{"id":69863,"date":"2022-03-15T02:00:47","date_gmt":"2022-03-15T06:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=69863"},"modified":"2022-03-14T09:50:21","modified_gmt":"2022-03-14T13:50:21","slug":"fn-fnc-the-belgian-5-56mm-nato-carbine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2022\/03\/15\/fn-fnc-the-belgian-5-56mm-nato-carbine\/","title":{"rendered":"FN FNC: The Belgian 5.56mm NATO Carbine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Zxw9FLHISXk\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Forgotten Weapons<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 12 Nov 2021<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqa092NGZRUS1kVk5nWjM3bUN3bkp2VzRGTWIxZ3xBQ3Jtc0tsaXh0bnhKbHBnNVNieXdrbGR2VEU4cUluWENxVjNoNThaek9keGJPeExqWUtJc3FyM3VqVUpJN1dJcU9HVlU2SUQ1VjVMVVdHT1pMQ3dNcjNtanRYeHhWTWtYNDc5eG51cXdMME9MSEdkREloaHlmOA&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.floatplane.com%2Fchannel%2FForgottenWeapons%2Fhome\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.floatplane.com\/channel\/Fo&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cool Forgotten Weapons merch! <a href=\"http:\/\/shop.forgottenweapons.com\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/shop.forgottenweapons.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The FNC (<em>Fabrique Nationale Carabine<\/em>) was FN&#8217;s followup to the unsuccessful CAL rifle. Chambered for the newly-adopted 5.56mm NATO cartridge, the FNC uses a long stroke gas piston system very reminiscent of the AK, combined with a stamped upper and milled aluminum lower. After about 5 years of development, the FNC was put on the market in 1980, and was quickly purchased by Indonesia, along with a license for domestic production as the Pindad SS-1. It would also be adopted by Sweden as the AK-5 (minus the 3-round burst functionality) and Belgium. About 6,000 semiautomatic sporting models were imported into the US. A number of those, including this one, were legally registered as transferrable machine guns before 1986.<\/p>\n<p>Contact:<br \/>\nForgotten Weapons<br \/>\n6281 N. 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