FN MAG

designed by Dieudonné Saive, Ernest Vervier

Machine gunsBelgiumIn service since 1958

FN MAG — Photo: FN Herstal · CC BY-SA 2.0 · background removed

Key specs

Origin: Belgium
Caliber: 7.62×51mm NATO
Action: Gas-operated
Rate of fire: 650–1000 rds/min
Muzzle velocity: 840 m/s
Effective range: 800 m
Maximum range: 3,500 m
Weight (empty): 11.80 kg
Length: 1,263 mm
Barrel length: 630 mm
Manufacturer: FN Herstal
Designer: Dieudonné Saive, Ernest Vervier
Designed: 1950
Production start: 1958
Units produced: 200,000

Ammunition

7.62×51mm NATORifle · United States · 1954

Compatible gear

No optics or accessories are linked to this weapon yet.

Users & conflicts

Conflicts

Vietnam War Six-Day War Yom Kippur War Falklands War Gulf War War in Afghanistan Iraq War Russo-Ukrainian War

Variants

FN MAG1958M2401977

Sources

Wikipedia: FN MAG, Wikipedia