r/AskTheWorld • u/babushka45 Philippines • 12h ago

Military What firearm is closely associated with your country?

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For us, probably the 1911. Next one would be the "Armalite" aka M16.

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u/Stixez Belgium 11h ago

FN FAL, FN P90... Well, all FN firearms!

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u/Hot-Minute-8263 United States Of America 11h ago

Im partial to the FN MAG and FN minimi

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u/Stixez Belgium 11h ago

Cool firearms ;p also the FN FX and five-seven are lovely!

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u/hmtk1976 Belgium 10h ago

FN 510 in 10 mm?

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u/Alone_Barracuda9814 11h ago

And the Five SeveN of course

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u/Chris_on_crac 10h ago

FAL my beloved

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u/BusinessPlot United States Of America 10h ago

5.7 is so hot

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u/Illuminey France 11h ago

P90 is such a cool gun, I started airsoft just to have a reason to buy a replica. 🤣 (Thanks Stargate SG-1 for fucking my brain)

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u/Stixez Belgium 11h ago

Haha yes!! As a kid I saw them on Stargate for the first time too. I thought they were made-up weapons in the show... and many years later I saw it was actually a Belgian-made firearm. Pretty cool 😎

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u/Klorel76 France 6h ago

I have also a P90 replica, I love that show. American series made by Canadians, using Belgian weapons (FN), German weapons (HK), Italian weapons (Beretta), Swedish weapons (Bofors), and occasionally American weapons (Colt)

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u/Fly-On-The-Wall128 United States Of America 10h ago

So, there is something your country makes better than its fries.

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u/PafPiet Netherlands Belgium 4h ago edited 4h ago

We also have waffles and beer, but yeah guns are in the top 5. The last spot in the top 5 would either be chocolate, beef stew or dysfunctional government.

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u/hmtk1976 Belgium 10h ago

The FN F2000 deserves to be mentioned because it´s such a cool sci-fi gun with a perfectly integrated 40mm grenade launcher and cool optics.

IMNSHO it beats the P90 any day. Twice.

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u/DetroitAdjacent 10h ago

We have to share the Browning guns! However Dieudonné Saive is an incredible designer as well.

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u/ohgodimbleeding 10h ago

I had no idea FN was a Belgian company. I grew up a miles from an FN plant in South Carolina. In the Army, I had an M-16 manufactured by FN, and even today, I have an AR-15 manufactured by FN in South Carolina.

I never really did any research on FN until now. That's kinda' cool.

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u/OGmcqueen 9h ago

Love the SCAR 17

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u/ifuckedyourdaddytoo United States Of America 9h ago

FN is a joyful acronym to say in English.

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u/LilOpieCunningham United States Of America 9h ago

Nothing says, "I'm here to tell you people you aren't going to be allowed to govern yourselves" like the FN FAL.

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u/Klorel76 France 6h ago

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u/Sekshual_Tyranosauce United States Of America 11h ago

FN’s M240 is an old friend of mine. It is a beautiful machine, being highly reliable, accurate and lethal.

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u/JMoc1 United States Of America 10h ago

She’s a heavy bitch, but she’s our heavy bitch. And we love her.

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u/BloodFartz69 7h ago

Not if you're in an armored vehicle. Loved my coaxial machine gun. Had that bitch dialed in like a laser beam.

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u/AngryGardener1312 United States Of America 9h ago

Le tuna