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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 2 3 In FN49 Echo mount. From Forgotten Weapons video.
041 Belgium 1951 In FN49 Echo mount.
90 Luxembourg 2 3 4 5 6
112 Belgium 1951 In FN49 Echo mount.
157 Luxembourg 2
167 Luxembourg 2 3 4 5
260 Belgium 1951 In FN49 Echo mount.
458 Belgium 1951 2 In FN49 Echo mount. From Forgotten Weapons video.
618 Belgium 1951 2 In FN49 Echo mount.
945 Belgium 1951 2 3 4 5 6 In FN49 Echo mount.
1047 Belgium 1951 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
1048 Belgium 1951-1957 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Production year is marked as range instead of single year.
1387 Belgium 1951 1387 In FN49 Echo mount. From Forgotten Weapons video.
1516 Belgium 1951 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 In FN49 Echo mount. Seen on Luxembourg rifle 7097
1565 Belgium 1951 2 3 4
1628 Belgium 1951-??? 2 Seen on Luxembourg rifle 12849. Hard to see but year might be a range.
1648 Belgium 1951 2 3 4 5 6 Seen on Luxembourg rifle 6860.
1668 Belgium 1952
1730 Belgium In FN49 Echo mount.
1833 Belgium 1953 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 In FN49 Echo mount. Sunshade is mismatched from scope 1386.
2067 Belgium 1958 2
2100 Belgium 1958 2 3 4 5 6 Hard to tell last digit of serial number. Looks like 2100.
2130 Belgium 1958 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
2259 Belgium 1958 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
2262 Belgium 1958
2289 Belgium 1958 2 3 4 5 6
2474 Belgium 1958 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
2513 Belgium 1959 2 3 4 5
2531 Belgium 1959 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
5176 2 3 4 5 6
5281 2 3 4 5
5918 2
6661 Norway 2
7138 Norway 2 3 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.



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