FN FNC Assault Rifle and FNC Paratroop Assault Rifle Best Combat Rifle

Belgian Assault Rifle
The FN FNC Assault Rifle was first produced in the late 1970s as an improved version of the FN CAL. It was intended to address the problems the CAL suffered from difficult environments, and to keep functioning even when dirty. Like the CAL, it is basically a scaled-down version of the FAL, and has a similar operating system. It is easy to clean, strip, and reassemble.

The folding stock folds to the right, and the FN FNC Assault Rifle uses standard US/NATO magazines. Operation is by gas, and strongly resembles that used by the AK Assault Rifle series, though with more advanced technologies and materials, and with many improvements. The FN FNC Assault Rifle has a gas cutoff for use when firing older rifle grenades, and it can also use the newer BTU and pass-through rifle grenades.

FN FNC Assault Rifle

The receiver is made in two parts for field stripping and servicing; the upper receiver is of stamped steel, while the lower receiver is of aluminum alloy. Sights consist of a protected fixed front post and a two-position flip rear with windage and elevation adjustments; the top of the receiver also has mounts for NATO-type night vision devices and optics. The stock is of tubular steel covered with high-impact plastic, and folds to the right; fixed stocks are of a solid synthetic material. Pistol grip, cocking handle, and fore-end are of high-impact plastic. Standard FNCs are equipped with a 17.68-inch barrel having a 1:7 rifling twist to optimize
them for firing SS-109 ammunition, but FNCs with 1:12 rifling twist (appropriate for older 5.56mm NATO ammunition) are available upon request.

FN FNC Assault Rifle

The FNC Assault Rifle is used by Belgium, Indonesia, Latvia, and Nigeria, and several other unnamed countries. In addition, the FNC Assault Rifleis used in a much-modified form by Sweden (the CGA-5). The FNC can use the US M-7 bayonet or a bayonet designed specifically for the FNC Rifle. Feed is from any STANAG-compliant magazine, but the standard magazines are 20-round for training and 30-round for combat.

FNC Paratroop Assault Rifle

The FNC Paratroop Assault Rifle (also known as simply the “Para” or the FNC Carbine) is a shortened version of the FNC assault rifle, similar in concept to other such short assault rifle designs. The only big difference between the carbine and assault rifle versions of the FNC Assault Rifle is the barrel length (16 inches); it is capable of using a bayonet, rifle grenades, the RAW, or mounting an appropriate grenade launcher. Virtually all of the FN FNC Paratroop Assault Rifle made have a folding stock, but a fixed synthetic stock is available for the FNC Paratroop.

This weapon is so ubiquitous that is can be found almost anywhere, though production in Belgium virtually
ceased after the French invasion of Belgium, leaving Indonesia as the almost sole producer of FNCs. In the Twilight 2000 world, Latvia is not using the FNC. US Army Special Forces operating in France or French-occupied territory were also often seen carrying FNCs. FNCs taken from captured Belgian troops were often handed out to French militia forces and Belgian or Dutch civilians loyal to France.

FN FNC Paratroop Assault Rifle As the FNC can be found almost in every corner of the globe, it is a common weapon in the hands of mercenary and “unofficial” troops of several governments worldwide.