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unusual facts about Fabrique Nationale



Bofors Carl Gustaf

The AK5 is a modified version of the Fabrique Nationale 5.56 mm carbine (FN FNC) produced with a folding stock and an option to mount the SUSAT sight from the British SA80.

Browning BDA

The Browning Hi-Power BDA (Browning Double Action) is a 9mm semi-automatic pistol developed in the early 1980s at the Belgian Fabrique Nationale arms factory in Herstal.

Browning Hi-Power

It is based on a design by American firearms inventor John Browning, and completed by Dieudonné Saive at Fabrique Nationale (FN) of Herstal, Belgium.


see also

Beretta M9

In 1984, the trials started again with updated entries from Smith & Wesson, Beretta, SIG Sauer, Heckler & Koch, Walther, Steyr, and Fabrique Nationale.

FN

FN Herstal or Fabrique Nationale de Herstal, a Belgian arms factory

M303

FN 303, a semi-automatic non-lethal launcher manufactured by Fabrique Nationale de Herstal