The MAS-49 is a French semi-automatic rifle that replaced various bolt action rifles as the French service rifle in 1949. It was designed and manufactured by the government-owned MAS arms factory. The French Army formal designation of the MAS-49 is Fusil Semi-automatique de 75mm Modele 1949 (semi-automatic rifle of 7.5mm model 1949).
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length (km)
1.1
weight (kg)
4700.0
origin
French Fourth Republic
type
Semi-automatic rifle
used in war
Suez Crisis, Vietnam War, Algerian War, Syrian Civil War, First Indochina War, Shaba II
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