30 Carbine was never seriously considered as a viable ammunition, when compared to 7.92mm Kurz and. 30 Carbine prototype was never offered for testing and. 30 Carbine before the project was cancelled and Vorgrimler left to work at CETME.ĬEAM Modele 1950, chambered in. While in France working at Centre d'Études et d'Armement de Mulhouse (CEAM) Theodor Löffler and Ludwig Vorgrimler developed their roller-delayed blowback system chambered in. 30 Carbine which at the time was a ubiquitous round in post-war Europe. Interestingly FN were not the only manufacturer to experiment using. 30 Carbine prototypes rotary, rear-locking bolt
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It does not have a serial number and even today remains part of FN’s collection. Instead it used a rear-locking rotary bolt within a bolt carrier. It was completed in March 1951 and while its action was similar to the other prototypes it did not use Saive’stilting bolt locking method. It was select fire capable and had a proprietary FN magazine. The carbine’s receiver was also stamped rather than milled. However, it was also the first prototype to locate the cocking handle on the receiver rather than the located above the barrel near the gas port. 30 Carbine prototype shares a number of common external characteristics with the earlier rifles including a similar style pistol group and a hinged receiver. However, it has a number of features that indicate it may have been a proof of concept weapon with several key developments from the earlier 7.92mm Kurz and. Only a single carbine was built and little is known about its intended purpose. 30 Carbine, a round which FN had also tested extensively against 7.92mm Kurz.
In August 1949, Groupe 74 began work on another prototype carbine, this new weapon was chambered in US. 280 intermediate round and FN also began developing a version of the Universal Carbine chambered in the new British ammunition. In 1948 the British shared the specifications for their new. FN called this new rifle the Universal Carbine. In November 1947 Saive and Groupe 74 successfully built their first prototype assault rifle, scaling down the FN-49′s action to chamber the 7.92mm Kurz. At the same time Saive and his team, Groupe 74, began examining the German 7.92mm Kurz round.įN began working in tandem with the British Armaments Design Department on testing the German intermediate round and the new assault rifles that fired it. In 1946 Dieudonne Saive, newly returned from Britain, resumed his work at FN developing his self-loading rifle design (previously known as the EXP-1 while in development in Britain) which would become the FN Model 1949.