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Fabrique Nationale de Herstal, more often abbreviated as Fabrique Nationale or simply FN, is a Belgian manufacturer of firearms. The official company name is FN Herstal. FN is a subsidiary of the Herstal Group. Herstal also owns the U.S. Repeating Arms Company (Winchester) and Browning Arms Company (an American gun company founded by John Moses Browning's family). Together these divisions form the Herstal Group.
riginated in the small city of Herstal, near Liège.

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Fabrique Nationale de Herstal, more often abbreviated as Fabrique Nationale or simply FN, is a Belgian manufacturer of firearms. The official company name is FN Herstal. FN is a subsidiary of the Herstal Group. Herstal also owns the U.S. Repeating Arms Company (Winchester) and Browning Arms Company (an American gun company founded by John Moses Browning's family). Together these divisions form the Herstal Group.
History
FN originated in the small city of Herstal, near Liège. The Fabrique Nationale d'Armes de Guerre (French for National Factory of Weapons of War) was established in 1889 to manufacture 150,000 Mauser Model 89 rifles ordered by the Belgian Government.
In 1898 the company entered into a long lasting relationship with John Moses Browning, 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 continued until 1965, trucks until 1970.
One of Fabrique Nationale's weapons, a Model 1910 semi-automatic pistol in 7.65 x 17 mm (.32 ACP) (serial number 19074) was used to assassinate Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, the event that triggered World War I.
The British .303 Browning aircraft machine gun introduced in the late 1930s and used in World War II was actually a license-built FN Browning design, not a "Colt-Browning" as often referred-to.
John Moses Browning began development of the Browning GP35 'High Power' (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 and did not appear until nearly a decade after Browning's death.
FN Manufacturing LLC in Columbia, South Carolina 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 rifles, M249 SAW light machine guns, M240 medium machine guns, FNP series pistols and M2 machine guns.
Weapons made by FN
Sidearms
- FN M1900:.32 ACP(7.65 x 17 mm) blowback semi-automatic pistol
- FN M1903: blowback semi-automatic pistol chambered for .32 ACP(7.65 x 17 mm) and 9 x 20 mm Long Browning
- FN M1905: .25 ACP vest pocket blowback semi-automatic pistol
- FN M1910:single action pistol chambered for .32 ACP(7.65 x 17 mm) and .380 ACP(9 x 17 mm)
- FN Browning Hi-Power:single action pistol chambered for 9 x 19 mm Luger and .40 S&W
- FN HP-DA:9 x 19 mm Luger pistol, double action variant of the Browning Hi-Power
- FN Forty-Nine:pistol chambered for 9 x 19mm Luger and .40 S&W
- FN Five-seveN:lightweight high-capacity 5.7x28mm pistol
- FN FNP-357:.357 SIG pistol
- FN FNP-40:.40 S&W pistol
- FN FNP-45:.45 ACP pistol
- FN FNP-9:9 x 19 mm Luger pistol
- FN FNP-9m:compact 9 x 19mm Luger pistol
- FN Barracuda:double action multi-caliber revolver that can be switched between three calibers (9 x 19 mm Luger, .38 Special and .357 Magnum) by changing parts of the cylinder
Submachine guns
Rifles
Semi-automatic and select-fire rifles
Bolt-action rifles
Machine guns
Other weapons
- FN 303: Less-lethal 17 mm multi-shot projectile launcher.
- FN Self-Loading Police Shotgun: 12-gauge self-loading shotgun with 7 or 9-round capacity.
- FN Tactical Police Shotgun: 12-gauge pump-action shotgun with 5 or 8-round capacity.
- FN EGLM 2000: 40mm Grenade Launcher designed for the FN SCAR.
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