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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-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 ...
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.
.308 Winchester.300 Winchester Magnum.338 Winchester Magnum. 5.56×45mm NATO.30-06 Springfield. 7.62×39mm. 2011 United States: Ruger M77.220 Swift.22-250 Remington.243 Winchester.25-06 Remington.257 Roberts.264 Winchester Magnum.270 Winchester.284 Winchester.280 Remington.30-06 Springfield.308 Winchester.300 Winchester Magnum. 7mm-08 Remington ...
The Lebel Model 1886 rifle (French: Fusil Modèle 1886 dit "Fusil Lebel") also known as the "Fusil Mle 1886 M93", after a bolt modification was added in 1893, is an 8 mm bolt-action infantry rifle that entered service in the French Army in 1887. It is a repeating rifle that can hold eight rounds in its fore-stock tube magazine, one round in the ...
0.308 [3] 57mm 8mm Lebel replacement. Rimless rifle cartridge. Same bullet diameter as .30-06. Short-lived due to confusion with 7.92mm Mauser. 7.5×54mm French: 1929 France R 7.57x54mm 2700 2232 58 0.308 54mm Case-shortened 7.5×57mm MAS. Standard French rifle cartridge until the introduction of the FAMAS in 1979. 7.62×25mm Tokarev: 1930 [3 ...
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 ...