The first British assault rifle? The FN Model 1949 AFN with firearms expert Jonathan Ferguson.

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@ThomasAdsumus 3 года назад

I've carried one of those in the Brazilian Marine Corps boot camp a few years ago. The Brazilian Navy acquired around 15k of the FN-49 rifles in .30-06 in the early 50's as the FS-49 (Fuzil Semiautomático 49) and they saw extensive use in many theaters, such as the Dominican Republic civil war in 1965 (where the Brazilian Marines deployed with US Marines). We use them in the early stages of boot camp to this day in order to avoid breaking the M16s in the hands of raw recruits, since they're mostly deactivated (with very few exceptions that are currently in the hands of the Martial Band pipers and parade units).

@ianmangham4570 3 года назад

Cool

@somebloke13 3 года назад

Good post 👍😎

@NathanDudani 3 года назад

Cool

@tomjoseph1444 4 месяца назад

Among the hundreds of guns I have owned over the past 50 years, was an Argentine navy model in 308 with detachable box mags. While it was in mint condition, I had a bit of trouble getting the magazines to fit and feed properly. Once we did, it was a fun gun to shoot. My son had an FAL and I must say, I liked the FN49 better. His FAL had a metal foregrip which would get extremely hot out in the sun while the wood of the FN49 remained cool no matter how much we shot it. This is the same reason I have a CETME wood foregrip on my G3.

@trooperburger123 3 года назад

"This Firearm is not to exciting". The Viewer: Jonathan that is an FN 49 I am very excited to see one.

@TheAzerty1239 3 года назад

We kept that SAFN "as standard issue" in the Belgian Air Force (together with the Thompson M1A1 and the FM35!) untill about 1988! In think the rifle and the FM35 cartridges were the 7,92 Mauser... I think! they were longer than the .308 Nato ) Then came the FNC with folding stock (in 5,56) . For the ABL logo, say (in French-Dutch) "Armée Belge-Belgische leee..ger)

@loboptlu 3 года назад

@@TheAzerty1239 have an abl version and it was 30.06 as caliber

@enscroggs 2 месяца назад

I love that cocking indicator -- you don't see it, you feel it. Perfect! Soldiers shouldn't need light to tell whether their rifles are ready to fire or not. Nor should they be looking anywhere but toward the enemy, where he is or where he may be.

@fortyjarsOjello 3 года назад

Jonathan is the sole reason I want to go the museum and England.

@blackdog7040 3 года назад

Jonathan is Love, Jonathan is life

@dadjokes8963 3 года назад

@J F i see you also have seen shrek as he should never be seen

@RedWolf777SG 2 года назад

Praise Gun Jesus!!

@RobinRobertsesq 3 года назад

The FN49 is a great rifle. Very interesting rifle, sold to quite a few countries in a lot of calibers. Overshadowed by Saive's follow on FN FAL.

@PaulMinguet 6 месяцев назад

vote Trump

@ZGryphon 3 года назад

A lot of Canadian signage does things with their two languages, English and French, similar to the "ABL" monogram on this rifle. My personal favorite is the ice hockey arena in Ottawa, which used to be called the Corel Centre several sponsors back. Because the name in French is the same two words in the other order, they painted a circular design at center ice that just said COREL CENTRE COREL CENTRE over and over again, so that it read both ways at the same time. (It's now the Centre Canadian Tire Centre, which doesn't trip off the tongue quite as readily. :)

@vaclav_fejt 3 года назад

"There's a book on the subject somewhere." - You should know, you wrote it. :D

@richarddixon7276 3 года назад

Jolly good it is too .

@SirThaHerpderpderp 3 года назад

@@richarddixon7276 Yep. Real pearl

@richarddixon7276 3 года назад

Every time I pick it up I always feel like I should wear a pair of gloves . The subject is fascinating and the quality of the book itself and its entire packaging is simply exquisite , I had never picked up, let alone owned a book so nicely manufactured , hopefully it's something that will be passed down though My children to Grand children and beyond , it's a joy to just look at even before I open it , I'm very pleased , Money well spent even if My wife didn't think so at first , till she saw it herself .

@M1GarandMan3005 2 года назад

I couldn't help but notice that the front end of the FN 49 looked extremely inspired by the British Lee Enfield No. 4 Mk. I/II, which may be a result of the inventor's tenure in Britain.

@SonOfTheDawn515 5 месяцев назад

NO4 came years after first developing the SAFN.

@RaskStar 3 года назад

Jonathan videos are not always expected, but they are always interesting.

@paulchilds1893 3 года назад

"I have got a cheeky one to show you as well." Someone could take that out of context.

@MansMan42069 3 года назад

Firearms expert: 6:54 My immature self: _snickers_

@WasKE395 3 года назад

Jonathan sometimes gets that almost gremlin like smile when something is super funny but he isn't allowing himself to laugh at it.

@johncook3817 3 года назад

The FAL is the best rifle I have ever used and I have used most of the main post war weapons out there. It would be the first one I would reach for. If you look after it it will look after you!!!

@johnc6738 3 года назад

Years back I had a customer bring one in to have some work done. It was in 8mm and in very good condition. He was planning to use the rifle in mil-spec competitions. At the time several suppliers were offering these for sale. Wish I had bought one when I had the chance.

@Manco65 2 года назад

So do I. Here in the USA when initially imported they did not cost very much...well about like anything else surplus 25years ago.

@johnc6738 2 года назад

@@Manco65 Yep. Now try to buy surplus... Things have gotten crazy

@revolverDOOMGUY 3 года назад

I think this is the best available semiautomatic rifle in 7.92 mauser.

@TheArklyte 3 года назад

Wasn't there a version of SVD in one?

@revolverDOOMGUY 3 года назад

@@TheArklyte Yes, but the key word here is "available".

@TheArklyte 3 года назад

@@revolverDOOMGUY fair point

@blairbuskirk5460 3 года назад

@@TheArklyte I think that was a Czech pseudo clone of the svd that utilized 7.92 if I am not mistaken.

@TheArklyte 3 года назад

@@blairbuskirk5460 yeah, by now I also came to realization that it wasn't SVD itself, but one of the local stand ins. I still can't recall what it was though.

@michaelguerin56 3 года назад

Great to see the SLEM. I started shooting with the SLR L1A1 and still love that gas adjustment ring.

@tsmgguy 5 месяцев назад

I'm in the US and own a Luxembourg Contract AFN-49. It has been modified with the removal of the selector switch and its markings.

@BlackCoinCrypto 3 года назад

Not exciting? You have to be kidding, the 49 has to be one of the most beautiful semi's ever made.

@cbroz7492 2 месяца назад

..the last of the wood and steel battle rifles...

@billballbuster7186 3 года назад

British army version had the fully automatic firing feature removed so not really an Assault Rifle by definition. I used the later L1A1 SLR for many years. Noticed a few had bent barrels from being thrown around, but a very nice rifle none the less.

@matthew6649 3 года назад

Thankyou Jonathan + Royal Armouries for the content. The history of firearms and how and when they were used is so interesting. I hope to be able to visit some day!

@SandrasSpicySpanishSalami 3 года назад

Really start to see the FN FAL form factors coming in.

@RichGallant 3 года назад

great rifle , had one in 8mm just worked all day.

@kw9849 3 года назад

I winced at the dry firing, having just suffered a broken firing pin extension on my SAFN-49!

@onpsxmember 3 года назад

No snapcaps?

@kw9849 3 года назад

@@onpsxmember I was doing load development and gas adjustment. Had a round short-stroke, so I ended up dropping the hammer on an empty chamber. Being an Egyptian contract gun, I suspect it's been dry fired in training many, many times before I got hold of it!

@Dynasaur2010 3 года назад

Yes - the 2 piece firing pin is prone to breaking - personal experience about 35 years ago. (I had owned 3 FN49s back in the 1980s)

@pauloluciomachadodebrito8107 3 года назад

Brazil utilized this for a while, until FN FAL's became standart in the mid-60's

@katanavx0331 3 года назад

I see Jonathan Ferguson, I click. Always interesting to hear your insights, Jonathan! Keep up the great work!

@zeb3144 3 года назад

I went to the museum couple years ago and found it a fascinating place to spend a day.

@Lunchbox825 3 года назад

I noticed recently you said you had some issues with the term "battle rifle" a video on the rundown of the vocabulary around that would be very interesting

@leedavis9576 3 года назад

Obviously, he's part of the Liberal 'Woke' movement. It's why you can only see these beauties in Institutions, instead of your home in the U.K.

@spaceageGecko 3 года назад

@@leedavis9576 Lmao he is an expert on firearms he is more than qualified to have issues with terminology. Gun restrictions in the uk are loved by most, gun crime is incredibly rare.

@joestrummer4106 3 года назад

@@spaceageGecko I’m sorry if you’re an expert on firearms then that doesn’t qualify you to have issues with terminology. Hey just saying u wouldn’t want the judge(magistrate) to make a mistake on terminology while handing down your sentence, neither would u want the doctor to make a terminology slip while diagnosing u

@leedavis9576 3 года назад

@@spaceageGecko Gun crime rare, but like Australia your overall Crime rates have skyrocketed. Now you're all inflamed over "Pointy" Knives. I served 10 years in the Army, 32 years in Law Enforcement. 20 of those years as Firearms Instructor and Tactical Advisor for our 4,800 man Agency. I'm also a Factory Trained Armorer for SIG, Smith and Wesson, Remington and Glock. My own personal Military Arms collection of 38 rifles and 16 handguns spanning 200 years. And thank the Almighty Lord, that I live in a Country were I'm able to do so.

@leedavis9576 3 года назад

@@spaceageGecko Here is President Biden's nominee for the Dept. Of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms. They create Federal Regulations for Firearms and the Industry, also enforce those Regulations. So Biden's nominee, a career FBI AGENT, outspoken antagonist against the dreaded AR-15 Rifle was asked to define what an assault rifle was... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rU60h9xDfzU.html

@robertwoodroffe123 Месяц назад

I had a bitsa one in 30:06 had been a fafn with the selector and associated parts removed just the rebate in the wood to show where lever had been !

@divarachelenvy 2 года назад

great to see the grandfather of the SLR.. cheers

@randyhavard6084 2 года назад

It is a great looking rifle, in my opinion

@jonwingfieldhill6143 3 года назад

the videos are great but the table in the background always peaks my curiosity lol so many fun curios

@michaelamos4651 3 года назад

Another great video Jonathan. Thanks a really interesting subject

@Venator-Class_Star_Destroyer 11 месяцев назад

Proud of our boys at FN Herstal!

@darrenyoung001 3 года назад

Really fun,informative and interesting videos. Great presenter.

@derekp2674 3 года назад

Thanks Jonathan.

@renes9966 3 года назад

Always thought this a very aesthetically pleasing rifle

@philipingram1563 3 года назад

Excellent vid.... team up with forgotten weapons

@weaponsfreak13 3 года назад

I love this rifle! I've been trying to track down a Luxembourg Contract one for a while!

@blairbuskirk5460 3 года назад

Have to say it is quite striking aesthetically speaking.

@gone547 3 года назад

Had a mint (unissued) FN49 in 30/06. Beautiful rifle to both look at and shoot. Have had many rifles in my time but that is definately the one I miss the most.

@simonthompson9858 3 года назад

Quite brilliant and utterly fascinating Thank you Jon.

@ianmangham4570 3 года назад

Cool, I've seen one of these back in the Eighties

@alexandriabrangwin 3 года назад

You can see the beginnings of the FAL

@charles_wipman 3 года назад

Would be great to see review on the infantry weapons of the Hell Let Loose from the historic perspective.

@Snulge 3 года назад

Such beautiful rifles.

@alm5992 3 года назад

The EM-2 used molds from the FG42? I always thought those guns were similar but I could never convince anyone!

@Kav. 2 года назад

Where did he mention that the EM-2 used FG42 molds? I cannot find it, but that does not seem correct to me because they do not share the same operating system nor cartridge nor magazine nor geometry, so how would it use the same molds? The EM-1 Korsac was somewhat based on the FG42, but even this is not the same molds by a long stretch last I checked.

@peterbrown1012 3 года назад

When I joined the Army in 1971, I was issued with the 20 round SLR with a wooden stock and butt that we used linseed oil on untill they replaced the stock with plastic.

@maskedavenger2578 2 года назад

I remember seeing some SLR ‘s with a plastic butt & wooden stock or visa versa around late 1970 ‘s. The holy grail was to have an SLR with both wood stock & butt as your personal weapon. Wood has a nice natural feel to it 👍

@TheTookster Год назад

Loved the SLR.

@M1GarandMan3005 2 года назад

Not too exciting? Dude, I'm ecstatic for an FN-49!!! I'd love to have three of those in my collection!!!

@user-cm8en8or1p 3 года назад

Looks like a mixture of a Soviet SVT, a WW2 German G43, an US M1 Garand and Lee Enfield 303. I like it :)

@user-gx4gv6nq5v 10 месяцев назад

achète des lunettes

@unreasonablebastards753 3 года назад

Great video as always :)

@GARDENER42 3 года назад

I've shot FN49's in three calibres, including an Argentine 7.62x51 conversion & a Belgian auto. I'm a big lad & actually found automatic fire reasonably accurate but I doubt a 5'6" 140lb conscript of the time would agree.

@ThomasAdsumus 2 года назад

Well, you just described me hahaha Altough i wasn't a conscript, but i'm 1,70m & i weighted aroud 66kg (143lb) when i've joined. Of course i didn't fired the full auto version, but i had the chance to shoot one of the few still activated FN49's we had in .30-06 and my first tought was: "wow, is this really .30-06?" I bet that in full auto is a whole diferent story, since there's no recoil spring at all, just like an M14 (wich i never had the chance to shoot), but ofc with an even spicier round.

@kelvinchewjw 3 года назад

Royal Armories' Jonathan is like forgotton weapons' Ian

@davidnorman7948 3 года назад

Brilliant, great video.

@loboptlu 3 года назад

As a proprietor of one and knowing the naming it is not an afn but still safn , safn meant saive automatique fabrique nationale belgique , the selector has a S for simple and an R for rafale as fully automatique is a misnomer since its really calld serial fire or rafale in french. Have also a pdf copy of the original manual where its simply called fn 49 as it was officially and in the manual its marked as single or serial fire versions , no sa or a suffix , thats added wrongly later.

@sirridesalot6652 3 месяца назад

I just discovered this channel. What I found interesting is t hat this is t he only presenter I've seen wearing gloves whilst handling the firearms he's discussing.

@ExUSSailor 3 года назад

I would say that the EM-2 was Britain's first assault rifle. This may have been select fire, but, it's still a battle rifle.

@rdjhardy 3 года назад

When 7.62 x51 first came out the Americans fielded it as an 'intermediate' round.

@colinarmstrong1892 3 года назад

The EM2, FN FAL and the L85 series are all battle rifles.

@ExUSSailor 3 года назад

@@rdjhardy They may have fielded it as one, but, that doesn't magically turn it into one.

@ExUSSailor 3 года назад

@@colinarmstrong1892 Hardly. The EM-2, and, L85 both use an intermediate cartridge. .280 British for the EM-2, and, 5.56 NATO for the L85 variants.

@rdjhardy 3 года назад

@@ExUSSailor well the term 'battle rifle' wasn't used until the 1990s. Before that rifles were just rifles, e.g. the EM-2 was the Rifle No.9.

@ozdavemcgee2079 3 года назад

Love wood. Also love the look of wood metal wood on a FN and the French rifles. Maybe because my first rifle was a 303 and I constantly was always finding a cleaner looking stock or one with a cheek riser or a lighter or darker one. I swear I must have had 30 butts and about 8 or 9 front stocks over a few years

@stephencody6088 3 года назад

I can't wait to go back to Britain and visit The Royal Armouries.

@gillesguillaumin6603 3 года назад

Very nice rifles. Thanks.

@srvanddt1 2 года назад

I have the Egyptian FN49 chambered in 8mm Mauser and it is a blast to shoot. These rifles are heavy though. I think they weigh more than a M1 Garand.

@thelastmammoth1923 3 года назад

Awesome video, as always. The flemish pronunciation was a bit weird, but your french is incredible.

@keithallardice6139 3 года назад

"Whack" being the technical term lol ;-)

@longdarkrideatnight 3 года назад

How fast does that cocking leaver indicator extend, I would not want to be resting the trigger ring on my palm, fire, and have that jabbed into my hand. Likely only done one time.

@spairus4492 3 года назад

This was a great story!

@dalanwanbdiska6542 3 года назад

Thats a very beautiful rifle. I have myself a nice commercial mauser. Centurion 123 30.06 , its a santa barbara action from spain . Made in pasadena california, Golden state arms corps. I want to add a peepsights or ghost ring sights to the rear instead of the scope. Drilled and tapped from the factory, chrome lined bore. Aftermarket ramline stock for less weight. I love my mauser.

@Overonator 3 года назад

Hello sir. I have been trying to get information on the topic of hearing protection in firearms. I know that it in modern civilian contexts hearing protection is heavily emphasized. But people have been using firearms and cannons for hundreds of years. Given that one shot from a firearm can lead to permanent hearing deficits/loss how did our predecessors deal with the noise that firearms generate? If they just took the noise without hearing protection, wouldn't there be a pandemic of hearing loss after major wars/conflicts? I have been trying to search around for this topic but I'm not finding anything or anyone talking about it.

@whatinthefuckisahandle 3 года назад

I'd love to see Jonathan Ferguson and Ian Mccollum from forgotten weapons make a collab video, that would be awesome

@johnladuke6475 3 года назад

Gee, I wonder who would know enough about that postwar bullpup rifle to be able to write a book on it? Also who would publish such a thing? ;)

@Veritas419 3 года назад

An elegant weapon from a more civilized age.

@kega090 3 года назад

wow, didnt really know the FAL had a primitive model....interesting. Could you do a video on the splintering model variants of the AK-47 after 1948? I know theres a lot of them, but if the armoury had some genuine pieces on the variants, Id love to see what you guys have there, cheers!

@weirdsciencethe2nd205 3 года назад

I think it's stunning bet it would make a fantastic target rifle for military caliber competition like shooting against lebels or the mauser or a Lee enfeild the enfeilds stupidly accurate tho pop a parkerhale barrel or a cold hammer forged bsa 25inch barrel and some target sights ur gunna shoot one hole groups at 100m these are what I'm into m14s and the slr just super nice sturdy heavy hitting hand machined bits of utter beauty

@Harkness197 3 года назад

Always love your vids bro!

@dbmail545 3 года назад

Short stroke GP with a tilting bolt? Sounds a LOT like the FN FAL.

@SonOfTheDawn515 3 года назад

Because this is the FAL's daddy.

@heikkiremes5661 3 года назад

I love old wood-furnished battle rifles.

@s.p..smdness8748 3 года назад

FN Herstal definitly make the best guns in my opinion.

@ringogringo814 3 года назад

Very interesting. Didn't know about the select fire version. In the early nineties I had the Egyptian made fn49 in 8 mm Mauser made by Hakeem I believe. It was semi-automatic only, and Arsenal refinished packed in cosmoline. Very good rifle, a little heavy on the trigger pull though.

@zacharyrollick6169 10 месяцев назад

Are you certain that you are not confusing the FN-49 with the AG-42? Because the Egyptians had an 8mm Mauser clone of the Swedish AG-42 called the Hakim.

@ringogringo814 10 месяцев назад

@@zacharyrollick6169 No FN sold the production equipment for the FN-49 to Egypt after World War II. It would have been produced in the late 1930s in Belgium, but the war started and the Nazis overran the factory. The FN 49 was first generation like the M1 Garand was. The adjustable Gasport was ahead of its time, and got carried over into the FAL.

@dod957 9 месяцев назад

I would love to see a live fire demonstration of an AFN49, can’t find one anywhere online. As a dealer in Australia I had one of these that had been converted to semi only with the selector removed and ears that held the select lever ground off. Would be useless as a full auto but would love to see one firing regardless.

@12G_Pyro 3 года назад

@Royal Armouries - Ive been in the wonderful armoury on a tour, cant remember the gentlemen's name however he was really good as showing and telling the history from the first Pattern 1776 Infantry Rifle to the current day L85A3. What caught my eye was the M1915 Howell Automatic Rifle Enfield Conversion, would you be willing to take a look at the Modifications and "funnies" within the armoury as these items are not common knowledge (in my eyes). Great content as always.

@twobrotherscycleanda 3 месяца назад

My father picked one of these up as soon as he got out of Vietnam. Ended up getting destroyed in a fire we had. I still think about her.

@peteroneill5426 3 года назад

I never heard about the FN 49 at all! The FN FAL is still used as a marksman rifle in the Irish Ranger Wing, I think, and I think a few can be found amongst the reservists as well. You could even find an odd Lee-Enfield amongst the reservists in the 1990s!

@robertharper3754 3 года назад

When you take apart a FN49 you can see what the designer was thinking about when he made the FAL.

@gooeygulby90 3 года назад

I will not calm down until we get a Jonathan x ForgottenWeapons collab

@normtrooper4392 3 года назад

They did do one for the British bullpup book didn't they?

@snowflakemelter1172 3 года назад

More early FAL's in .280 please.

@Shadow_Hawk_Streaming 3 года назад

i would argue that an assult rifle has to be readily point able such as breaching and clearing a building or assulting a position, a full power cartridge I'd argue is still a battle rifle even with select fire and becomes a light support weapon in the context of it being explicitly geared for use as such, while still being far more readily usable as an infantry rifle than an actual light machinegun.

@MrAvant123 Год назад

Its amazing when you look at some of this fantastic hardware that we ended up with the SA-80 ! Some of the worlds best soldiers carrying the worlds most useless battle rifle (initially).

@annestyk 2 года назад

you're awesome dude! please keep doing these great videos!

@OutOfPrintGM 3 года назад

i thought the Farquhar-Hill was the first ?

@philippedurant4568 3 года назад

FN49 Belge … “L” = sigle de Léopold 3 porté par les armées fabriquées sous son règne. Ce fusil était mon arme de service de 1971 à 1974 à L’école technique de la Force aérienne Belge de Saffraenberg . En calibre 30.06 pour la Belgique

@ansur9890 3 года назад

Look's like a mix between M1 Grand, G43 and Lee Enfield Rifles

@sfjp1 3 года назад

Id love to onow the history of the G3 variants like A3, SG1 etc. Also love the GameSpot stuff you've been doing 👍🏻

@mmclaurin8035 3 года назад

Beautiful rifle

@deathsquadron3311 3 года назад

when the m1 garand, lee enfield, gewehr 43, have a child

@dragonstormdipro1013 3 года назад

Be quite or they'll make a hentai about it

@lefr33man 3 года назад

The only thing these three systems have in common is that they all fire a bullet when the trigger is pulled.

@esotericschizoidoccultconjurer 3 года назад

@@lefr33man He is actually saying that it looks so similar to all three of those self loading semi autos that it looks like all of them combined.

@lefr33man 3 года назад

@@esotericschizoidoccultconjurer Ah yes, the famous lee-enfield self-loading rifle. Also, they look nothing alike. If anything, the FN49 is more akin (in appearance only) to a mas 44/49.

@esotericschizoidoccultconjurer 3 года назад

@@lefr33man Well there actually is, interestingly enough, the Turner SMLE which happens to be a proper self loading semi auto Lee Enfield which had come during ww2 as an experimental prototype, it had also been an improvement upon the Howell which was also an experimental prototype self loading semi auto Lee Enfield during ww1.

@kdsuibhne 3 года назад

Since it fired a full size cartridge, not an intermediate cartridge, it isn’t an assault rifle. It is an automatic rifle. The M-14 that he mentioned is also an automatic rifle.

@Rileysworld727 3 года назад

I cant find any information online about Dieudonne Saive being extracted from Belgium in 1941. I would love to know where you found the information as im sure it was an interesting story.

@OpCrossRoads 3 года назад

This looks like a combination of the mas44 and the m14.

@richardhogg2600 3 года назад

@1:57 ....the automatic selector lever looks like a smiley face.....

@JohnDoe-pv2iu 3 года назад

Thumbnail has the negative reversed to demonstrate the 'SouthPaw' version of this 'assault rifle'! Yall Take Care and be safe, John

@gorosaurs 3 года назад

Is there any correlation between this and the MAS-49? I see a lot of similarities between the two in designation and design language. Granted one is piston driven and one is DI, so it may just be coincidental serendipity of designs of the time.