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Gavrillo Princip's FN M1910, used to assassinate Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria in Sarajevo Pistol of Hannie Schaft, FN M1922. An FN M1910, serial number 19074, chambered in .380 ACP [8] was the handgun used by Gavrilo Princip to assassinate Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914, the act that precipitated the First World War. [9]
Model 1924 / Model 1930: Carbine and rifle based on the Mauser 98 carbine. Karabiner 98k: 7.92×57mm Mauser bolt-action rifle produced post-World War II. Model 1950: .30-06 Springfield bolt-action rifle; updated version of the Model 1930. Model 30-11: 7.62×51mm NATO bolt-action sniper rifle developed from FN-built Mauser Karabiner 98k rifles.
The Fabrique Nationale d'Armes de Guerre (French for 'National Factory of Weapons of War') was established in 1889 to manufacture 150,000 Mauser Model 89 rifles ordered by the Belgian government. [3] FN was co-founded by the major arms makers of the Liège region, with Henri Pieper of Anciens Etablissements Pieper being the driving force and ...
I provided a reference to a book I own. I'll quote here: "Fifty years earlier, two 9mm bullets from a browning pistol, serial number 19074, were enough to open up the vast subterranean crevasses concealed under the highly polished veneer of European Civilization." He has a source.
This page lists more than 100 small arms designs which have been produced in numbers exceeding one million since the late 18th century. Many more types have been made in the hundreds of thousands. Many of the firearms on this list are military weapons which were used during both World Wars , so it is unsurprising that they were manufactured in ...
The pistol was designed as a copy of the Browning Model 1910 and chambered for the 7.65mm Browning, [6] as small caliber American and European pistols were popular among Japanese officers. [1] Around five prototypes for the Hamada pistol were tested by the Chief of the Ordnance Bureau before approval for adoption was made in 1941. [7]
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Hamer's rifle was a customized .35 Remington Model 8 with a special-order 15-round magazine from Petmeckey's Sporting Goods store in Austin, Texas. He was shipped serial number 10045, and this was just one of at least two Model 8s used in the ambush of Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker. [4]