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FN Mauser Rifles
Arming Belgium and the World
Title: FN Mauser Rifles - Arming Belgium and the World
Author: Anthony Vanderlinden
Pages: 428
Cover: Color laminated hardbound cover
Size: 8.75" x 11.25" (22 x28 cm.)
Photographs: More than 1250 Color and B&W.
Printed and bound in the USA!
Price: $68.95
ISBN: 978-0-9981397-0-8
Production run: Limited to 2000 copies
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FN Mauser Rifles, Arming Belgium and the World
FN Mauser Rifles, Arming Belgium and the World, by Anthony Vanderlinden, is the only book devoted to the history, models, variations, contracts, and accessories of the Mauser rifles and carbines built by Fabrique Nationale and Belgian arsenals.
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The research for this book took more than seven years and includes the cooperation of FN, the Ars Mechanica Foundation, museums, and collectors. Attention was spent on addressing common misconceptions and detailing factory production processes and historical happenings.
This book covers the classic line of FN military Mauser rifles and carbines including contracts for the Model 1889, the Spanish Mauser (1893), Model 1922, Model 1924, Model 1930, and variants. Belgian arsenal models like the Belgian Model 1935 and 89/36 are covered in detail. Training rifles such as the Model 1905 and postwar Model 1930 variants are also discussed among other single-shot sporting rifles. The line of FN Deluxe and Supreme sporting rifles, especially variants imported into the United States, are also included. Much attention was spent on documenting and illustrating FN and Belgian bayonets and explaining common misconceptions.
Chapters further cover the history of Fabrique Nationale, the Belgian arsenals, wartime production, and the surprising role of the Belgian riflemen with their Model 1889 Mauser rifles in the Great War.
The book is illustrated with more than 1,250 color and black & white photographs; many of the period photographs have never been previously published.
Please scroll down (below photographs) to see a listing of the book content.
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FN Mauser Rifles, Arming Belgium and the World
CONTENT
The History of Fabrique Nationale
Liège: A Cottage Arms Industry
Kings and Opportunities: The Industrial Revolution
A Heritage of Craftsmanship
Trials and Adoption of the Belgian Mauser Model 1889
The Surviving Trials Rifles
Paul Mauser Patents
The Inventors behind the Prototypes
7.65x53mm Rimmed or Rimless
1888-1889: A New Corporation for a New Rifle
Construction of the FN Factory and Early Production
1896-1914: Prosperity without Mauser Exports
The Great War
The Belgian Campaign in 1914
Liège: City of Fortresses
Defending the Gete River
The Battle of Haelen
The Road to Antwerp
The Forts of Namur
Antwerp: The Fortified City
The Westward Retreat
The Battle of the Yser
Flooding the Polders
A Stabilized Front and Trench Warfare
Belgian Soldiers and their Model 1889 Rifles in Russia
The Belgian Congo: Early Years through World War I
First Belgian Mausers in the Congo
The Force Publique and the War in Africa
The History of Fabrique Nationale
The 1914 Red Cross Hospital
From Hospital to Kraftwagen Werkstatt
1919-1929: Recovery from the Great War
From developing the Model 1924 to building Kragujevac
1929-1940: From Black Friday to World War II
World War II
Liberation and V-1 Buzz Bombs
1944-1950: Leaping into Production
1950-1960: Recovery through the Golden Sixties
1970-1980: Diversification in the Space Age
Modern Times
FN’s Sales Network
World’s Fairs: FN Exhibits Worldwide
FN Agents
Factory Presentation Gifts
La Casa de la America Latina
Fonson & Co.
The Customer is King: Dictating Features & Accessories
Historical Overview of Belgian Arsenals
Manufacture d’Armes de l’Etat in the 19th Century
The MAE and the Model 1889 Mauser
The Great War: Evacuation and Reestablishment
Early Mauser Repairs
The Belgains Need Rifles: The Quest for Manufacturers
Belgian Refugees head for England
Belgian Society on the British Isle
Belgian Arsenals in Birmingham and Birtley
1918-1919: The End of War & Reestablishing the MAE
1920-1926: Small Overhauls
1927-1940: Massive Overhauls and Preparations for War
1940-1944: The German Occupation
1944-1958: Post Liberation and Postwar era
Proofs and Markings
FN Manufacturing Markings
The Liège Proof-House and Proof Markings
Belgian Military Inspectors & Foreign Inspection Service
Belgian Military Acceptance Markings
Belgian Military Regimental Markings
World War II Occupation Markings
Sorting through Mass Confusion
Correct FN Model Designations
Identifying the Model 1922, 1924, and 1930
Identifying the Prewar Belgian Military Bayonets
The Belgian Mauser Model 1889
FN Manufacture for the Belgian Army
The Model 1889 Rifle for the Civil Guard
The Model 1889 Rifle in the Belgian Congo
Les Tireurs d’Elite - The Sharp Shooters
Arsenal Manufacture: MAE
Birmingham Production: The Greener Debacle
Birmingham Production: Etat belge Arsenal
Sharpshooters during the Great War
The Hopkins and Allen Company
German Conversions of Captured Model 1889 Mausers
Arsenal Rework: The Addition of the Stacking Hook
Accessories: Cleaning Rod, Handle, and Chamber Guide
Accessories: Cleaning Tools & Pouch
Accessories: Muzzle Cap
Accessories: Slings
Accessories: Prewar Modèle 89 Bayonets
Accessories: Wartime Modèle 89 and 16 Bayonets
Accessories: The Trench Dagger for Patrouilleurs
Accessories: Ammunition Pouches
Accessories: Leather Action Cover
Accessories: Trench Apparatuses
Accessories: FN and Belgian Military Bicycles
The Model 1889 in Photographs
The Model 1889 Carbines
Carabine Modèle 1889
Carabine Modèle 1889 Allegée for Cavalry and Lancers
Carabine Modèle 1889 Allegée for Mounted Gendarmerie
Carabine Modèle 1889 for Cyclists of the Garde Civique
The Wartime Modèle 89/16
Le Mauser espagnol (Model 1893)
The Brazilian Modelo 1894
Evaluation Rifles for Peru
The Spanish Ammunition Deal sells Rifles
The Mystery of the FN Rifles in Afghanistan
Uruguay, the Last Contract
Rimfire Military Trainer & Sporting Rifles
Carabine Scolaire
Model 1912 Sporting Rifles
Post World War I and Model 1926 Rifles
FN’s Prewar Sporting Mauser Rifle
FN Model 1922 Mauser
The Brazilian Carbine Contract
FN Model 1924 Mauser
The Belgian Military Evaluation
Marketing the Model 1924 Worldwide
New Features - Finishes
Accessories and Spare Parts
Design & Perceived Shortcomings of the Model 1924, 1930
Calibers for the Model 1924
Removing the Hand-huard of the Model 1924 and 1930
Contract for the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
The Mexican contract and Development of the Carbine
The Persian Contract and CZ Competition
China: The Last FN Model 1924 Contracts
The Prewar FN Model 1930 Mauser
Accessories and Spare Parts
The Undocumented Contracts
China: The Model 1924 and Model 1930 Contracts
Armand Gavage
The Allusive Contract for Paraguay
Arming Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
The Peruvian Modelo 1935
The Estonian Coastal Artillery Contract
The Lithuanian Contracts
The Greek Contracts
Venezuela: Pre- and Postwar Contracts
The Venezuelan Target Contracts
The 1940 Colombian Contract
The Belgian Military Modèle 1935 & 89/36
The Belgian Modèle 1935 made by MAE
The Belgian Modèle 1935 Sniper Rifle
The FN manufactured Modèle 1935 & Fusil de Cycliste
Captured Modèle 1935 rifles and German use in World War II
Accessories
The Belgian Military Modèle 89/36 (Modèle 1936 or 36)
Anciens Etablissements Pieper Modèle 89/36 Rifles
The Modèle 89/36 in the Belgian Congo
Wartime K98k Parts Production
The Postwar FN Model 1930 Mauser
Prewar or Postwar Features
The Dutch Law Enforcement Carbine Contracts
Amsterdam Municipal Police
Municipal Police Corps
Dutch Colonial Contracts
Usage and Conversions to 7.62x51mm
The Congo Needs Arms
The Belgian Military Modèle 1924 is a Model 1930!
Gray Arsenal Paint
The Energa Grenade and MECAR Launchers
Haiti
Colombia
Unmarked Postwar Model 1930 Carbines
Unmarked Carbines in 7.92x57mm caliber
Colombian Police Carbines in .30-06
Indonesian or Moroccan Police Carbines (7.62x51)
Carbines for Saudi Arabia
The FN K98 Mauser for Israel
The 7.62mm Overhauls: 1955-1960
The Israeli K98k Sniper Rifle
Postwar .22 Caliber Training Rifles
The Belgian Congo Contract
The Belgian Government follows suit
The Israeli Variant
FN Employee Rifles
Special Purpose Model 1930 Rifles
Pressure Test Rifles
Accuracy Test Rifles
The FN Sniper Rifle Model 30-11
The Model 30-11 and the Belgian Group Diane
The Belgian Models 1975, 1978, and 1981
The FN Deluxe & Supreme Mauser Rifles
Addendum A: The 7.65x53mm Caliber Differences
Addendum B: The Mauser Letters
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