#Herstal

[theworldatwar]

A German motorcycle rider sits on what appears to be a captured Belgian Gillet Herstal AB720 motorcycle on a city street presumably in Belgium - date unknown. Note, on the sidecar the 2nd sapper battalion badge appears to have been marked.

[nocternalrandomness]

"Five Seven"

[conatic]

Toute une famille de Herstal condamnée pour avoir détourné près de 200 000 euros d’aides sociales sur une dizaine d’années ! - L'Avenir

Source: lavenir.net

[mummycoffee]

▪︎Hier soir c'était championnat de pétanque. Loisirs que je pratique depuis toute petite. Je suis née dedans. Comme Obélix qui est tombé dans la potion quand il était petit. J'ai fais énormément de championnats... remporté des prix (en 2004)... suivi mon frère au championnat du monde. 📍 Mes plus belles années, des fous rires, loin de se prendre la tête, juste de l'innocence, de la compétition... 🤝 J'aime la pétanque. Mais j'aime encore plus quand elle est partagée avec des gens qui sont dans le même esprit de convivialité. 🍻 Même en vacances en Espagne chez mes grands-parents, j'accompagnais mami aux matchs. Je ne comprenais pas la langue mais il suffisait de jouer 🤎 𝙏𝙪 𝙖𝙨 𝙙𝙚́𝙟𝙖̀ 𝙟𝙤𝙪𝙚́ 𝙥𝙚́𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙦𝙪𝙚 ? 𝘾𝙖𝙢𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙘𝙡𝙪𝙗𝙨,... ? _________________________ #pétanque #petanque #jouerpetanque #petanquebelge #loisirs #passions #passionpetanque #majeunesse #nostalgie😍 #jeunes #lapetanque #momentdequalité #évasion #vottem #herstal #boulodrome (à Boule Vottemoise d'Herstal Petanque Club) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnaFucXtXaN/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[this-europe]

Herstal, the birthplace of Europe?

Herstal is the birthplace of the dynasty that kind of made Europe, the Pippinides, better known as the Carolingians, which major men includes Charles Martel, born in Herstal, and his grandson Charlemagne, maybe born in Herstal (or Aachen). The name Herstal is of Franconian origin, consisting of the elements hari (“army”) and stal (“resting place”, compare “stable”).

The capital of the south-west crossing pillar in the Great St. Martin Church in Cologne, is according to legend depicting Pippin and Plectrudis

Today the town is mostly known for the largest arms manufacturer in Belgium, Fabrique Nationale d'Armes de Guerre (or FN Herstal for short), which employs around 900 people. Forges de Zeebrugge is another weapon producer in town. You could, possibly, argue that the spirit of the Pippinides (which where if anything, great warlords) here lives on in companies like this and in the general industrialization in the region around Liège. Herstal was also the headquarter for the motorcycle manufacturers Saroléa and Gillet Herstal.

In the history books the Pippinides road to fame began with Pippin of Herstal (ca 635–714), who had the absolutely top post in the Merovingian empire as Mayor of the Palace and he was de facto ruler of both Austrasia and Neustria. He probably chose this location as his main residence because of its proximity to the major cities of Tongeren, Maastricht, and Liège. So even if there is nada left of the old European history in this town, it still at the important junction and if the perspective change from museums, ruins and castles mode to a more geographical mode, it still could be interesting looking around for clues in the environment around the place. To be continued…

[debrink]

Manufacture d’Herstal lez Lieges

~ Enrico Grimaldi, circa 1900

[dondadatopshotta]

[frenchcurious]

Gillet Herstal 720 AB 1939 / Belgique. - source. - Motorworld by V.Sheyanov.

[sudoscience]

Did I ever post this here? This is one of my most prized possessions. Red Cerakote inspired by Westworld.

[officialyasen]

kinda obsessed with SCAR-L and their AR stock adapter

[the-nomadicone]

3rd Marine Division // United States Marine Corps

[conatic]

Toute une famille de Herstal poursuivie pour avoir détourné près de 200.000 euros d’aides sociales sur une dizaine d’années! - La DH/Les Sports+

Source: dhnet

[northcountyshootingcenter]

💥 FN Five-SeveN in 5.7x28mm 💥

[the-gentleman-sockmonkey]

I can't be mad at FN because I rarely get mad at the retarded...

[tiradoresprecision]

FN lanza una producción limitada de SCAR 17S DMR en 6.5 Creedmoor

FN America, LLC se complace en anunciar el lanzamiento de una producción limitada del FN SCAR® 17S Designated Marksman Rifle, o DMR, con recámara en 6.5 Creedmoor. La configuración de tirador designado de gama media trae el calibre de 6,5 CM a la plataforma SCAR 17S por primera vez y ofrece un impresionante rifle multiusos mejorado para aprovechar la precisión inherente y la capacidad de…