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|origin= [[Belgium]]

|type=[[Bolt-action]] [[rifle]]

|service= 1924-Present1924–1986

|used_by= See ''[[FN Model 24 and Model 30#Users|Users]]''

|manufacturer= [[FN Herstal]], [[Zastava Arms|Kragujevac Arsenal]]

|wars={{ubl|[[Chaco War]]|[[Second Italo-Ethiopian War]]|[[Chinese Civil War]]|[[Spanish Civil War]]|[[Second Sino-Japanese War]]|[[World War II]]|[[Ecuadorian–Peruvian War]]|[[Greek Civil War]]|[[Korean War]]|[[Congo Crisis]]|[[Rhodesian Bush War]]|[[Papua conflict]]|[[Nicaraguan Revolution]]}}

|is_ranged=yes

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|production_date=1924-1964

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|weight={{convert|3.6-3.85|kg|lb|2|abbr=on}}

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|length={{convert|95955-1101094|cmmm|in}}

|part_length={{convert|44.5415-50.4504|cmmm|in}}

|cartridge=[[7×57mm Mauser]]<br>[[7.62×51mm NATO]]<br>[[.30-06 Springfield]]<br>[[7.65×53mm Mauser]]<br>[[7.92×57mm Mauser]]

|action=[[Bolt-action]]

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The '''FN Model 1924 series''' is a line of [[Mauser]] [[Gewehr 98]] pattern bolt-action rifles produced by the [[Belgium|Belgian]] [[FN Herstal|Fabrique Nationale]]. They are similar to the Czech [[vz. 24]] rifle, however have an intermediate length (215mm/ 8.46 in.) action, featuring open sights, [[7.65×53mm Mauser|7.65x53mm65×53mm]], [[7×57mm Mauser|7x57mm7×57mm]] or [[7.92×57mm Mauser|8×57mm IS]] chambering, Long rifle, Short Rifle and carbine-length barrels, hardwood stocks, and straight or curved bolt handles. This pattern rifle was discontinued from production and was no longer offered after 1932 being totally replaced by the 1930 pattern.

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 |last=Vanderlinden |date=5 December 2015|url=https://www.fnbrowning.com/single-post/2015/12/04/Confusing-Terminology-The-2430-FN-Mauser|access-date=23 January 2019|archive-date=20 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190620095026/https://www.fnbrowning.com/single-post/2015/12/04/Confusing-Terminology-The-2430-FN-Mauser|url-status=dead}}</ref> The last Mauser pattern rifles were produced in 1964.{{sfn|Smith|1969|p=212}}

=== Belgium ===

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=== China ===

The [[Republic of China (1912-19491912–1949)|Republic of China]] received 24,000 FN Model 24 and 30 from 1930 to 1934 and more than 165,000 Model 30 between 1937 and 1939.{{sfn|Ball|2011|p=81}} The Model 30 was copied as the ''Type 21 rifle'' at the [[Guangdong|Kwantung]] Arsenal and ''Type 77 rifle'' (from 1937, year of the [[Marco Polo Bridge Incident]]) at the [[Zhejiang]] Iron Works.<ref name="Chinese">{{cite book|title=Kangzhan: Guide to Chinese Ground Forces 1937–45|publisher=Helion & Company |isbn=9781910294420|date=July 2016|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZYQwDwAAQBAJ|first1=Leland|last1=Ness|first2=Bin|last2=Shih|page=262}}</ref> All these models were used during the [[Chinese Civil War]]{{sfn|Ball|2011|p=87}} and [[Second Sino-Japanese War]], being still in service at the end of [[World War II]]<ref>{{cite book|title=China's Wars: Rousing the Dragon 1894–1949|series=General Military|first= Philip|last= Jowett|date=20 Nov 2013 |publisher=[[Osprey Publishing]]|isbn=9781782004073 |page=333}}</ref> and during the [[Korean War]].{{sfn|Ball|2011|p=87}}{{sfn|Ball|2011|p=248}} Ex-Lithuanian FN 1930 rifles captured by the [[Soviet Union|Soviets]] were even supplied post-war to the [[People's Liberation Army]].{{sfn|Ball|2011|p=248}}

=== Colombia ===

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=== 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 manufactured Mle 1930 carbines.<ref name="trainer">{{cite magazine|title=Une carabine calibre d'entraînement belge Mauser, calibre .22LR|first= Luc |last=Guillou |magazine=Gazette des Armes |issue=391 |date=October 2007|url=http://fr.1001mags.com/parution/gazette-des-armes/numero-391-octobre-2007/page-50-51-texte-integral|pages=50–53|access-date=2019-01-22|archive-date=2019-06-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190620121432/http://fr.1001mags.com/parution/gazette-des-armes/numero-391-octobre-2007/page-50-51-texte-integral|url-status=dead}}</ref> Around 300 training rifles were also delivered.{{sfn|Ball|2011|p=41}} After the independence as [[Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville)|Republic of the Congo]], the [[Congo Crisis]] broke. The FN Mle 1930 were used during these conflicts, being seen in the hands of [[South Kasai]] secessionist gendarmes or of [[Simba rebellion|Simba rebels]].<ref name="Congo">{{cite book|title=Modern African Wars: The Congo 1960–2002|last=Abbot|first=Peter|___location=Oxford|publisher=[[Osprey Publishing]]|date=February 2014|isbn=978-1-78200-076-1|page=45}}</ref>

=== Ethiopia ===

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=== 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 1946 and 1950, the Dutch company ''Indische Ondernemers Bond'' (Indies Business Union), bought 2,700 Mle 24 carbines for private security tasks, modified in the [[Netherlands]] to fire [[.308 Winchester]]/[[7.62×51mm NATO|7.62 NATO]].{{sfn|Ball|2011|pp=408-409}} The [[Dutch East Indies|Royal Netherlands Indies]] Police reportedly also used some. Some were also kept in 7.92 Mauser. They have been later used by the independentist [[Free Papua Movement]].{{sfn|Ball|2011|p=49}}

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 ===

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=== 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 ===

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=== 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&nbsp;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''' pattern bayonet.<ref name="CR" /><ref name="branko" />

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 ===

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===Yugoslavia===

*''Puška M.1924'' (Rifle M.1924) - Standard service rifle.<ref name="CR">{{cite web|title=History Primer 202: Yugoslavian Mauser Model 1924 Documentary &#124; C&Rsenal |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDU08BfNjGI|website=youtube.com|access-date=2025-05-21}}</ref>

*''Sokolski karabin M.1924'' (''[[Sokol]]'' carbine M.1924) - at {{convert|94.5|cm|in}} was just slightly shorter and had a straight bolt handle. It was designed for youth firearms training and target practice.

*''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.

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* {{flag|Kingdom of Greece}}{{sfn|Ball|2011|p=237}}

* {{flag|Haiti}}{{sfn|Ball|2011|p=240}}

* {{flag|Indonesia}}{{sfn|Vanderlinden|2016|p=355}}

* {{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}}

* {{flag|Netherlands}}{{sfn|Vanderlinden|2016|p=344-349}}

* {{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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* {{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 Mauser Rifles - Arming Belgium and the World |first=Anthony |last=Vanderlinden|isbn= 978-0-9981397-0-8|publisher=Wet Dog Publications|date=2016|url=https://www.fnbrowning.com/fn-mauser-rifles|archive-date=2024-08-10|access-date=2019-01-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240810050940/https://www.fnbrowning.com/fn-mauser-rifles|url-status=dead}}

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