Currently, this is the serial number range for the INDEP FMP, imported by Century Arms International, as assembled rifles or receivers only:
Serial Numbers
- I 0135 through I 0999
- non-matching parts rifles (FMP receiver, trunnion, cocking tube- then assembly into complete rifles)
History
INDEP (Industrias Nacionais de Defesa, EP)(Defense National Industries, Public Corp.)
- created to replace Fabrica Nacional de Municoes de Armas Ligeiras/FNMAL (National Light Armament Ammunition Factory) and Fabrica Militar do Braco de Prata/FMBP under the control of the National Defense Ministry, but these companies never closed; they merged and continued to exist under the management of INDEP, under the new names of Fabrica Nacional de Municoes (FNM) and Fabrica de Braco de Prata (Braco de Prata Factory/FBP)
- EMPORDEF (holding company) was created in March, 1997
- with a reduction in military manufacturing, INDEP was deactivated in December, 2003, and ceased all operations in 2007
Tony
Serial Numbers
- I 0135 through I 0999
- non-matching parts rifles (FMP receiver, trunnion, cocking tube- then assembly into complete rifles)
History
INDEP (Industrias Nacionais de Defesa, EP)(Defense National Industries, Public Corp.)
- created to replace Fabrica Nacional de Municoes de Armas Ligeiras/FNMAL (National Light Armament Ammunition Factory) and Fabrica Militar do Braco de Prata/FMBP under the control of the National Defense Ministry, but these companies never closed; they merged and continued to exist under the management of INDEP, under the new names of Fabrica Nacional de Municoes (FNM) and Fabrica de Braco de Prata (Braco de Prata Factory/FBP)
- EMPORDEF (holding company) was created in March, 1997
- with a reduction in military manufacturing, INDEP was deactivated in December, 2003, and ceased all operations in 2007
Tony