Key facts
- Type
- Semi-automatic pistol
- Place of origin
- Belgium
- In service
- 2000–present
- Used by
- 20+ nations (see Users )
- Wars
- War in Afghanistan Indonesian offensive in Aceh Mexican drug war Libyan Civil War
- Designer
- FN Herstal
- Designed
- 1993–1998
- Manufacturer
- FN Herstal
- Produced
- 1998–present
- Variants
- See Variants
- Mass
- 610 g (1.3 lb) empty 744 g (1.6 lb) loaded
- Length
- 208 mm (8.2 in)
- Barrel length
- 122 mm (4.8 in)
- Width
- 36 mm (1.4 in)
- Height
- 137 mm (5.4 in)
- Cartridge
- FN 5.7×28mm
- Action
- Delayed blowback
- Rate of fire
- Semi-automatic
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Encyclopedic overview
The FN Five-seven (stylized as Five-seveN) is a semi-automatic pistol designed and manufactured by FN Herstal in Belgium. 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.
The Five-seven pistol was developed in conjunction with the FN P90 personal defense weapon and the FN 5.7×28mm cartridge. The P90 was introduced in 1990, and the Five-seven was introduced in 1998 as a pistol using the same 5.7×28mm ammunition. Developed as a companion pistol to the P90, the Five-seven shares many of its design features: it is a lightweight polymer-based weapon with a relatively large magazine capacity, ambidextrous controls, low recoil, and the ability to penetrate body armor when using certain cartridge types.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “FN Five-seven” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.