FN Herstal recently unveiled its next generation MINIMI Light Machine Guns that feature a new feedtray, cocking handle, buttstock and bipod/handguard assembly. The U.S. Military adopted the 5.56mm ...

The FN Minimi Mk 3 is a belt-fed, fully automatic, gas-operated, air-cooled LMG. The barrel of Mk 3 is chambered for 5.56×45 mm, and it is available in two lengths – 349 mm and 465 mm. (FN Herstal) ...

In the nineteenth century, what is today the modern Czech Republic became a crucial region for arms production in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The industrial base proved to be of importance during the ...

Throughout much of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, France and Belgium retained close ties due to cultural similarities. After the First World War, the two nations signed the Franco-Belgian ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. During the cold war, every one of FN Herstal’s machine guns, the standard- issue weapon for many Nato armies, ...

Belgian firearms manufacturer FN Herstal unveiled its latest weapon, a belt-fed light machine gun (LMG) known as the Evolys, on 6 May. Kristof Verjans, a member of FN Herstal’s demonstration team, ...