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FNH FS2000 5.56mm

Written by Charlie Cutshaw. Author Archive »
Images by Chris Rohling

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IT IS RARE IN THE FIREARMS WORLD that something comes along that is truly new and different, but FNH’s FS2000 is just that; it’s breaking new ground in several ways. The FS2000’s genesis dates to 1995, when FN Herstal began studying what future demands might be for a military rifle to replace current weapons like the M16 and M4. The initial study came to no definite conclusions, but did note that the skills demanded of soldiers were changing given the new roles and missions of military forces worldwide.

fn2.gifBased on this, the company set out to design a new rifle, which was readily adaptable to alternative configurations based on changing mission profiles, plus being adaptable to incorporate new technical innovations. The result was the F2000, the immediate predecessor of our test rifle.

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One Response to “FNH FS2000 5.56mm”

  • S. Velez Says:

    Its cool and very compat rifle. I hope my deparmets fire arms instrutors see the aventage of this for police force here in Puerto Rico.


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