Fabrique Nationale de Herstal

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Fabrique Nationale de Herstal, more often known as Fabrique Nationale and abbreviated simply as FN or FN Herstal, is a well-known firearm manufacturer that originated in the Belgian city of Herstal, near Liège. The Fabrique Nationale d'Armes de Guerre was established in 1889 to manufacture 150,000 Mauser rifles ordered by the Belgian Government.

Weapons made by FN include:

FN P90, an advanced personal defense weapon that uses 5.7 x 28 mm
FN Five-seveN, a modern lightweight semi-automatic pistol that uses 5.7 x 28 mm
FN Forty-Nine, a 9 x 19 mm semi-automatic pistol
FN Minimi, Mini-mitrailleuse, a 5.56 x 45 mm NATO machine gun in use with several nations and known in US use as the M249 SAW and Mk 46 Mod 0
Mk 48 Mod 0, a 7.62 mm variant of the M249 machine gun
FN MAG, Mitrailleuses D'Appui General , a 7.62 x 51 mm NATO machine gun, also known as the L7 and M240 machine guns
FN F2000, a modern 5.56 mm bullpup assault rifle, especially as part of system with computerized sight and 40 mm smart/dumb grenade launcher
FN FAL, Fusil Automatique Leger , a 7.62 mm SLR rifle
FN CAL, Carabine Automatique Legere, an early 5.56 mm caliber assault rifle
FN FNC, Fabrique Nationale Carabine, a 5.56 mm caliber assault rifle
FN SCAR, SOF Capable Assault Rifle, a modular assault rifle system with dedicated versions in 5.56 mm and 7.62 mm, and capable of some other rounds
FN 303, a less-lethal projectile launcher
FN Model 1949, a semi-automatic rifle for 7 x 57 mm Mauser, .30-'06, and 7.92 x 57 mm Mauser
BRG-15, a developmental heavy caliber machine gun for 15.5 x 115 mm

FN also owns the U.S. Repeating Arms Company (Winchester) and the Browning Arms Company (an American gun company founded by John Moses Browning's family).

The British .303 Browning aircraft machine gun introduced in the late 1930's and used in World War Two was actually a license-built FN Browning design, not a "Colt-Browning" as often referred-to.

FN and John Moses Browning also jointly developed the Browning GP35 'High Power' (sometimes written as Hi-Power) pistol, the 'GP' standing for Grande Puissance or 'high power' in French.

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