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    The MAS-49 is a French semi-automatic rifle that replaced various bolt-action rifles as the French service rifle that was produced from 1949. It was designed...
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  • Look up mas, más, or MAS in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Mas, Más or MAS may refer to: Más y Menos, fictional superhero characters, from the Teen Titans...
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    troops. During the 1950s the French military adopted the semi-automatic MAS-49 rifle as their standard service rifle. Though intended to replace the Lebel...
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  • 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. It was the last in series of 40 different...
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    manufactured several firearms for the French military, including the MAS-36 rifle, the MAS-49 rifle, and the FAMAS. It is now part of Nexter. The French Ministry...
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    semi automatique MAS 44 Fusil semi automatique MAS 49 Carabine Mitrailleuse de 7,65 mm MAS modèle 1948 Carabine Mitrailleuse de 7,65 mm MAS modèle 1949 Carabine...
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    FAMAS (redirect from FA MAS)
    replaced both the aging MAS 49/56 rifle and MAT-49 submachine gun. Approximately 400,000 FAMAS F1 assault rifles were produced by MAS. While a capable rifle...
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  • The 7.5×54mm French, 7.5 French, or 7.5 MAS (designated as the 7,5 × 54 MAS by the C.I.P.) is a rimless bottlenecked rifle cartridge. It was developed...
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    the M1 Garand, SVT-40, Gewehr 41, Gewehr 43, Type 4, FN Model 1949, and MAS-49. First examples of semi-automatic fully powered-cartridge rifles used in...
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  • FAMAS-Automatic bullpup Replaced MAS 49 and MAT 49 in 1978. MAS-49/56- Introduced in 1936, both the MAS-49 and MAS-49/56 would serve France until 1967...
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    that of the later, French MAS-49 rifle. The Ag m/42 also uses a tilting breech block like the Tokarev SVT-38/SVT-40, the MAS-49 and FN FAL rifles. The Ag...
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  • FN Model 1949 (redirect from FN-49)
    SVT-40 SKS MAS-49 rifle Ag m/42 Hakim rifle Rasheed Carbine Gewehr 43 M1 Garand vz. 52 rifle "Le fusil semi-automatique belge S.A.F.N. 49". Action Armes...
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    II firearms of Germany Mondragón rifle Type Hēi AG-42 M1 Garand SVT-40 MAS-49 rifle Chris Bishop (2002). The Encyclopedia of Weapons of World War II....
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    South Vietnamese forces, supplied by the CIA. MAS-38 submachine gun – used by South Vietnamese militias. MAT-49 submachine gun – used by South Vietnamese...
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    Springfield Armory M1A Ruger Mini-14 M1941 Johnson rifle Gewehr 41 vz. 52 rifle MAS-49 rifle FN Model 1949 Ruger 10/22 Marlin Model 60 Remington Model 7400 Remington...
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    grenade system) and SP-3 (BM59 Mk IV).  Italy  Libya  Somalia M14 rifle MAS-49 rifle Ruger Mini-14 Jowett, Philip (2016). Modern African Wars (5): The...
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  • GIAT MAS-36 LG48 (France – bolt-action rifle – 7.5×54mm French) GIAT MAS-49 (France – semi-automatic battle rifle – 7.5×54mm French) GIAT MAS 49/56 (France...
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    the CAL in the late 1960s and early 1970s for military adoption. It had a MAS-49/56 style rifle grenade launching system. But was never adopted. FN FAL,...
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  • features a Tokarev-pattern tipping bolt system as used in the FN-49, SKS and MAS-49 rifles. While the Ag m/42 fired the 6.5×55mm cartridge, Egypt owned...
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  • CZ-75 Glock 17 L1A1 SLR Luger pistol M1 Carbine M1 Garand M1911 pistol MAS-49 rifle Meunier rifle Mondragón rifle SKS Smith & Wesson M&P15-22 SVT-40 TEC-9...
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  • heavy receiver much like the bolts of the Russian SKS carbine and French MAS-49 series of semi-automatic rifles. The gas system is fitted with a gas regulator...
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  • 5×54mm French) MAS 49/56 (France – Semi-Automatic Rifle – 7.5×54mm French) MAS-49/56 MSF (France – Semi-Automatic Rifle – 7.5×54mm French) MAS Type 62 (France...
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  • over to semiautomatic rifles such as the M1 Garand, SKS, FN Model 1949 and MAS-49. Nonetheless, it has also been pointed out by historians and collectors...
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    In December 2022, Mas purchased a 49% stake in Maltese charter Galistair Malta. Mas Air operates the following scheduled services: Mas Air's fleet consists...
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    machine guns, mainly of 9mm MAT 49 submachine guns, 7.5mm MAS 36 bolt-action rifles, MAS 49 semi-automatic rifles and MAS 49/56 grenade launcher rifles, some...
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    62×39mm Assault rifle  Soviet Union AKM 7.62×39mm Assault rifle  Soviet Union MAS-49/56 7.5×54mm Semi-automatic rifle  France Machine guns RPD 7.62×39mm Light...
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    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. Another adverse result of...
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    equipped with the 3.85 power APX L806 telescopic sight designed for the MAS-49 rifle, for economical reasons. These scopes were manufactured with a center...
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    rotating it a quarter of a turn. The APX(SOM) telescopic sight used on the MAS-49 and the FR-F1 sniper rifle can be mounted on the AA-52 as well as an infrared...
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  • Carbine - Contemporaneous bolt action development MAS-49 - A later French semi-automatic rifle FA-MAS Type 62 - A later French battle rifle Heber, Thorsten...
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