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...uve des Armes à Feu Portatives''' (Permanent International Commission for Firearms Testing - commonly abbreviated as C.I.P. or CIP) is an international organi To achieve this, the firearms are all professionally [[proof test|proofed]] at a C.I.P. accredited [[Proo

...abbreviated as '''Fabrique Nationale''' or simply '''FN''', is a [[Belgium|Belgian]] manufacturer of [[firearm]]s. The official company name is '''FN Herstal' ...0/91 and Experimental Model 92|Mauser Model 89]] [[rifle]]s ordered by the Belgian Government.

...s use [[smokeless powder]], [[cordite]], or other propellants. Most modern firearms (with the notable exception of [[smoothbore]] [[shotgun]]s) have [[rifling| ...ny regulatory agencies, such as the American [[Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives|US BATFE]], consider any firearm which dispenses more than o

...had been equipped with an unlicensed reverse-engineered copy of the famous Belgian [[FN FAL]] rifle. This copy is considered to be a distinct weapon (although ...SAS, however no conclusive decision have been made.Reports also tells that manufacturers are working hard on their export version to improve the external looks of r

...ttp://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/uniforms_firearms/firearms/98k/k98index.htm Firearms of the Wehrmacht - Mauser Karabiner 98]</ref> ...scopic sight body for unimpaired operation of the three-position [[safety (firearms)|safety catch lever]]. This ergonomic problem was solved by mounting the te

The M16A2 entered service in the 1980s and fired the NATO standard Belgian-designed M855/M856 cartridge. The M16A2 is a select fire rifle capable of s ...ms in the United States, with versions manufactured by a handful of larger manufacturers and over a dozen smaller concerns.

...ice during the 1960s, when the M1 carbine would be replaced by the 5.56 mm firearms — the M16 and its carbine variants, such as the [[Colt Commando|XM177/CAR ...to be suited to the kind of operation the two British, two French, and one Belgian Regiment carried out. It was handy enough to parachute with, and, in additi

... in order to manufacture the 150,000 Mauser Model 89 rifles ordered by the Belgian Government. ...n the same configuration. Their rifles were chambered for the [[7.65x 53mm Belgian Mauser|7.65x53mm Mauser]] cartridge, and were virtually identical to the Sp

...ent [[United States|American]] maker of [[semi-automatic firearm|repeating firearms]] during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. ...[T.C. Johnson]], was instrumental in the development of these self-loading firearms and indeed went on to assist with the design of the Winchester [[Winchester

...5.56 mm loading (M193 Ball) as used by the U.S. at that time. Instead, the Belgian [[Fabrique Nationale|FN]] SS109 loading was chosen for standardization. The ...ce of the bullet on target, especially the first-shot kill rate when using firearms that don't achieve the velocity to cause fragmentation.<ref name=woundingin

|products= [[firearms]] ... rifle|M14]], and the [[T-48]], a modified version of the famous [[Belgium|Belgian]] [[FN FAL]] rifle. The AR-10 lost the trials to the T-44, in part because

...anslation “assault rifle” gradually became the common term for similar firearms sharing the same technical definition as the name giver StG 44. In a strict ...to the close range engagement of modern warfare. Military leaders and arms manufacturers thus began grasping for a new type of weapon for this new era.

|caption= Belgian Army Browning ...oping a production version. The design was fully developed and realized by Belgian arms designer [[Dieudonne Saive]], working at FN.