The Fusil-mitrailleur Modèle 1924 M29 was the standard light machine gun of the French Army from 1925 until the 1960s and was in use until 2000-2006 with the National Gendarmerie. It fires the French 7.5×54mm round which is equivalent in ballistics and striking power to the later 7.62×51mm NATO (.308 Winchester) round.
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length (km)
1.08
weight (kg)
8900.0
origin
French Third Republic
type
Light machine gun
used in war
Suez Crisis, Vietnam War, World War II, Algerian War, Rif War, First Indochina War, Cambodian Civil War
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