fabrique Nationale Carabine, 5.56x45mm NATO caliber assault rifle.
  • F2000
    FN F2000

    The F2000 is an individual 5.56 mm weapon system, developed at the turn of the 21st century by the Belgium armament manufacturer Fabrique Nationale de Herstal in Herstal....
    : 5.56x45mm NATO bullpup
    Bullpup

    Bullpup is a firearm configuration in which the firearm action and magazine are located behind the trigger. This increases the barrel length relative to the overall weapon length, permitting shorter weapons for the same barrel length, saving weight and increasing maneuverability....
     assault rifle, part of a system with a computerized sight and 40 mm
    40 mm grenade

    The 40 mm grenade is a military grenade caliber for grenade launchers in service with many armed forces. There are two main types in service: the 40x46mm, which is a low-velocity round used in hand-held grenade launchers; and the more powerful 40x53mm, used in heavier, mounted and crew-served weapons....
     grenade launcher
    Grenade launcher

    A grenade launcher is a weapon that launches a grenade with more accuracy, higher velocity and to greater distances than a soldier could throw it by hand....
     or 12 gauge shotgun
    Shotgun

    A shotgun is a firearm that is usually designed to be fired from the shoulder, which uses the energy of a fixed shell to fire a number of small spherical pellets called lead shot, or a solid projectile called a shotgun slug....
    .
    • FS2000: Civilian semi-automatic version of the F2000.
  • SCAR
    FN SCAR

    The SOF Combat Assault Rifle, or SCAR, is a modular rifle made by Fabrique Nationale de Herstal for the US SOCOM to satisfy the requirements of the SCAR competition....
    : SOF Combat Assault Rifle, modular assault/battle rifle system with dedicated versions in 5.56x45mm NATO and 7.62x51mm NATO
    7.62x51mm NATO

    The 7.62x51mm NATO is a rifle Cartridge developed in the 1940s and 50s as a standard for small arms among NATO countries. Specifications for the 7.62x51mm NATO cartridge are not identical to the commercial .308 Winchester though they are safely interchangeable....
    .
  • FNAR
    FN FNAR

    The FNAR tactical / sniper rifle was first introduced to shooting public in 2008. It is a product of the US-based subsidiary of famous Belgian company FN Herstal, the FN Manufacturing Co....
    : 7.62x51mm NATO
    7.62x51mm NATO

    The 7.62x51mm NATO is a rifle Cartridge developed in the 1940s and 50s as a standard for small arms among NATO countries. Specifications for the 7.62x51mm NATO cartridge are not identical to the commercial .308 Winchester though they are safely interchangeable....


Bolt-action rifles
  • FN 24/30: 7.92x57mm Mauser
    7.92x57mm Mauser

    The 7.92x57mm Cartridge was designed by the Germany Gewehr-Pr?fungskommission for the Model 1888 Commission Rifle and later used in Mauser bolt-action rifles....
     bolt-action
    Bolt-action

    The term bolt action refers to a type of firearm action in which the weapon's Bolt is operated manually by the opening and closing of the Breech-loading weapon with a small handle, most commonly placed on the right-hand side of the weapon....
     rifle developed on the Mauser
    Mauser

    Mauser is a German arms manufacturer, maker of a line of bolt-action rifles and pistols from the 1870s to present. Their designs were built for the German armed forces but have been exported and licensed to a number of countries since the later Nineteenth and early Twentieth Centuries, as well as being a popular civilian firearm....
     M98 principles.
  • FN 30-11: 7.62x51mm NATO
    7.62x51mm NATO

    The 7.62x51mm NATO is a rifle Cartridge developed in the 1940s and 50s as a standard for small arms among NATO countries. Specifications for the 7.62x51mm NATO cartridge are not identical to the commercial .308 Winchester though they are safely interchangeable....
     bolt-action sniper rifle
    Sniper rifle

    In military and law enforcement terminology, a sniper rifle is a rifle used to ensure accurate placement of bullets at longer ranges than small arms....
     developed from FN-built Mauser Kar 98K rifles.
  • PBR
    FN Patrol Bolt Rifle

    The FNH Patrol Bolt Rifle is a reliable bolt action tactical rifle produced by Fabrique Nationale de Herstal. It is chambered in the standard 7.62x51 NATO cartridge....
    : 7.62x51mm NATO
    7.62x51mm NATO

    The 7.62x51mm NATO is a rifle Cartridge developed in the 1940s and 50s as a standard for small arms among NATO countries. Specifications for the 7.62x51mm NATO cartridge are not identical to the commercial .308 Winchester though they are safely interchangeable....
     bolt-action rifle intended for police patrol cruisers.
  • SPR
    FN Special Police Rifle

    The FN Special Police Rifle is an bolt-action sniper rifle marketed by FNH USA, a subsidiary of the Belgium company Fabrique Nationale de Herstal....
    : Bolt-action sniper rifle chambered in 7.62x51mm NATO
    7.62x51mm NATO

    The 7.62x51mm NATO is a rifle Cartridge developed in the 1940s and 50s as a standard for small arms among NATO countries. Specifications for the 7.62x51mm NATO cartridge are not identical to the commercial .308 Winchester though they are safely interchangeable....
     and .300 Winchester Magnum
    .300 Winchester Magnum

    .300 Winchester Magnum is a popular magnum rifle Cartridge that was introduced by Winchester Repeating Arms Company in 1963 as a member of the family of Winchester Magnum cartridges....
    , used by FBI and SWAT
    SWAT

    SWAT are elite tactical units in American police departments. Similar organizations in other areas are South Australian Special Tasks and Rescue, London's Specialist Firearms Command and Thunder Squad....
     teams.


Machine guns


  • Model 1930 BAR (also known as the FN BAR): License-built version of the M1918 BAR, rechambered for the 7.92x57mm Mauser
    7.92x57mm Mauser

    The 7.92x57mm Cartridge was designed by the Germany Gewehr-Pr?fungskommission for the Model 1888 Commission Rifle and later used in Mauser bolt-action rifles....
     cartridge.
  • MAG
    FN MAG

    The MAG is a Belgium 7.62 mm caliber general purpose machine gun, designed in the early 1950s at Fabrique Nationale de Herstal by Ernest Vervier....
    : Mitrailleuse d'Appui General , 7.62x51mm NATO
    7.62x51mm NATO

    The 7.62x51mm NATO is a rifle Cartridge developed in the 1940s and 50s as a standard for small arms among NATO countries. Specifications for the 7.62x51mm NATO cartridge are not identical to the commercial .308 Winchester though they are safely interchangeable....
     general purpose machine gun
    General purpose machine gun

    A general purpose machine gun in concept is a multi-purpose weapon, a machine gun intended to fill the role of either a light machine gun or medium machine gun, while at the same time being man-portable....
    .
  • BRG-15
    FN BRG-15

    FN BRG-15 was a heavy machine gun designed by Fabrique Nationale de Herstal as a potential replacement for the M2 Browning machine gun .50 BMG machine gun....
    : Experimental heavy machine gun
    Heavy machine gun

    The heavy machine gun is a larger class of machine gun generally recognized to refer to two separate stages of machine gun development. The term was originally used to refer to the early generation of machine guns which came into widespread use in World War I....
     chambered in 15.5x115mm.
  • Minimi
    FN Minimi

    The Minimi is a Belgium 5.56x45mm NATO light machine gun developed by Fabrique Nationale de Herstal in Herstal by Ernest Vervier. First introduced in 1974, it has entered service with the armed forces of several countries, among them: Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Greece, Italy, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Thailand, Sweden, the...
    : Mini Mitrailleuse, 5.56x45mm NATO light machine gun
    Light machine gun

    A light machine gun or LMG is a machine gun that is generally lighter than other machine guns of the same period, and is usually designed to be carried by an individual soldier, with or without an assistant....
     in use with many nations worldwide and known in the U.S.
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
     as the M249 SAW
    M249 Squad Automatic Weapon

    The M249 squad automatic weapon , formally Squad Automatic Weapon, 5.56 mm, M249, is an American version of the Belgium Fabrique Nationale de Herstal FN Minimi....
    .


Other weapons


  • FN 303
    FN 303

    The FN 303 is a Semi-automatic firearm Less lethal weapons launcher designed and manufactured by Fabrique Nationale de Herstal. The FN303's projectiles have been specifically designed to break up on impact, eliminating risks of penetrating injuries....
    : Less-lethal 17 mm multi-shot projectile launcher.
  • FN Self-Loading Police Shotgun: 12-gauge self-loading shotgun
    Shotgun

    A shotgun is a firearm that is usually designed to be fired from the shoulder, which uses the energy of a fixed shell to fire a number of small spherical pellets called lead shot, or a solid projectile called a shotgun slug....
     with 7 or 9-round capacity.
  • FN Tactical Police Shotgun: 12-gauge pump-action
    Pump-action

    A pump-action rifle or shotgun is one in which the handgrip can be pumped back and forth in order to eject and chamber a round of ammunition. It is much faster than a bolt-action rifle and somewhat faster than a lever-action, as it does not require the trigger hand to be removed from the trigger whilst reloading....
     shotgun with 5 or 8-round capacity.
  • FN EGLM 2000: 40mm Grenade Launcher designed for the FN SCAR.


See also

  • Arms industry
    Arms industry

    The arms industry is a global industry and business which manufactures and sells weapons and military technology and equipment. Arms producing companies, also referred to as Defence contractor or military industry, produce arms mainly for the armed forces of states....
  • List of modern armament manufacturers
    List of modern armament manufacturers

    The following list of modern armament manufacturers presents major companies producing modern weapons and munitions. The companies are listed by their full name followed by the short form, or common acronym, if any, in parentheses....


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