Friday, September 24, 2004

FN Five-seveN (Game Stats) (Cool Pics too)

Fabrique Nationale Model Five seveN
Introduced in 1996 the Five-seveN is a curious pistol, designed to fire the same round used in the P-90 PDW it makes extensive user of polymer construction to reduce weight. Intended for use as a service issue pistol the weapon is design with rail mountings under the barrel to allow for the use of flashlight or laser sight attachments. Currently the weapon has not been adopted by any country though it is understood that British Police Authorities are testing the weapon for possible adoption, the Dallas/Fort Worth SWAT are also believed to be testing the Five seveN and P90 as well.
R Evaluation: FN's Model Five seveN has quite a row in the staff here, we have obtained quantities of it for testing to determine it's suitability for our agents. The ballistics of the handgun is the same as the P90 submachine gun. This does make for some commonality of ammunition between a sidearm and primary weapon but some of the armorers here feel the weapon is ill suited for a handgun and will cause over penetration. As such we have only obtained a small quantities of these handguns for testing. 004 has agreed to carry one in the field to determine the effectiveness of the design for us.

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