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Dieudonné Saive

Dieudonné Joseph Saive (French: [djødɔne ʒɔzɛf sɛːv]; 23 May 1888 – 12 October 1970) was a Belgian small arms designer who designed several well-known firearms for Belgian armsmaker Fabrique Nationale, including the Model 1949[1] and the FAL (Fusil Automatique Leger or Light Automatic Rifle) rifles. He is also known for modifying several of John Browning's firearms designs, including the 1931 Baby Browning and Browning Hi-Power pistols.

Dieudonné Joseph Saive

Dieudonné Joseph Saive

23 May 1888
Wandre, Belgium

12 October 1970 (1970-10-13) (aged 82)

Wandre, Belgium

Inventor, gunsmith, firearms designer

Johnson, Wayne, and Anthony Vanderlinden (December 2005). "The Last of its Kind: FN's Model 1949 Self-Loading Rifle", American Rifleman: 60–63, 94.

Johnson, Wayne. The FN-49: The Last Elegant Old-World Military Rifle. Greensboro, NC: Wet Dog Publications.  0-9707997-2-1 (1st ed.; 2004); ISBN 978-0998139715 (2nd expanded ed.; 2019). The second chapter is a biography of Dieudonne Saive.

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