Rifles by FN Herstal: A proud and long-standing dynasty

摘要

FN Herstal, a Belgian company, founded 125 years ago, is better known for its machine guns (FN MAG, FN MINIMI, and .50 Cal. M2 and M3). However, FN Herstal was created to manufacture 150,000 Mauser rifles for the Belgian army in 1889. Since then, FN has continued to design, manufacture and provide top class military rifles. Until WWII FN Herstal sold huge numbers of Mauser rifles worldwide. Military and hunting versions were produced until the 1970's. FN Herstal worked closely with John Moses Browning, and also manufactured his Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) which was one of the first successful light support weapons.