The FN Model 1924 series is a line of Mauser Gewehr 98 pattern bolt-action rifles produced by the Belgian Fabrique Nationale.

The FN Model 1930 series is also a line based on the Mauser Gewehr 98 pattern rifles that have the standard length (223mm/ 8.8 in.)

[1] After World War I and the German defeat, Belgium manufactured derivative of the Mauser 98, slightly modified.

[15][17] Ex-Lithuanian FN 1930 rifles captured by the Soviets were even supplied post-war to the People's Liberation Army.

[18] Many were later converted to .30-06 Springfield after 1950, serving alongside newly produced FN Model 1950 short rifles and carbines.

[19] After the war, the Force Publique of the Belgian Congo received some thousands of newly manufactured Mle 1930 carbines.

The FN Mle 1930 were used during these conflicts, being seen in the hands of South Kasai secessionist gendarmes or of Simba rebels.

[35] Between 1948 and 1949, the Dutch East Indies association Indische Ondernemers Bond (IOB, "Indies Business Union"), bought 6,000 7.92×57mm Model 1930 carbines for private security tasks, such as on plantations, industries, or other business.

The Royal Netherlands Indies Police also ordered 20,000 carbines in 1949, with roughly two-thirds of them already delivered before the Dutch recognized Indonesian independence in December 1949.

[37] Around 2,700 ex-Dutch National Police Model 30 carbines were converted to the 7.62×51mm NATO by the Artillerie-Inrichtingen in 1960 for use in Dutch New Guinea.

After the territory was integrated with Indonesia in 1963, the carbines were used by both Indonesian authorities and the Free Papua Movement.

[38] Israel bought in the early 1950s some FN Model 1930 short rifles originally in 7.92 Mauser.

[43] In 1926 and 1927, Mexico ordered some 35,000 FN Mle 1924 short rifles and carbines, chambered in 7mm Mauser.

[50] The Imperial Persian Army bought some FN Mle 1930 short rifles at the end of the 1920s.

[54] Venezuela ordered 16,500 FN Mle 1930 short rifles and carbines in the mid-1930s, firing the 7mm Mauser cartridge.

[55] A very small number had a 6 inches (0.15 m) longer barrel, being designed to train the Venezuelan Olympic team.

These were produced by reworking existing prewar Serbian Model 24 Mausers and then refurbished with new parts at the Zastava Arms (formally Kragujevac Arsenal) plant, which was at that time under the control of the postwar communist government.

M24 series rifles were used by the Royal Yugoslav Army and by nearly all sides during World War II in Yugoslavia.

[9] During the Nicaraguan Revolution, FN Mle 1930 short rifles were carried by Sandinista rebels.