FN Minimi
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The FN Minimi is a Belgian 5.56mm or 7.62mm light machine gun, also classified as a squad automatic weapon developed by Ernest Vervier for FN Herstal. Introduced in the late 1970s, it is in service in
FN Minimi light machine gun
The Minimi in its initial configuration
The Minimi Para with a telescopic sight, spare barrel and ammunition pouches.
The short barrel Minimi Para
FN MAG
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The FN MAG is a Belgian 7.62 mm general-purpose machine gun, designed in the early 1950s at Fabrique Nationale by Ernest Vervier. It has been used by more than 80 countries and it has been made under
FN Minimi
…be instantly changed from belt feed to magazine feed without any modification. The pawl-type feeding mechanism is modelled on the system used in the MAG general-purpose machine gun, which was originally used in the World War II-era MG 42. The belt is moved in two stages during both the forward and…
An FN MAG with modern polymer furniture
FN Mle D variant of the Browning M1918 (BAR)
Wehrmacht reenactors with a belt-fed MG 42
A schematic showing the mechanism of the FN MAG.