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FN Five-seven

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The FN Five-seven is a semi-automatic pistol designed and manufactured by FN Herstal in Belgium, developed between 1993 and 1998 and chambered for the 5.7 by 28 millimeter cartridge the company created alongside it. It entered service around 2000 and has since been adopted by more than forty military and police forces in over twenty countries. It has seen use in the War in Afghanistan, the 2003 to 2004 Indonesian offensive in Aceh, the Mexican drug war and the Libyan Civil War. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Caliber
5.7x28mm 1
Caliber
FN 5.7×28mm 2
Service Status
In Service 1
Weapon Class
Semi-automatic pistol 1
Introduced Year
1998 1
Introduced Year
2000 2
Weapon Class
Weapon Class (category)
Pistol / Revolver 1
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1. Wikipedia: FN Five-seven
  • Infobox, type
    Semi-automatic pistol
  • Introduction, paragraph 2
    the Five-seven was introduced in 1998
  • service status
    The Five-seven is currently in service with military and police forces in over 40 nations, including Canada, France, Greece, India, Poland, Spain, and the United States
  • Caliber attribute (fn-five-seven)
    The pistol is named for the 5.7×28mm cartridge's bullet diameter, and the trademark's capitalization style is intended to emphasize the manufacturer's initials-FN.
  • Used In: War in Afghanistan (2001-2021), Infobox, wars field
    Infobox wars field lists: War in Afghanistan
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2. Wikidata: FN Five-seven
Wikidata Q861158, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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