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Show Daily News Paris Air Show Le Bourget 2013 International Aviation & Aerospace defence exhibition 17 - 23 June 2013 Paris, France |
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FN Herstal at Paris Air Show 2013 |
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| FN Herstal airborne weapon systems qualified on numerous helicopters and subsonic aircraft. | |||
Taking
advantage of its century-long expertise in the design, development and
manufacture of combat-proven machine guns, FN Herstal started to integrate
7.62x51mm NATO and .50 cal machine guns onto various platforms several
decades ago. This has resulted in numerous rotary-wing and subsonic fixed-wing
aircraft being qualified with FN integrated airborne weapon systems to
total more than 3,000 units in service around the globe today. |
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 FN HMP400™ LCC, featuring a .50 cal FN M3P™ machine gun (1,100 RPM), a 400-round ammunition box and a Links and Cases Collector |
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FN airborne podded systems are fitted with a .50 cal
FN M3P™ machine gun and are operated by the pilot using an armament
management system. Various configurations are on sale – featuring
a 250- or 400-round ammunition box and a Links (LC) or Links and Cases
Collector (LCC). |
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 FN MDP™ (Medium Door Pintle) Turning, fitted with a .50 cal FN M3M™ machine gun (1,100 RPM) |
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FN
airborne pintle mounted systems – equipped with either a 7.62x51mm
FN MAG® 58M or .50 cal FN M3M™ machine gun – are designed
to be window-, door- or ramppositioned. FN Herstal and the helicopter
companies AgustaWestland and Eurocopter will display FN pintle weapon
systems in Paris. In addition to airborne solutions, FN Herstal also offers integrated weapon systems for land and sea applications, including the deFNder® family of remote weapon stations fitted with FN machine guns ranging from 5.56x45mm NATO up to .50 cal. Since its creation in 1889, Belgium-based Company FN HERSTAL has designed, developed and manufactured small calibre firearms and products based on state-of-theart technologies, imposing itself over the decades as a leading supplier of light and portable weapons, integrated weapon systems and ammunition to military, law enforcement and special forces operators worldwide. The recent years were no different with FN Herstal launching a number of newlydeveloped products, such as the FN SCAR® family including a 5.56 or 7.62 assault rifle, a 40mm grenade launcher and a precision rifle, the FN FCU™ Fire Control Unit for 40mm grenades, the FN MINIMI® 7.62 machine gun, and the FN SmartCore® shot counter. On the integrated weapon systems, the development of a deFNder® RWS line was undoubtedly a significant step. |
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