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The '''FN Model 241924 series''' is a line of [[Mauser]] [[Gewehr 98]] pattern bolt-action [[battle 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|7.65x53mm]], [[7×57mm Mauser|7x57mm]] 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 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}}</ref> The last Mauser pattern rifles were produced in 1964.{{sfn|Smith|1969|p=212}}
=== Belgium ===
The [[Belgian Armed Forces]] did not order the FN Mle 24/301924 or 1930 before the war. After the war, some training carbines Mle 24 in [[.22 Long Rifle]] were produced for the Belgian Army, the [[Belgian Navy]] and the colonial [[Force Publique]].{{sfn|Ball|2011|p=41}} The Belgian and Congolese forces also received some .30-06 new-production Mle 24/301930 (aka Mle 50) carbines.{{sfn|Smith|1969|p=218}}{{sfn|Ball|2011|pp=36&43}} These carbines could be still found in the hand of Belgian [[reservist]]s until 1986.<ref name="trainer"/>
=== Bolivia ===
=== Colombia ===
In the early 1930s1940s, [[Colombia]] bought FN1930 Modelrifles 24designated andthe 30Model rifles1940 in [[7×57mm Mauser]].{{sfn|Ball|2011|p=106}} Many were later converted to [[.30-06 Springfield]] after 1950, serving alongside newly produced FN Model 501950 short rifles and carbines.{{sfn|Ball|2011|p=107}}
=== 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 24/301930 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 24/301930 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 24/301930 short rifles and carbines in 1933–1935.{{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 ===
=== 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 241935 (1930 pattern) rifles were designated ''Gewehr 220 (b)''{{sfn|Ball|2011|p=422}} and the Mle 241935 carbines ''Karabiner 420 (b)''.{{sfn|Ball|2011|p=423}} The Greek Model 30 was designated ''Gewehr 285 (b)''.{{sfn|Ball|2011|p=424}} The Yugoslav M24A was referred to as ''Gewehr 291/1 (j)'' and the M24B as ''Gewehr 291/2 (j)''.{{sfn|Ball|2011|p=426}}
=== Greece ===
Needing more rifles during the interwar period, [[Greece]] bought more than 75,000 FN Model 24/301930 short rifles between 1930 and 1939.{{sfn|Ball|2011|p=42}} They were known as ''Model 1930''.{{sfn|Smith|1969|p=451}} These rifles were used during the [[Greco-Italian War]], the [[Battle of Greece#German invasion|German invasion]], the [[Greek Resistance]].{{sfn|Ball|2011|p=237}}{{sfn|Vanderlinden|2016|p=308}}
=== Haiti ===
During the 1930s1948{{sfn|Ball|2011|p=240}} or after the war,{{sfn|Vanderlinden|2016|p={{page needed|date=January 2019}}, Chapter ''Haiti''}} [[Haiti]] ordered Model 24/301930 short rifles in .30-06 Springfield. They were used by the [[Tonton Macoute|Volontaires de la Sécurité Nationale]] militia.{{sfn|Ball|2011|p=240}} They were kept in reserve storage in the 1990s.<ref>{{cite web|title=Uphold Democracy 1994: WWII weapons encountered|date=9 June 2015|url= https://wwiiafterwwii.wordpress.com/2015/06/09/uphold-democracy-1994-wwii-weapons-encountered/|website= wwiiafterwwii.wordpress.com}}</ref>
=== Indonesia ===
=== Israel ===
[[Israel]] bought in the early 1950s some FN Model 301930 short rifles originally in 7.92 Mauser. They were clones of the [[Karabiner 98k|Kar 98k]] and were later modified to fire 7.62 NATO.{{sfn|Ball|2011|p=49}}{{sfn|Ball|2011|p=245}} This state also received some Mle 24 training rifles.<ref name="trainer"/> A few German captured Greek Mauser were also [[Arms shipments from Czechoslovakia to Israel 1947–49|supplied via Czechoslovakia]].{{sfn|Vanderlinden|2016|p=308}}
=== Liberia ===
From the early 1930s to the end of World War II, the Belgian-made Model 241930 short rifle was the standard rifle of [[Armed Forces of Liberia|Liberian Frontier Force]].{{sfn|Ball|2011|p=247}}
=== Lithuania ===
=== Luxembourg ===
Luxembourg ordered some Model 24/301930 short rifles around 1930. They were later captured and used by the German Army after the [[German invasion of Luxembourg|invasion of Luxembourg]].{{sfn|Ball|2011|p=251}}
=== Mexico ===
In 1926 and 1927, [[Mexico]] ordered some 35,000 FN Mle 241924 short rifles and carbines, chambered in 7mm Mauser.{{sfn|Ball|2011|p=261}}
=== Morocco ===
=== Paraguay ===
[[Paraguay]] ordered FN Mle 24/301930 short rifles during the late-1930s, designated them ''Model 1935''.{{sfn|Ball|2011|p=235}} Others sources state 7,000 were bought before 1932 and were used during the [[Chaco War]].<ref name ="Chaco">{{cite book|author=Alejandro de Quesada|title=The Chaco War 1932-35: South America's greatest modern conflict|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XlXDCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT72|date=20 November 2011|publisher=Osprey Publishing|isbn=978-1-84908-901-2|page=23}}</ref><ref name="Bolivia">{{cite web|title=Rifles of Bolivia 1900-1990 |first=Dan|last=Reynolds|url=https://carbinesforcollectors.com/boliviapage1.html|website=carbinesforcollectors.com|access-date=22 January 2019}}</ref> In the 1960s, many of these 7.65 Mauser guns were modified to [[7.62×51mm NATO]] in [[Brazil]].{{sfn|Ball|2011|p=52}}
=== Persia ===
The [[Pahlavi dynasty|Imperial Persian]] Army bought some FN Mle 241930 short rifles at the end of the 1920s.{{sfn|Ball|2011|p=280}}
=== 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 24/301930. 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 ===
[[Venezuela]] ordered 16,500 FN Mle 301930 short rifles and carbines in the mid-1930s, firing the 7mm Mauser cartridge.{{sfn|Ball|2011|p=397}} A very small number had a {{convert|6|inch|meter}} longer barrel, being designed to train the [[Venezuela at the Olympics|Venezuelan Olympic team]].{{sfn|Ball|2011|p=399}} Many more standard FN Mle 301930 guns were delivered after the war.{{sfn|Ball|2011|p=42}}
=== Arabian Peninsula ===
=== Yugoslavia ===
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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-24/48''' pattern bayonet.
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]].
=== 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 241930 in 7×57mm was also exported to [[Costa Rica]] around 1935.{{sfn|Ball|2011|p=111}} [[Ecuador]] received [[7.65×53mm Mauser]] Model 30 short rifles.{{sfn|Ball|2011|p=129}} [[Kingdom of Romania|Romania]] used some FN Mle 24 short rifles.{{sfn|Ball|2011|p=304}} [[Uruguay]] bought approximately 5,000 Model 241930 short rifles in 7mm Mauser during the 1930s.{{sfn|Ball|2011|pp=390-393}} [[Turkey]] is listed as one of the users.{{sfn|Smith|1969|p=219}}
During the [[Nicaraguan Revolution]], FN Mle 241930 short rifles were carried by [[Sandinista National Liberation Front|Sandinista rebels]].{{sfn|Ball|2011|p=267}}
==Variants==
*''Fusil Mle 1930''
*''Fusil Mle 1924 d’entrainement'' - [[.22 Long Rifle]] training rifle,{{sfn|Ball|2011|p=41}} manufactured 1948–1952.{{sfn|Ball|2011|p=45}}
*''Fusil Mle 1950'' - Model 19241930 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 1976–1986.<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 ===
* ''Type 21'' rifle - copy of the FN Model 301924 short rifle in [[7.92×57mm Mauser]] produced in the [[Guangdong|Kwantung]] Arsenal in the early 1930s.{{sfn|Ball|2011|p=88}}
* ''Type 77'' rifle - copy of the FN Model 301930 produced in the [[Zhejiang]] Iron Works in the late 1930s. It was not compatible with other Mausers.<ref name="Chinese"/>
===Yugoslavia===
*''M.1924B'' - Designation of [[Gewehr 98]] and [[Steyr Model 1912 Mauser|M1912 Mexican Mauser]] rifles whose barrels were changed to M24's to meet the Army's standards as far as length and the common cartridge. The conversion was done in [[Užice]]. Original bayonets were also converted to fit the new barrels.<ref name="branko">{{cite book |last=Bogdanivić |first=Branko |date=1990 |title=Puške: dva veka pušaka na teritoriji Jugloslavije |publisher=SPORTINVEST, Belgrade |pages=110–123 |isbn=86-7597-001-3 }}</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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