FN FNC

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The FN FNC (Fabrique Nationale Carabine) is an assault rifle designed by Fabrique Nationale de Herstal in the mid-1970s, based upon a failed previous attempt known as the Carabine Automatique Legere. The FNC design is based upon features borrowed from other well-known assault rifles, such as the FAL, AK-47, M16, and Galil.

Contents

1 Design
2 Service
3 Variants
4 In fiction
5 See also
6 External links

Design

Like the M16 and most other modern assault rifles, the FNC fires the 5.56 mm standard NATO cartridge. It uses a detachable 30-round box magazine and can also accept STANAG-style magazines used by the M16 series. Internally, the FNC borrows heavily from the AK-47 gas system with some improvements over the original Soviet design.

The FNC has an integrated, notched, flip-up grenade-launching front sight that - when deployed - automatically shunts gas to fire rifle grenades. The design also incorporates a gas select lever for normal firing and adverse conditions firing.

The FNC is generally regarded as having a sound, reliable design, although accuracy and shooter comfort are sometimes hindered by the heavy trigger pull of around 10 lbf (45 N).

Service

The FNC is currently used by the Belgian Armed Forces and is licenced to Sweden as the Bofors Ak 5 and to Indonesia as the Pindad SS-1. The FNC was also sold to Venezuela and Nigeria.

Variants

FN FNC with butt folded

Paratrooper model with the folding stock (in picture).

In fiction

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The FNC is the gun used by Al Pacino in the movie Heat during the bank robbery scene.
Vin Diesel used an FNC with a drum magazine in XXX to fire at Marton Csokas' character while he tried to escape.
The FNC is also featured in the PC video games [[Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield]], [[Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear: Black Thorn ]] and [[Joint Operations: Escalation]].

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