Between 19461948 and 19501949, the [[Dutch companyEast Indies]] association ''Indische Ondernemers Bond'' (IOB, "Indies Business Union"), bought 26,700000 Mle7.92×57mm Model 241930 carbines for private security tasks, modifiedsuch 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 [[Netherlands]]Dutch torecognized fireIndonesian independence in [[.308Dutch–Indonesian WinchesterRound Table Conference|December 1949]]/[[7.62×51mmNATO|7.62The NATOcarbines would continue to saw service with [[Indonesia]].{{sfn|BallVanderlinden|20112016|ppp=408-409348}} TheIt [[Dutchis Eastlikely Indies|Royalthat NetherlandsIndonesian Indies]]authorities Policealso reportedlyordered alsoa usednew some.batch Someof wereModel also1930 keptcarbines chambered in 7.9262×51mm Mauser.NATO Theysometime havebetween been1962–1975, lateras usedthere bywere thereports independentistthat [[FreeIndonesia Papuahad Movement]]at least 10,000 7.62×51mm FN carbines in the inventory by 1982.{{sfn|BallVanderlinden|20112016|p=49365}}
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}}
