This police unit is now disbanded in Belgium at the turn of this century. (later they got more modern equipment like the FAL rifle and those guns where just used for exercise and train cadets.) this weapons where mainly used with a granate launcher for firing teargaz and smoke bombs. In the 50's, 60's and 70's they got there own equipment ,some of there weapons where obsolete WII armes like the nr4 mkI enfield and those Mausers model 1950. Here every town got in those days his local police and there was also in every town a seperate unit headquarter of the "gendarmerie" who did mainly the same duty as the local civilian police ,but when there was an uprise or big trouble, it was them ,with there units who taking care of it and restore the order. There where rifles with black painted model 1950 receivers, this was done for the Belgian "Gendarmerie" ,a special police unit in Belgium who was trained like a military unit. it has been produced longer than two years because its a commercial rifle.ABL means Armee Belge,Belgisch leger referring to the French and the Flemisch(dutch)translation of the two languages spoken in Belgium.this rifle is sometimes encountered with "FP" on the receiver,this means "Force public" for colonial purpose of the Belgian army in Congo. The SAFN mod.49 semi automatic rifle was the standard model,as substitute rifle is the commercial Mauser model 24/30/50 used,it has a slighter longer magazine than a k98k and the receiver got a cut to provide clearance for the pointed 30.06 catridges.Not many rifles have on the receiver the L from king Leopold III but got the B from king Boudewijn I,Belgium got a dispute after the war with the old king Leopold and he must resign by the governement in favor of his son Boudewijn.This Mauser rifle ,common called in the Belgian army the model 50 served in the Belgian army untill the 70's. After WWII Belgium acquired a quantity of US machineguns for there occupation zone in Western Germany.