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The MAS-49 semi-automatic rifle evolved from the prototype MAS-38/39 and from the MAS-40, and lastly from the post-war MAS-44 and its minor variants 44A, 44B and 44C. Although 50,000 MAS-44 rifles were ordered in January 1945, only 6,200 were delivered to the French Navy .
The 7.5×54mm French MAS has an uncommon 12.39 mm (0.488 in) breech and breechface diameter, and it has ballistics comparable to the 7.62×51mm NATO/.308 Winchester round. [1] The 7.5 French cartridge is somewhat similar in appearance to the slightly longer and thicker 7.5×55mm Swiss GP11 round but users should never try to interchange the two ...
MAS later designed and manufactured the family of rifles chambered in 7.5×54mm French, from the MAS-36 through the MAS-49/56, then later the FAMAS bullpup assault rifle, which uses the 5.56×45mm NATO round. In 2001, weapons production ceased as MAS was absorbed into the Nexter Group.
MAS-49 rifle: Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne: 7.5×54mm French.308 (Century Arms mass conversions) France 1949 Meunier rifle: 7x59 "7mm Meunier" France 1900s Mauser M1916: Mauser: 7.92×57mm Mauser Germany: 1916 MICOR Leader 50: MICOR Defence .50 BMG United States 2012 Mk. 12 Special Purpose Rifle: 5.56×45mm NATO United States
MAS-36 rifle: Manufacture d'Armes de Saint-Étienne: 7.5×54mm French France: 1936 MAS-49 rifle: Manufacture d'Armes de Saint-Étienne: 7.5×54mm French France: 1949 Mauser-Koka: Mauser Zastava Arms: 10.15×63mmR Kingdom of Serbia: 1871 Mauser M59: Kongsberg Small Arms: 7.62×51mm NATO.30-06 Springfield Norway: 1959 Mauser M 98: Mauser: Varies ...
The FA-MAS Type 62 is a 7.62×51mm NATO rifle developed by the French Army as a replacement for the MAS-49/56. [1] [2] It was the last in series of 40 different prototype rifles designed between 1952 and 1962. [3] [4] However, the introduction of the 5.56×45mm cartridge caused the French to rethink their approach and the project was eventually ...
Vietnam-era rifles used by the US military and allies. From top to bottom: M14, MAS 36, M16 (30 round magazine), AR-10, M16 (20 round magazine), M21, L1A1, M40, MAS 49 The Vietnam War involved the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) or North Vietnamese Army (NVA), National Liberation Front for South Vietnam (NLF) or Viet Cong (VC), and the armed forces of the People's Liberation Army (PLA), Soviet ...
Furthermore, a thoroughly tested French semi-automatic rifle was also ready to be placed into production by 1939. But due to the German occupation of France during the Second World War, five more years had to pass before this gas-operated weapon (the MAS-1939 and MAS-40) could be issued as the MAS-44, MAS-49 and MAS 1949-56 series. [18]