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 ...

BRUSSELS -- Three military policemen from U.S. Army Garrison Benelux in Brussels were invited by the Belgian Army's Light Weapons Training Cell to participate in a trial fielding of the Belgian Army's ...

Given that Norway and Belgium are both NATO members, it isn’t surprising that the former’s military would look to its European ally when it came time to acquire new small arms. The Norwegian Ministry ...

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, ...

Commandos serving with US Special Operations Command will soon be taking delivery of two of FN America’s latest and greatest variants of its longstanding M249 Squad Automatic Weapon. The SAW, a ...

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) ...

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, ...