The FN MAG is a Belgian 7.62 mm general-purpose machine gun designed in the early 1950s at Fabrique Nationale (FN) by Ernest Vervier. It has been used by more than 80 countries and it has been made under licence in countries such as Argentina Egypt India Singapore and the United Kingdom.The weapon’s name is an abbreviation for Mitrailleuse d’Appui Général meaning general-purpose machine gun (GPMG).
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height (cm)
0.263
length (km)
1.263
weight (kg)
11790.0
width (mm)
0.1187
origin
Belgium
type
General-purpose machine gun
used in war
Falklands War, Six-Day War, Namibian War of Independence, Cambodian–Thai border dispute, Yom Kippur War, Rhodesian Bush War, War in Afghanistan (2001–present), Iraq War, Libyan Civil War, Gulf War, Congo Crisis, South African Border War
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