The weapon was finalized by FN's Dieudonné Saive and did not appear until 1935, nearly a decade after Browning's death it remained in production until 2017. 380 ACP) (serial number 19074) was one of four weapons that were taken from the assassins of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, although it is unknown which of the four weapons fired the fatal round.īrowning began development of the GP35 'High Power' pistol, the GP standing for Grande Puissance (French for high power), which is well-known as the Browning Hi-Power. One of Fabrique Nationale's handguns, a Model 1910 semi-automatic pistol in 9×17mm (. In 1973, FN changed its name to reflect a product line diversified far beyond just 'weapons of war', adopting the current name of Fabrique Nationale d'Herstal. Production of FN motorcycles continued until 1965, and production of trucks until 1970. Cars were produced in Herstal in the early 1900s until 1935. FN was an important manufacturer of motor vehicles in Belgium, a development championed by Alexandre Galopin as managing director. In 1897, the company entered into a long-lasting relationship with John Moses Browning, a well-known American firearms designer. FN was co-founded by the major arms makers of the Liège region, with Henri Pieper of Anciens Etablissements Pieper being the driving force and the primary shareholder of the new company. The Fabrique Nationale d'Armes de Guerre (French for National Factory of Weapons of War) was established in 1889 to manufacture 150,000 Mauser Model 89 rifles ordered by the Belgian Government. FN Herstal originated in the small city of Herstal, near Liège.

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