FN SAFN sniper
SAFN 49 AL Luxembourg sniper
Safn 49 Rifle of the army of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Unfortunately, like many, the AL has been erased. He’s got a sniper butt.
The
scope is marked AL (Luxembourg Army).
The
leather case is at the number of the sighting scope.
FN SAFN
Designed by Dieudonné Saive and manufactured by FN Herstal, it was adopted in 1949.
Constructed of wood and high quality machined steel, it operates by gas,
semi-auto firing.
SAFN was
still in use by the Belgian Air Force in 1986 and by the ZM/FN Navy until
1992-93.
He was
replaced by the FAL.
The
weapon is very precise and appreciated by the Americans confined in Germany who
were trying to exchange it for their Garand (anecdote from a military friend).
This is
the so-called "marine" parked version, less frequent than the land version.
Wood of rifle SAFN sniper
“Modified” bayonet SAFN
FN SAFN
Marked “ABL 1951”
Calibre 30-06
The rifle semi-automatic Model 1949 is a rifle designed by Dieudonné Saive and manufactured by Fabrique Nationale. It was used by the militaries of Argentina, Belgium, Belgian Congo, Brazil, Colombia, Egypt, Indonesia, Luxembourg, and Venezuela.
It was manufactured in many calibres: 7x57mm Mauser (Venezuela), 7.92x57mm Mauser (Egypt), 30-06 Springfield (Belgium and Luxembourg), 7.62x63mm (Belgium, Belgian Congo, Luxembourg, Indonesia, Colombia and Brazil), 7.65x53mm (Argentinean), prototypes 6.5x55mm (Sweden), 7.5x54mm (Syria), 7.62x51mm (Brazil).
FN SAFN
The weapon of the Public force in Congo - Year 1952
Calibre 30.06 ammunition of Springfield 1903 adopted by Douglas Mac Arthur, at the time Head of State major before being the winner of the pacific.
Become then, in 1936, the ammunition of the USM1 Garand.
