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M16 Question

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I'm not a registered user, and not really familiar with editing articles, but there seems to be a discrepancy; on theM16 riflepage it cites FNH winning the contract for US M16 production in 1988, and some quick googling corroborated this with a NY Times story dated Oct. 3 1988, and other confirmations, including FNH's US website.— Precedingunsignedcomment added by66.222.52.194(talk)15:36, 6 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

FN35 Question

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What is the FN35? Is it an 9mm pistol maded by Fabrique Nationale de Herstal?See:Indian Army--Jcw6913:50, 1 Feb 2005 (UTC)

I think it'sprobablyreferring to an FN-builtBrowning GP35 High PowerIan Dunster21:22, 2 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Browning is owned by FN

Is it worth mentioning that the FN-HAR has been a staple assault rifle in the fictional Shadowrun Pen-and-Paper RPG since it's creation in the 80's?

FNP-40 and FNP-9

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Someone should add a page for the FN FNP-9 and FNP-40 pistol. I would do it, but I am new to this and I am still learning how to do it properly.Severelyawesome19:13, 2 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Done. I created anFN FNP seriespage and redirected the 9, 9m and 40 pages to it. I did a bunch of refining over the past couple hours, but I stubbed it anyway because it likely needs more attention. If anyone feels otherwise, feel free to remove the stub. (Also edited this page for readability)Thernlund09:39, 29 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

FN motorcycles

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i've added this as a separate page, because once racing history was added, the main page here would become too large anyway, so i avoided disrupting what careful reading showed to be an FN guns(?) page, and that was and is the companies primary activity.(and in itself a large topic.) I was not sure about categorisation, whether the category motorcycle manufacturer should be there or here, but put it there,FN (motorcycle).- FN was an innovator in the early motorcycle days.Seasalt08:39, 15 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

FN Herstal <-> USRAC/Browning <-> Herstal Group

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This articles makes it seem like FN Herstal is the parent company, with subsidairies Browning and US Repeating arms company. However, in reality, FN is a a subsidairy of Herstal, which in turn owns USRAC and Browning. So FN Herstal and USRAC/Browning are sister companies. all together they form the Herstal Group.

from the website www.fnherstal.com:
The Herstal Group includes Herstal, parent company and two main subsidiaries, FN HERSTAL, active in the Defense and Law Enforcement fields, and Browning / U.S. Repeating Arms Co., specializing in hunting /shooting marksmanship and outdoor sporting goods.

Will we rewrite the article to reflect this? --Boris Barowski11:21, 27 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Please feel free to better clarify the relationship.Arthurrh16:17, 27 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Have at it bro.—Thernlund(Talk|Contribs)18:34, 27 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I took a crack at it. Hopefully it makes sense now.Arthurrh19:24, 27 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

EDITING

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I put models in chronological order, it makes much better reading!!!!! PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE!!!!!!!—Precedingunsignedcomment added by82.23.5.243(talk)16:27, 28 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Article title

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Why isn't this article atFN Herstal?Not only is it what the company itself usually uses (second sentence: "The official company name is FN Herstal." ) but it is also more commonly used (FN Herstalgets 158,000 Ghits whileFabrique Nationaleonly gets 69,900). Is there any reason why this shouldn't be moved?69.234.96.243(talk)06:16, 18 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You are correct. FN Herstal is much more commonly used by the company itself, and by others in general.Wikipedia:Naming conventionsfor company names says"Whenever possible, common usage is preferred".The example given is thatDuPontis appropriate to be used forE. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company.On this basis, it seems necessary to move this article toFN Herstal.Fabrique Nationale d'Herstalcan continue to be noted in the summary.ROG5728(talk)06:41, 29 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move

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The following discussion is an archived discussion of arequested move.Please do not modify it.Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: movedbillinghurstsDrewth04:54, 8 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]


Fabrique Nationale de Herstal→FN Herstal— As noted here, FN Herstal is much more commonly used by the company itself, as well as others in general. In fact, I cannot find a single instance at theofficial websitewhere the company usesFabrique Nationale de Herstalin reference to itself. It always uses FN Herstal.ROG5728(talk)06:58, 29 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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FN Cars

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Kind of surprising to see no mention of cars, a very brief of motorcycles and even more brief of trucks. I think it deserves more then just one sentence. FN cars had been made under license in Russia and Germany (AGA), took over Nagant from Imperia—Precedingunsignedcomment added by159.134.94.21(talk)12:40, 29 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Correct Pronunciation

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Could someone please add something about the correct pronunciation of the company's name?Axeman(talk)20:47, 9 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

(inFrench) (IPA) [ɛf ɛn 'ɛʀstal] --Bartvs(talk)00:08, 23 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Company type: 100% government owned

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One may want and update the company type data from 'private' into 'state owned' either 'government firm' or the like. For: "Since 1997, Herstal Group has been 100% owned by the Walloon Region of Belgium." Source: FN Herstal > About Us <http://www.fnherstal.com/index.php?id=652> --Bartvs(talk)00:32, 23 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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FN 509

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ShouldFN 509,which is currently a red link, be an new article, or should it be a redir to a section in the existingFN FNSarticle? --Finlay McWalter··–·Talk13:58, 17 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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FN 150 (.22 lr)

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It seems the Model 150 is missing.

Marked with: Fabrique National - Herstal Belgique --Covenant242(talk)06:07, 3 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Split proposal

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I propose splitting the list of weapons into its own article,List of weapons developed by FN Herstal.Keeping the focus of the article on the company itself and its history would be beneficial as the article now is mostly just a list of weapons with barely any information on the company. —Ixtal(T/C)⁂Non nobis solum.14:23, 5 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

That seems a sensible approach to me.Gog the Mild(talk)14:38, 5 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Seconded. --Andreas Philopater(talk)21:07, 5 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I have now split the article. —Ixtal(T/C)⁂Non nobis solum.14:27, 8 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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