Belgium

An operator from the Special Operations Regiment firing his rifle during the Basic Reconnaissance Course 2023

Basic Reconnaissance Course 2023: Building the Future of Special Reconnaissance

Newly formed in 2020, the 21st Special Reconnaissance Detachment was created to take on the Special Reconnaissance role within the Special Operations Regiment. Special

3 years ago

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Helicopters during Storm Tide 2022 exercise (Photo: Michiel Peeters)

Storm Tide 2022: Belgian Defence’s annual coastal defense drill completed

In times when a revival of the Cold War is closer than ever, and NATO and its allied countries are put under pressure as never before, the Belgian Defence organized the yearly

3 years ago

Defense

Operators from Belgian Special Forces Group during the Breacher course 2 (Photo: Michiel Peeters)

3 Para enters the New Year with a bang: Stack Breacher Course

Once a year, a small group of soldiers of the 3rd Para-Commando Battalion gathers in a remote location in the south of Belgium to participate in a 2 week Stack Breacher Course.

3 years ago

Community

FN FNS series of pistols manufactured in the United States (Photo: XY)

FN FNS: One of the best striker-fired pistols in the world

FN FNS is a series of pistols chambered for the 9×19mm Parabellum and .40 S&W cartridges and intended primarily for military and law enforcement use. It is a striker-fired semi-automatic, polymer-framed pistol

3 years ago

Pistols

FN FNP: A replacement for unsuccessful FN Forty-Nine

The FN FNP was a series of pistols produced between 2006 and 2011 by Belgian Fabrique Nationale and its division in the United States. FNP was developed to replace the commercially unsuccessful

3 years ago

Pistols

FN FNX: A successor of the FNP series

The FN FNX series of pistols is a successor of the FN FNP and was first introduced in 2009; despite being quite similar to the semi-automatic, polymer-framed pistols from the FNP series,

3 years ago

Pistols

FN Five-seveN chambered in 5.7x28 mm (Photo: XY)

FN Five-seveN: An extraordinary pistol chambered in unusual caliber

FN Five-seveN is a great semi-automatic pistol developed by FN Herstal Belgium in parallel with the P90 and conjunction with a 5.7×28 mm cartridge. The pistol’s name, Five-seveN, refers to the bullet

3 years ago

Pistols

Brazilian Army soldiers with FN FAL (Photo: XY)

FN FAL: One of the best battle rifles in history

The FN FAL battle rifle is one of the most widespread and significant military small arms of the second half of the 20th century. First made by Fabrique Nationale Herstal (FN) of

4 years ago

Rifles

Browning ST-100: A Super Trap 80 from Belgium

Browning ST-100 was marketed as Trap Gun and in Europe is also known as Super Trap 80 model. It is unusual in that it possible to vary the parallelism of the barrels

4 years ago

Shotguns

FN PS90: A civilian semi-automatic version of legendary FN P90 (Photo: XY)

FN PS90: A commercial version of legendary FN P90

The FN PS90 is a semi-automatic carbine variant of the legendary FN P90, intended for civilian shooters for personal protection and sporting use; it was introduced in 2005 and continues to be offered

5 years ago

Submachine Guns

FN 140DA Auto Pistol: An Impressive and Popular Weapon

The FN 140DA is intended as a general-purpose defense weapon or for use by police and security forces. It uses a steel slide and alloy frame to keep the weight low and

5 years ago

Pistols

FN BDA9: One of the most used military pistols in history

The FN BDA9 pistol is the successor of the Browning Model 35. The Browning high-power, or Model 35, became one of the most widely used military pistols in history, being adopted by

5 years ago

Pistols

Turkish Marines armed with FN Minimi (Photo: XY)

FN Minimi: World’s most popular Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW)

The FN Minimi is probably the most famous squad automatic weapon (SAW) and a light machine gun. It is used by many armies and special operations forces around the world. It has

10 years ago

Machine Guns

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