FN Model 24 and Model 30: Difference between revisions

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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 24/30 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}}</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 24/30 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 ===

The [[Ethiopian Empire]] bought 25,000 7.92×57mm Model 24/30 short rifles and carbines in 1933-19351933–1935.{{sfn|Ball|2011|p=42}}{{sfn|Vanderlinden|2016|pp=297-299}} They were fielded during the [[Second Italo-Ethiopian War|Italian invasion]].{{sfn|Ball|2011|pp=131-132}}

=== France ===

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=== 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 24/30. It had an inverted safety, which was activated by being turned to the left of the rifle. This 7.65mm Mauser version is known as ''Peruvian Model 1935 short rifle''.{{sfn|Ball|2011|p=291}} They were used during the [[Ecuadorian–Peruvian War]] of 1941.<ref>{{cite book|title=Latin American Wars 1900–1941: "Banana Wars," Border Wars & Revolutions|series=Men-at-Arms 519|publisher=Osprey Publishing|first= Philip |last=Jowett|date= 28 Jun 2018|isbn=9781472826282 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8LJeDwAAQBAJ|page=46}}</ref> From 1959- to 1960, they were reportedly modified to accept .30-06 ammunitions.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Mauser Rifles of Peru |website=carbinesforcollectors.com|access-date=22 January 2019|url=https://carbinesforcollectors.com/riflesofperu1.html}}</ref>

=== Venezuela ===

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=== 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 1945-19501945–1950.{{sfn|Ball|2011|p=53}} Some of the Saudi rifles may have been sent to Yemen after the war.<ref>{{cite web|title=WWII weapons in Yemen's civil war|date=9 September 2018|url=https://wwiiafterwwii.wordpress.com/2018/09/09/wwii-weapons-in-yemens-civil-war/|website=wwiiafterwwii.wordpress.com}}</ref>

=== Yugoslavia ===

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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 1948-19521948–1952.{{sfn|Ball|2011|p=45}}

*''Fusil Mle 1950'' - Model 1924 export rifle modified to fire [[.30-06 Springfield]] cartridges.{{sfn|Ball|2011|pp=36&43}}

*''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 1976-19861976–1986.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://modernfirearms.net/en/sniper-rifles/standart-caliber-rifles/belgium-standart-caliber-rifles/fn-30-11-eng/|title=FN 30-11|website=modernfirearms.net|first=Maxim|last= Popenker |date=27 October 2010 }}</ref>

=== China ===