We have another video for you today, this time on the FN FNC carbine. These were developed in the 70s and 80s, and saw some limited military and commercial success. We have a civilian US-imported one, and we’ll take a look at how it functions and disassembles.
Prototype
8mm Kurz FAL Photos
As you may be aware, one of the very first prototype FAL designs was build for the German 8x33mm cartridge. The FAL was originally intended to be an intermediate-cartridge assault rifle along the same lines […]
General Purpose MGs
FN MAG: Best of the Western GPMGs
The FN MAG (Mitrailleuse d’Appui Général – General Purpose Machine Gun) was designed by Ernest Vervier, who took over from Dieudonné Saive as FN’s lead military arms designer in 1954. The Swedish government approached FN […]
Bolt Action Rifles
Amsterdam Police Carbine: 8mm Mauser for the Carbine/SMG Squad
In the wake of World War Two, much of Europe was awash in small arms – but there were still organizations looking to purchase new arms rather than use the available surplus. The Gemeentepolitie Amsterdam […]
Thanx !
I have two .. I sure haven’t forgot this weapon!! At auctions they sell for $3000 to $4000 now, that’s hardly “forgotten”!
the fixed firing pin and the method of removing the bolt head remind me of the M249 SAW (also a FN product), the minor difference being the number of lugs of course. In the m249 it makes sense to me because it is an open bolt weapon, but i cannot see any reason to have a fixed firing pin on a closed bolt like the FNC. I wonder why they went that route.