Fabrique Nationale Herstal

This article treats FN as an armaments manufacturer; FN as a motorcycle manufacturer (1902–1965) see FN motorcycles , as an automobile and commercial vehicle manufacturer (1900–1965) see FN automobiles

Fabrique Nationale Herstal
legal form	Corporation
founding	1889
Seat	Herstal near Liège
management	Philippe Claessens (CEO)
Branch	Gun manufacturers also used to be automakers and motorcycle manufacturers
Website	http://www.fnherstal.com/

The FN Five-seveN self-loading pistol was developed in 2000 and is used by many police units due to the 5.7 × 28 mm caliber, which is unusually powerful for pistols, and its lightweight construction.

The submachine gun FN P90 is designed to combine the advantages of a submachine gun (handiness, costs) with a relatively high penetration power. It also uses cartridges with a caliber of 5.7 × 28 mm .

The Belgian company Fabrique Nationale Herstal (until the end of 1972 Fabrique Nationale d'Armes de Guerre ), better known under the name Fabrique Nationale (FN) , based in Herstal near Liège (Liège) was founded in 1889 and has been producing weapons since it was founded .

FN Herstal is part of the Herstal Group ; other subsidiaries are the US Browning Arms Company and the Finnish optoelectronics manufacturer Noptel . While FN Herstal focuses on guns for the police and military, Browning primarily manufactures guns for hunters and marksmen , including the Winchester brand .

From 1940 to 1944, FN manufactured weapons and ammunition for the Wehrmacht with the production label ch in occupied Belgium .

FN became known worldwide through the license production of the NATO rifle FN FAL developed in 1946 . But FN has also recently come up with a number of new developments, such as the FN Five-seveN self-loading pistol , the FN P90 submachine gun , the FN F2000 assault rifle or the FN SCAR multi-caliber rifle .

Products from FN Herstal

Handguns of the FN Herstal

• FN Browning BDM
• FN Browning HP
• FN Browning model 1900
• FN Browning model 1910
• FN HP-DA
• FN Five-seveN
• FN FNS-9
• FN Browning small bore self-loading pistol

MP and rifles of the FN Herstal

• SAFN 49
• FN FAL
• FN CAL
• FN FNC
• FN F2000
• FN SCAR
• FN 30-11
• FN P90
• Browning Auto 5
• FN-Browning self-loading rifle cal 22

Machine guns of the FN Herstal

• FN MAG
• FN BRG-15
• FN Minimi , also known as M249 SAW in a modified form .

deFNder medium

Remote controlled weapon station

• deFNder Light for light machine guns up to 7.62 × 51 mm NATO
• deFNder medium for heavy machine weapons up to 12.7 × 99 mm NATO

Airborne containers with guns from the FN Herstal

• ETNA TMP-5 MG container (with 2 × FN MAG 58P 7.62 mm machine guns with 500 rounds of ammunition each)
• HMP-400LC with an FN M3P 12.7 mm machine gun with 400 rounds of ammunition
• HMP-250 with an FN M3P 12.7 mm machine gun with 250 rounds of ammunition
• RMP LC a 12.7 mm FN machine gun with 250 rounds of ammunition and three launch tubes for one 70 mm (2.75 ") rocket each

Web links

Commons : Fabrique Nationale de Herstal  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official homepage of the FN Herstal (English)
• FN Herstal from the USA (English)
• Early newspaper articles on Fabrique Nationale Herstal in the 20th century press kit of the ZBW - Leibniz Information Center for Economics .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Information about the Herstal Group on the official homepage of the FN Herstal (English) ( Memento from July 22, 2010 in the Internet Archive )