>>>Browning has been a FN brand since the beginning of the 20th centure or whereabouts <s>
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>Ok,you finally got me to do some research and as is often the case we're both a little right & wrong <s>
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http://world.guns.ru/machine/mg04-e.htmWell, I won't argue the origin of the QCB version. But I'm sticking to my guns on this one (groan if you like).
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>Did you know that at some time - dunno if it still the case - 2/3 of all small firearms used by the US military were made by FN (mostly by its am. Subsidary)?
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>What i did see on footage from Am. forces in Iraq was the widespread use of the minimi mg.
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http://world.guns.ru/assault/as18-e.htm>1988. The FN Manufacturing Co, an US subsidiary of the FN Herstal (Belgium), becomes the key contractor to US DoD for production of the M16A2 rifles. Colt continues the development and manufacture of the AR-15 / M16 type rifles only for civilian and law enforcement markets from that point.
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Now I'm going to have to look that one up. Personally I would distrust a Russian website's information on American weapons.
Dan LeClair
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