FN 30-11 Belgian Sniper Rifle First Generation

FN 30-11 Belgian Sniper Rifle

This FN-30-11 is the one of the standard Belgian sniping rifles. The FN-30-11 Sniper Rifle can be easily assembled, disassembled, concealed, and (most importantly) recalibrated and re-zeroed. It uses the same action as the Mauser 8mm rifle (it is, in fact, a heavilyreworked big game rifle). The FN 30-11 has a stock that is adjustable in two directions; this is done with spacers in the butt and a rear portion of the stock that can be removed and replaced to suit different snipers. It is normally issued within a wide variety of sights and tools. The FN 30-11’s bipod is the same as the bipod of the MAG machinegun. The barrel, while heavy, is quite short for a sniper’s weapon, and this inhibits range potential; for this reason, the FN 30-11s primary users are police forces and antiterrorist units. The FN-30-11 is designed to use the same bipod as the MAG machinegun.

FN-30-11 Belgian Sniper Rifle

FN-30-11 Sniper Rifle

As the storm clouds of war brewed, Belgian special operations units replaced most of their FN 30-11 sniper rifle with more capable rifles; by the time hostilities started, most Belgian military snipers were using other weapons. Later, FN 30-11s found their way into civilian militia and partisan units in Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and even Denmark and Germany. Police forces retained theirs.