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|caption= Yugoslav Rifle Model 1924, from the collections of the [[Swedish Army Museum]].
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|manufacturer= [[FN Herstal]], [[Zastava Arms|Kragujevac Arsenal]]
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|cartridge=[[7×57mm Mauser]]<br>[[7.62×51mm NATO]]<br>[[.30-06 Springfield]]<br>[[7.65×53mm Mauser]]<br>[[7.92×57mm Mauser]]
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The '''FN Model
The '''FN Model 1930 series''' is also a line based on the [[Mauser]] [[Gewehr 98]] pattern rifles that have the standard length (223mm/ 8.8 in.) action. They feature open sights, [[7.65×53mm Mauser|7.65x53mm]], [[7×57mm Mauser|7x57mm]], [[7.92×57mm Mauser|8×57mm IS]], [[.30-06 Springfield|.30-06]] [[Springfield Armory|Springfield]] or [[7.62×51mm NATO|7.62x51]] [[NATO]] chambering, Long rifle, Short Rifle and carbine-length barrels, hardwood stocks, and straight or curved bolt handles.
Although sometime referred to as the 24/30 model as a whole this is a misleading misnomer that shouldn't be used. <ref name=":0" />
==History==
After [[World War I]] and the [[Germany|German]] defeat, [[Belgium]] manufactured derivative of the Mauser 98, slightly modified.<ref>{{cite book|first1=W. H. B|last1= Smith |first2= Joseph E.|last2= Smith|title=The Book of Rifles|orig-year=1948|year=1963|publisher=[[National Rifle Association of America]]|pages=116–117}}</ref> The rifle series was modified depending on each customer's needs.{{sfn|Ball|2011|p=43}} The designation Mle 24/30 is incorrect strictly speaking, since the Model 24 rifle is different from the Model 30. The confusion comes from the fact both versions were marketed at the same time in the 1930s.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|title=Confusing Terminology: The 24/30 FN Mauser|first=Anthony
=== Belgium ===
The [[Belgian Armed Forces]] did not order the FN Mle
=== Bolivia ===
[[Bolivia]] received some quantities of FN Model 24/30 rifles.{{sfn|Smith|1969|p=219}} They were used during the [[Chaco War]]<ref name="Chaco"/><ref name="Huon">{{cite magazine|first=Jean|last=Huon|title=The Chaco War|magazine=Small Arms Review
=== China ===
The [[Republic of China (
=== Colombia ===
In the early
=== Congo ===
[[File:Armée National Congolaise (ANC) in Léopoldville, 1960.jpg|thumb|A Congolese military policeman with a Mle 24/30 carbine in [[Kinshasa|Leopoldville]], 1960.]]
After the war, the [[Force Publique]] of the [[Belgian Congo]] received some thousands of newly
=== Ethiopia ===
The [[Ethiopian Empire]] bought 25,000 7.92×57mm Model
=== France ===
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=== Germany ===
After the [[German occupation of Belgium during World War II|German invasion of Belgium]], FN-made rifles were used by second-line German units.{{sfn|Ball|2011|p=219}} The Belgian Mle
=== Greece ===
Needing more rifles during the interwar period, [[Greece]] bought more than 75,000 FN Model
=== Haiti ===
During the
=== Indonesia ===
[[File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Tijdens het werk op een onderneming van 1947-1950 is men dag en nacht gewapend tegen de aanvallen van de Peloppors (Indonesiche vrijheidstrijders) TMnr 60050318.jpg|thumb|A European man with an IOB Mle 30 carbine, [[West Java]], late 1940s.]]
Between 1948 and 1949, the [[Dutch East Indies]] association ''Indische Ondernemers Bond'' (IOB, "Indies Business Union"), bought 6,000 7.92×57mm Model 1930 carbines for private security tasks, such as on plantations, industries, or other business. The Royal Netherlands Indies Police also ordered 20,000 carbines in 1949, with roughly two-thirds of them already delivered before the Dutch recognized Indonesian independence in [[Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference|December 1949]]. The carbines would continue to saw service with [[Indonesia]].{{sfn|Vanderlinden|2016|p=348}} It is likely that Indonesian authorities also ordered a new batch of Model 1930 carbines chambered in 7.62×51mm NATO sometime between 1962–1975, as there were reports that Indonesia had at least 10,000 7.62×51mm FN carbines in the inventory by 1982.{{sfn|Vanderlinden|2016|p=365}}
Around 2,700 ex-[[National Police Corps (Netherlands)|Dutch National Police]] Model 30 carbines were converted to the 7.62×51mm NATO by the [[Artillerie-Inrichtingen]] in 1960 for use in [[Dutch New Guinea]]. 1,700 were given to the Dutch New Guinea police and 900 were issued to the [[Papuan Volunteer Corps]]. After the territory was integrated with Indonesia in 1963, the carbines were used by both Indonesian authorities and the [[Free Papua Movement]].{{sfn|Vanderlinden|2016|p=349}}
=== Israel ===
[[Israel]] bought in the early 1950s some FN Model
=== Liberia ===
From the early 1930s to the end of World War II, the Belgian-made Model
=== Lithuania ===
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=== Luxembourg ===
Luxembourg ordered some Model
=== Mexico ===
In 1926 and 1927, [[Mexico]] ordered some 35,000 FN Mle
=== Morocco ===
In the 1950s, [[Morocco]] bought Model 1950 carbines in [[.308 Winchester]] and .30-06.{{sfn|Ball|2011|pp=263-264}}
=== Netherlands ===
In 1947, the [[National Police Corps (Netherlands)|Dutch National Police]] ordered 5,000 FN Model 1930 carbines in 7.92×57mm.{{sfn|Vanderlinden|2016|p=344}} In 1950, another 200 carbines were bought by the Amsterdam Municipal Police.{{sfn|Vanderlinden|2016|p=345}} Further 1,098 carbines were ordered for the municipal police departments throughout the countries between 1951 and 1956.{{sfn|Vanderlinden|2016|p=346}} The National Police retired their FN carbines in 1957, with the municipal police followed suit in 1965.{{sfn|Vanderlinden|2016|p=349}}
=== Paraguay ===
[[Paraguay]] ordered FN Mle
=== Persia ===
The [[Pahlavi dynasty|Imperial Persian]] Army bought some FN Mle
=== Peru ===
[[File:“NO EXAGERO EN DECIR QUE ESTAMOS ANTE EL EJÉRCITO MEJOR EQUIPADO DEL PERÚ EN LOS ÚLTIMOS TIEMPOS” (23343951300).jpg|thumb|Peruvian soldiers with Model 1935 rifles during a commemoration in 2015.]]
During the late 1930s, [[Peru]] ordered FN
=== Venezuela ===
[[Venezuela]] ordered 16,500 FN Mle
=== Arabian Peninsula ===
In the 1930s, both the [[Saudi Arabia|Kingdom of Saudi Arabia]]{{sfn|Ball|2011|p=306}} and the [[Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen]] bought a substantial number of FN Mle 30 short rifles.{{sfn|Ball|2011|p=399}} Saudi Arabia bought "substantial numbers" of FN rifles in
=== Yugoslavia ===
{{more citations needed section|date=January 2013}}
The first [[Mauser]]-pattern rifle produced in [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]] was the '''M24'''. Its predecessor, the '''FN Model 1924''' had been produced for the Yugoslav army by [[Fabrique Nationale de Herstal|FN Herstal]] until the Ministry and FN signed a contract on the purchase of the licence for production of rifles 7.9 mm M 24. Nearly all M24's were produced either before or during World War II, at the Kragujevac Arsenal plant. The M24 and Model 1924 are nearly identical. All M24 series weapons are designed to accept the '''M-24
The final additions to the M24 family were the '''M24/47''' rifle. These were produced by reworking existing prewar Serbian Model 24 Mausers and then refurbished with new parts at the [[Zastava Arms]] (formally Kragujevac Arsenal) plant, which was at that time under the control of the postwar communist government. The "47" of the M-24/47 indicated the beginning of the rebuild program of 1947. The rebuild program lasted into the early 1950s alongside new production of M48 rifles. M24 series rifles were used by the [[Royal Yugoslav Army]] and by nearly all sides during World War II in [[World War II in Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]].<ref name="CR" /><ref name="branko" />
=== Other users ===
[[Argentina]] bought many FN Model 24 rifles and Model 30 short rifles during the interwar period.{{sfn|Ball|2011|p=9}} The FN Model
During the [[Nicaraguan Revolution]], FN Mle
==Variants==
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*''Fusil Mle 1924''
*''Fusil Mle 1930''
*''Fusil Mle 1924 d’entrainement'' - [[.22 Long Rifle]] training rifle,{{sfn|Ball|2011|p=41}} manufactured
*''Fusil Mle 1950'' - Model
*''Peruvian Model 1935 Short Rifle'' - Standard export model with an inverted safety.{{sfn|Ball|2011|p=291}}
*''[[FN Model 30-11|FN Mle 30-11]]'' - 7.62 NATO sniper rifle based on the FN Mle 30, manufactured
=== China ===
* ''Type 21'' rifle - copy of the FN Model
* ''Type 77'' rifle - copy of the FN Model
===Yugoslavia===
*''Puška M.1924'' (Rifle M.1924) - Standard service rifle.<ref name="CR">{{cite web|title=History Primer 202: Yugoslavian Mauser Model 1924 Documentary | C&Rsenal |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDU08BfNjGI|website=youtube.com|access-date=2025-05-21}}</ref>
*''Sokolski karabin M.1924'' (''
*''Jurišna puška M.1924'' (''Assault'' rifle M.1924) - These can be identified by ''МОДЕЛ 1924 ЧК'' (MODEL 1924 ČK) written on the chamber, a bent bolt handle and an additional set of sling swivels on left side. It was designed after the Sokol carbine, Czecho-Slovak short gendarmerie rifle and Iranian Musketon, for use with assault units. The production started in May 1940, only about 5,000-6,000 were made. They were issued with a special combat knife that could be fitted on the rifle as a bayonet.<ref name="branko">{{cite book |last=Bogdanivić |first=Branko |title=Puške: dva veka pušaka na teritoriji Jugloslavije |date=1990 |publisher=SPORTINVEST, Belgrade |isbn=86-7597-001-3 |pages=110–123}}</ref>
*''M.24/47 Rifle'' - M24 Rifles and Carbines of Belgian and Yugoslavian manufacture brought up to a common standard beginning in 1947 and continuing into the early 1950s. Most received new M48 barrels with 98k type front sight hoods not found on Model 1924's. Carbine features deleted rear swivel removed and plugged with dowel front carbine sling points ground off and polished.
== Users ==
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* {{flag|Argentina}}{{sfn|Ball|2011|p=9}}▼
* {{flag|Belgium}}{{sfn|Ball|2011|p=41}}▼
* {{flag|Bolivia}}{{sfn|Smith|1969|p=219}}
* {{flag|Brazil|1889}} (M1922){{sfn|Ball|2011|p=68}}
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* {{flag|Kingdom of Greece}}{{sfn|Ball|2011|p=237}}
* {{flag|Haiti}}{{sfn|Ball|2011|p=240}}
* {{flagcountry|Pahlavi dynasty}}{{sfn|Ball|2011|p=280}}
* {{flag|Israel}}{{sfn|Ball|2011|p=245}}
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* {{flag|Mexico}}{{sfn|Ball|2011|p=261}}
* {{flag|Morocco}}{{sfn|Ball|2011|pp=263-264}}
* {{flagicon image|Flag of the FSLN.svg}} [[Nicaragua]]n [[Sandinista National Liberation Front]]{{sfn|Ball|2011|p=267}}
* {{flag|Free Papua}}{{sfn|Ball|2011|p=49}}
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==See also==
*[[List of 7.65×53mm Mauser firearms]]
*[[vz. 24]]
*[[Belgian Mauser Model 1935]]
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{{Reflist|30em}}
* {{cite book|last=Ball|first=Robert W. D.|title=Mauser Military Rifles of the World|year=2011|___location=Iola|publisher=Gun Digest Books|isbn=9781440228926}}
* {{cite book|last=Smith|first=Joseph E.|title=Small Arms of the World|url=https://archive.org/details/smallarmsofworld00smit|url-access=registration|edition =11|___location=Harrisburg, Pennsylvania|publisher= The Stackpole Company|year=1969|isbn=9780811715669 }}
* {{cite book|title=
{{FN Herstal firearms}}
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