The MAT-49 is a submachine gun which was developed by the French arms factory Manufacture Nationale d'Armes de Tulle (MAT) for use by the French Army. It was first produced in 1949 and remained in French service until it was phased out following the …

The MAS-38 is a French submachine gun designed in the 1930s and used by French and German forces during the Second World War. It was derived from a small arms development program that took place between 1918 and 1922 under the …

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2014年6月1日 · Approximately 700,000 produced from 1950 to 1979 by M.A. Tulle and later M.A. Chatellerault. Principal submachine gun of French armed forces and national police during this period. Replaced in military service circa 1980 by 5.56mm FAMAS assault rifle.

2013年5月30日 · The MAT-49 was the iconic gun of the failed French military operations in Indochina and Algeria. The MAT 49 remained in service into the 1980s as seen here with these foreign legion forces.

2013年5月17日 · The MAS-38 was a French direct blowback SMG firing the 7.62x20mm cartridge. It featured a distinctive barrel set at an angle to its receiver.

2020年7月20日 · After the war, France sought to develop a new semi-automatic rifle to replace the MAS-36 bolt action rifle and a new submachine. The result in the latter case was the MAT-49.

2016年3月6日 · For nearly 30 years, the MAT-49 saw action wherever the French had once planted their flag — during the First Indochina War, in Algeria, and as favorite weapon of the French Foreign Legion when...

The MAT 49 was the standard submachine-gun of the French armed forces from 1950 until the 1980s. A simple blowback-operated weapon, its most notable feature was a magazine housing which folded forward under the barrel to make the weapon more compact when not in use.

2024年1月31日 · In the late 1940s the French developed a new suite of small arms, including a competition to replace the 7.65mm MAS-38 submachine gun with a new 9x19mm SMG. The eventual winner of this program was the MAT-49, which became an iconic part of French Army weaponry in Algeria and elsewhere.