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OIP 3.6x
.30-06/7.62x51 - 3.6x - Belgium - FN49/FN FAL/G3

Pending.

Images

With Belgian soldiers on FN FAL.

With Norwegian soldiers on AG3 (G3).

Belgian military bulletin for the OIP scope and accesories dated May 24, 1978.

Reticle from scope 5281.

VIDEOS

Video by Forgotten Weapons

Serial Numbers

While the Luxembourg scope contract is believed to be on its own serial number range (Johnson, 2019). It is unclear if the Belgian scopes share the same serial range with other latter contract scopes.

Serial	Country	Year	Images	Notes
024	Belgium	1951		In FN49 Echo mount.
029	Belgium	1951		In FN49 Echo mount. From Forgotten Weapons video.
041	Belgium	1951		In FN49 Echo mount.
90	Luxembourg
112	Belgium	1951		In FN49 Echo mount.
157	Luxembourg
167	Luxembourg
260	Belgium	1951		In FN49 Echo mount.
458	Belgium	1951		In FN49 Echo mount. From Forgotten Weapons video.
618	Belgium	1951		In FN49 Echo mount.
945	Belgium	1951		In FN49 Echo mount.
1048	Belgium	1951-1957		Production year is marked as range instead of single year.
1387	Belgium	1951		In FN49 Echo mount. From Forgotten Weapons video.
1516	Belgium	1951		In FN49 Echo mount. Seen on Luxembourg rifle 7097
1565	Belgium	1951
1628	Belgium	1951-???		Last seen mounted on Luxembourg rifle 12849. Hard to see but year might be a range.
1648	Belgium	1951		Last seen mounted on Luxembourg rifle 6860.
1668	Belgium	1952
1730	Belgium			In FN49 Echo mount.
1833	Belgium	1953		In FN49 Echo mount. Sunshade is mismatched from scope 1386.
2067	Belgium	1958
2130	Belgium	1958
210x	Belgium	1958		Hard to tell last digit of serial number. Looks like 2100.
2259	Belgium	1958
2262	Belgium	1958
2289	Belgium	1958
2474	Belgium	1958
2513	Belgium	1959
5176
5281
5918
6661	Norway
7138	Norway			Hard to see serial number might, third digit might be 8.
7746
No Serial

References

Johnson, W. (2019). The FN-49 - The Last Elegant Old World Military Rifle. Wet Dog Publications.