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The FN Model 1924 series is a line of Mauser Gewehr 98 pattern bolt-action rifles produced by the Belgian Fabrique Nationale.They are similar to the Czech vz. 24 rifle, however have an intermediate length (215mm/ 8.46 in.) action, featuring open sights, 7.65×53mm, 7×57mm or 8×57mm IS chambering, Long rifle, Short Rifle and carbine-length barrels, hardwood stocks, and straight or curved bolt ...
Spain: 20,000 7.92mm Mauser caliber guns ordered [1] but only a few hundred actually delivered. Copied as the Fusil ametrallador Oviedo. [25] Turkey: 9,805 7.92mm Mauser caliber supplied in 1935–1939. [8] Produced under license [1] Uruguay: 80 in 7mm received in 1937 [8] Venezuela: 110 in 7mm Mauser caliber ZB-30J received in 1937 [8]
Venezuela: Kalashnikov AK-103 [14] 7.62×39mm: Produced under license [14] purchased in 2006 with ammunition for $52 million. Two contracts signed in 2006 for $474.6 million to produce AK-103s. [14] Standard issue assault rifle. Belgium: FN FNC: 5.56×45mm NATO: Also used by the commandos of the Bolivarian National Guard (GNB). France: FAMAS F1 ...
The vz. 24 was chambered in 7.92×57mm Mauser like its predecessors. Throughout the late 1920s and into the 1930s, Czechoslovakia exported hundreds of thousands of vz. 24 rifles to various countries across the globe, with variants chambered in the original 7.92×57mm Mauser, 7×57mm Mauser, and 7.65×53mm Argentine. These included contracts for ...
The remaining rifles of the Venezuelan contract of 8,012 rifles were sold as surplus in the United States, and are prized by US collectors, sportsmen, and hunters because of the unique features ordered by Venezuela, the general good to excellent condition of the surplus rifles, and the superb accuracy of the 7×57mm Mauser cartridge.
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After the First World War, the defeated Germany gave numbers of Mauser G.98 and Kar 98AZ to the kingdom. In the late 1920s and early 1930s, Fabrique Nationale was manufacturing the FN Model 24 and Model 30, but lack of funding prevented the Army from buying these modern short rifles. In 1935, a new rifle was designed to replace all the rifles ...
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