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[[File:MAS-49-firstmodel.jpg|thumb|right|400px|MAS-49 - 7.5x54mm French]]
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During and after World War II, the [[Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne|Saint-Étienne Weapons Factory]] (''Manufacture d'Armes de Saint-Étienne'', abbr. MAS), developed and manufactured a series of semi-automatic rifles that later became the standard service rifles of the French Army.
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[[File:MAS49RifleA.jpg|thumb|right|400px|MAS-49/56 - 7.5x54mm French]]
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{{Gun Title}}
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=MAS-40=
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[[File:Mas40-2.jpg|thumb|right|400px|MAS-40 - 7.5x54mm French]]
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[[File:MAS-40 20 round mag.jpg|thumb|right|400px|MAS-40 - 7.5x54mm French. Model with 25-round [[Chatellerault M1924/29]] magazines.]]
  
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The '''MAS-49''' is a French battle rifle adopted as the French service rifle in 1949, replacing the earlier bolt-action rifles. The MAS-49 was used by French forces in the Indochina, Algerian and Suez conflicts. The MAS-49/56 is an improved version of the MAS-49 that was shorter, lighter, and had a built-in muzzle brake/grenade launcher. The MAS-49/56 was the standard rifle of the French military between 1957 and 1979.
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The '''MAS-40''' was an early French semi-auto battle rifle. This was the second prototype in the line of MAS semi-automatic rifles, following the MAS-38/39 prototype (which had a lot of parts in common with [[MAS-36]]). While the most of MAS-38/39 and MAS-40 rifles were fed from a standard 5-round fixed magazine (similar to the [[MAS-36]]), several were modified to loaded from 25-round [[Chatellerault M1924/29]] magazines.
  
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'''The MAS-49 can be seen in the following films used by the following actors:'''
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It was produced only in very small quantities (no more than 50 were made), and was never officially issued by the French army. The stocks of rifles were eventually captured by the German army, but were left without interest; in 1944, they were recaptured and ended up in the hands of the French Resistance.
  
 
==Specifications==
 
==Specifications==
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(Production: 1940 – 1940)
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* '''Type:''' Battle Rifle
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* '''Country of Origin:''' France
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* '''Caliber:''' 7.5mm
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* '''Cartridge:''' 7.5x54mm French
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* '''Weight:''' ??
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* '''Length:''' ??
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* '''Barrel length:''' ??
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* '''Capacity:''' 5-round fixed magazine (25-round box magazine from [[Chatellerault M1924/29]])
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* '''Rate of fire''' Semi-automatic
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{{Gun Title|MAS-40}}
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{{Clear}}
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===Video Games===
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{{Media table start|video game}}
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|-
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| ''[[World War II Online: Battleground Europe]]'' || || || || 2001
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|-
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|}
  
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'''Type:''' Battle Rifle
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=MAS-44=
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[[File:MAS-44.jpg|thumb|right|400px|MAS-44 - 7.5x54mm French]]
  
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'''Caliber:''' 7.5x54 mm Mle.1929
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The '''MAS-44''' was an early French service semi-auto battle rifle, derived from the earlier MAS-40. It did not enter mass production due to an excess of weapons received from the Allies (such as the [[M1 Garand]] and [[M1 Carbine]]). The produced rifles afterwards were was used in Indochina, and, in addition, continued to be in the arsenals of French warships back in the 80s.
  
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'''Capacity:''' 10 round box magazine
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6,300 MAS-44 rifles were produced in total.
  
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'''Fire Modes:''' Semiautomatic
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==Specifications==
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(Production: 1944 - 1951)
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* '''Type:''' Battle Rifle
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* '''Country of Origin:''' France
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* '''Caliber:''' 7.5mm
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* '''Cartridge:''' 7.5x54mm French
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* '''Weight:''' {{Convert|kg|4.4}}
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* '''Length:''' {{Convert|mm|1075}}
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* '''Barrel length:''' {{Convert|mm|580}}
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* '''Capacity:''' 10-round detachable magazine
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* '''Rate of fire''' Semi-automatic
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{{Gun Title|MAS-44}}
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{{Clear}}
  
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=== Film ===
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===Video Games===
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
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{{Media table start|video game}}
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|-
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="280"|'''Title'''
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| ''[[Call of Duty: WWII]]'' || || || || 2017
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Actor'''
 
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
 
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
 
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
 
 
|-
 
|-
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| ''[[The 317th Platoon]]'' || [[Jacques Perrin]] || Le sous-lieutenant Torrens  || with APX L806 scope|| 1965
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| ''[[Battlefield V]]'' || || || Added in "Lightning Strikes" update in 2019 || 2018
 
|-
 
|-
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| ''[[The 317th Platoon]]'' || || Laotian soldier  || || 1965
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| ''[[Marauders (video game)]]'' || || || Added in ''Excavation Update'' in 2023 || 2022
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|-
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|}
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=MAS-49=
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[[File:MAS-49-firstmodel.jpg|thumb|right|400px|MAS-49 - 7.5x54mm French]]
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[[File:MAS-49 with APX L806 scope.jpg|thumb|right|400px|MAS-49 with APX L806 scope - 7.5x54mm French]]
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The '''MAS-49''' is the successor to the MAS-44, and was adopted as the standard French service rifle from 1951 to 1979, replacing the earlier bolt-action rifles. Unlike earlier MAS semi-automatic rifles, the MAS-49 featured a detachable magazine.
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The MAS-49 was manufactured and adopted in relatively limited numbers (20,600 made in total), and would later be replaced by the MAS-49/56. It was used by French forces in the Indochina, Algerian and Suez conflicts.
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There are two unique variants of the MAS-49 specifically:
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*'''MAS-49 (Syrian):''' - An export version produced for Syrian orders. The main difference from the French version was that the rifle is equipped with a bayonet base and a bayonet copied from the MAS 38.
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*'''MAS-49 (selection):''' - A series of accurized MAS-49s used as sniper rifles. They were made from select MAS-49 rifles identified as having low shot dispersion, with their grenade-launching parts removed and equipped with the APX L Mle53 optical sight (magnification 3.85x). This version was replaced by the [[MAS FR F1|FR F1 rifles]].
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==Specifications==
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(Production: 1949 - 1965)
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* '''Type:''' Battle Rifle
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* '''Country of Origin:''' France
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* '''Caliber:''' 7.5mm
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* '''Cartridge:''' 7.5x54mm French
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* '''Weight:''' {{Convert|kg|4.7}}
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* '''Length:''' {{Convert|mm|1100}}
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* '''Barrel length:''' {{Convert|mm|580}}
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* '''Capacity:''' 10-round detachable magazine
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* '''Rate of fire''' Semi-automatic
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-----
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{{Gun Title|MAS-49}}
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{{Clear}}
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===Film===
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{{Media table start|film}}
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|-
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| rowspan="2" | ''[[The 317th Platoon]]'' ||[[Jacques Perrin]]||Le sous-lieutenant Torrens||with APX L806 scope||rowspan="2" | 1965
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| || A Laotian soldier||
 
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| ''[[Battle of Algiers, The|The Battle of Algiers]]''  ||  || French soldiers ||  || 1966
 
| ''[[Battle of Algiers, The|The Battle of Algiers]]''  ||  || French soldiers ||  || 1966
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| ''[[Shock Troops (Un homme de trop)]]'' || [[Jacques Perrin]] || Kerk || with APX L806 scope || 1967
 
| ''[[Shock Troops (Un homme de trop)]]'' || [[Jacques Perrin]] || Kerk || with APX L806 scope || 1967
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|-
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| ''[[The Gendarme Gets Married]]'' || || || || 1968
 
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| ''[[The Day of the Jackal]]'' ||  || French gendarmes  ||  || 1973
 
| ''[[The Day of the Jackal]]'' ||  || French gendarmes  ||  || 1973
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|-
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| ''[[Holy Year (L'année sainte)]]''|| || Italian police || ||1976
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|-
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| ''[[Police War,The (La Guerre des polices)|The Police War (La Guerre des polices)]]''|| || French police || || 1979
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|}
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===Video Games===
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{{Media table start|video game}}
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|-
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| ''[[7554]]'' || || ||with APX L806 scope|| 2011
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|-
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| rowspan="3" | ''[[Rising Storm 2: Vietnam]]'' ||  ||  ||standard variant; added in Update 1.3||rowspan="3" | 2017
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| || || grenade launcher version with 6 HE Rifle Grenades; added in Update 1.3
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| || ||Marksman version with an APX scope; added in Update 1.3
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|-
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| ''[[Military Conflict: Vietnam]]'' || || ||normal and with APX L806 scope|| 2022
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=MAS-49/56=
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[[File:MAS49RifleA.jpg|thumb|right|400px|MAS-49/56 - 7.5x54mm French]]
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[[File:MAS-49 scope.jpg|thumb|right|400px|MAS-49/56 with APX L806 scope - 7.5x54mm French]]
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The '''MAS-49/56''' is an improved version of the MAS-49 that was shorter, lighter, and had a built-in muzzle brake/grenade launcher. Originally developed for the airborne troops, the MAS-49/56 soon replaced the MAS-49 as the standard rifle of the French military, being adopted between 1957 and 1979 in larger numbers than the MAS-49 (275,240 MAS-49/56 were produced in total). A knife bayonet could be mounted on the barrel.
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==Specifications==
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(Production: 1956 - 1978)
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* '''Type:''' Battle Rifle
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* '''Country of Origin:''' France
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* '''Caliber:''' 7.5mm, 7.62mm
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* '''Cartridge:''' 7.5x54mm French, 7.5x54mm French, 7.62x51mm (prototypes and Century Arms conversions)
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* '''Weight:''' {{Convert|kg|4.1}}
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* '''Length:''' {{Convert|mm|1020}}
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* '''Barrel length:''' {{Convert|mm|525}}
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* '''Capacity:''' 10-round detachable magazine
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* '''Rate of fire''' Semi-automatic
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{{Gun Title|MAS-49/56}}
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{{Clear}}
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===Film===
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{{Media table start|film}}
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|-
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| ''[[The Eye of the Monocle (L'oeil du monocle)]]'' || || French Foreign Legionnaires || MAS-49/56 with bayonets || 1962
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|-
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| ''[[The Day of the Jackal]]'' ||  ||French gendarmes ||  || 1973
 
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| ''[[Secret, The (Le secret)|The Secret (Le secret)]]'' || || French soldiers || || 1974
 
| ''[[Secret, The (Le secret)|The Secret (Le secret)]]'' || || French soldiers || || 1974
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| ''[[Holy Year (L'année sainte)]]''|| || Italian police || ||1976
 
 
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| ''[[Drummer-Crab (Le Crabe-Tambour)]]'' || || French sailors || MAS-49/56 || 1977
 
| ''[[Drummer-Crab (Le Crabe-Tambour)]]'' || || French sailors || MAS-49/56 || 1977
 
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| ''[[The Escape (La carapate)]]'' || || French gendarmes || MAS-49/56 || 1978
 
| ''[[The Escape (La carapate)]]'' || || French gendarmes || MAS-49/56 || 1978
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|-
 
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| ''[[Police War,The (La Guerre des polices)|The Police War (La Guerre des polices)]]''|| || French police || || 1979
 
 
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| ''[[Operation Leopard (La légion saute sur Kolwezi)]]'' || || French paratroopers || MAS-49/56; Some with rifle grenades || 1980
 
| ''[[Operation Leopard (La légion saute sur Kolwezi)]]'' || || French paratroopers || MAS-49/56; Some with rifle grenades || 1980
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|}
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=== Television ===
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; background-color:#ffffff"
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! width="150"|Actor
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! width="180"|Character
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! width="300"|Note
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! width="70"|Date
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|-
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| ''[[The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon - Season 2]]'' || || ''Power of the Living'' movement Guerriers||"L'Invisible" (S2E03)|| 2024
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===Video Games===
 
===Video Games===
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{{Media table start|video game}}
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="300"|'''Game Title'''
 
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Appears as'''
 
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Mods'''
 
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Notation'''
 
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|''' Release Date'''
 
 
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| ''[[7554]]'' || || || || 2011
 
| ''[[7554]]'' || || || || 2011
 
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| ''[[Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades]]'' || || || || 2016
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| ''[[World of Guns: Gun Disassembly]]'' || MAS-49/56 ||APX L806 scope  ||MAS-49/56 || 2014
 
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| ''[[Walking Dead: A New Frontier, The|The Walking Dead: A New Frontier]]'' || || || || 2016
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| rowspan=2 | ''[[Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades]]'' || "MAS 49/56" || ||MAS-49/56 || rowspan=2 | 2016
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|-
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| "All Rounder" || Heavily stylized, with some [[AK]]-esque elements ||
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|-
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| ''[[The Walking Dead: A New Frontier]]'' || || ||MAS-49/56; seen in New Richmond Armory|| 2016
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|-
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| ''[[The Walking Dead: The Final Season]]'' || ||with APX L806 scope ||MAS-49/56  || 2018
 
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|}
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{{Template:Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne}}
 
[[Category:Gun]]
 
[[Category:Gun]]
 
[[Category:Rifle]]
 
[[Category:Rifle]]
 
[[Category:Battle Rifle]]
 
[[Category:Battle Rifle]]

Latest revision as of 01:16, 25 October 2024

During and after World War II, the Saint-Étienne Weapons Factory (Manufacture d'Armes de Saint-Étienne, abbr. MAS), developed and manufactured a series of semi-automatic rifles that later became the standard service rifles of the French Army.

The MAS Rifle Series and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:

MAS-40

MAS-40 - 7.5x54mm French
MAS-40 - 7.5x54mm French. Model with 25-round Chatellerault M1924/29 magazines.

The MAS-40 was an early French semi-auto battle rifle. This was the second prototype in the line of MAS semi-automatic rifles, following the MAS-38/39 prototype (which had a lot of parts in common with MAS-36). While the most of MAS-38/39 and MAS-40 rifles were fed from a standard 5-round fixed magazine (similar to the MAS-36), several were modified to loaded from 25-round Chatellerault M1924/29 magazines.

It was produced only in very small quantities (no more than 50 were made), and was never officially issued by the French army. The stocks of rifles were eventually captured by the German army, but were left without interest; in 1944, they were recaptured and ended up in the hands of the French Resistance.

Specifications

(Production: 1940 – 1940)

  • Type: Battle Rifle
  • Country of Origin: France
  • Caliber: 7.5mm
  • Cartridge: 7.5x54mm French
  • Weight: ??
  • Length: ??
  • Barrel length: ??
  • Capacity: 5-round fixed magazine (25-round box magazine from Chatellerault M1924/29)
  • Rate of fire Semi-automatic

The MAS-40 and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:


Video Games

Title Appears as Mods Notes Date
World War II Online: Battleground Europe 2001

MAS-44

MAS-44 - 7.5x54mm French

The MAS-44 was an early French service semi-auto battle rifle, derived from the earlier MAS-40. It did not enter mass production due to an excess of weapons received from the Allies (such as the M1 Garand and M1 Carbine). The produced rifles afterwards were was used in Indochina, and, in addition, continued to be in the arsenals of French warships back in the 80s.

6,300 MAS-44 rifles were produced in total.

Specifications

(Production: 1944 - 1951)

  • Type: Battle Rifle
  • Country of Origin: France
  • Caliber: 7.5mm
  • Cartridge: 7.5x54mm French
  • Weight: 9.7 lbs (4.4 kg)
  • Length: 42.3 in (107.5 cm)
  • Barrel length: 22.8 in (58 cm)
  • Capacity: 10-round detachable magazine
  • Rate of fire Semi-automatic

The MAS-44 and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:


Video Games

Title Appears as Mods Notes Date
Call of Duty: WWII 2017
Battlefield V Added in "Lightning Strikes" update in 2019 2018
Marauders (video game) Added in Excavation Update in 2023 2022

MAS-49

MAS-49 - 7.5x54mm French
MAS-49 with APX L806 scope - 7.5x54mm French

The MAS-49 is the successor to the MAS-44, and was adopted as the standard French service rifle from 1951 to 1979, replacing the earlier bolt-action rifles. Unlike earlier MAS semi-automatic rifles, the MAS-49 featured a detachable magazine.

The MAS-49 was manufactured and adopted in relatively limited numbers (20,600 made in total), and would later be replaced by the MAS-49/56. It was used by French forces in the Indochina, Algerian and Suez conflicts.

There are two unique variants of the MAS-49 specifically:

  • MAS-49 (Syrian): - An export version produced for Syrian orders. The main difference from the French version was that the rifle is equipped with a bayonet base and a bayonet copied from the MAS 38.
  • MAS-49 (selection): - A series of accurized MAS-49s used as sniper rifles. They were made from select MAS-49 rifles identified as having low shot dispersion, with their grenade-launching parts removed and equipped with the APX L Mle53 optical sight (magnification 3.85x). This version was replaced by the FR F1 rifles.

Specifications

(Production: 1949 - 1965)

  • Type: Battle Rifle
  • Country of Origin: France
  • Caliber: 7.5mm
  • Cartridge: 7.5x54mm French
  • Weight: 10.4 lbs (4.7 kg)
  • Length: 43.3 in (110 cm)
  • Barrel length: 22.8 in (58 cm)
  • Capacity: 10-round detachable magazine
  • Rate of fire Semi-automatic

The MAS-49 and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:


Film

Title Actor Character Notes Date
The 317th Platoon Jacques Perrin Le sous-lieutenant Torrens with APX L806 scope 1965
A Laotian soldier
The Battle of Algiers French soldiers 1966
The Last Adventure African soldiers 1967
Shock Troops (Un homme de trop) Jacques Perrin Kerk with APX L806 scope 1967
The Gendarme Gets Married 1968
The Day of the Jackal French gendarmes 1973
Holy Year (L'année sainte) Italian police 1976
The Police War (La Guerre des polices) French police 1979

Video Games

Title Appears as Mods Notes Date
7554 with APX L806 scope 2011
Rising Storm 2: Vietnam standard variant; added in Update 1.3 2017
grenade launcher version with 6 HE Rifle Grenades; added in Update 1.3
Marksman version with an APX scope; added in Update 1.3
Military Conflict: Vietnam normal and with APX L806 scope 2022

MAS-49/56

MAS-49/56 - 7.5x54mm French
MAS-49/56 with APX L806 scope - 7.5x54mm French

The MAS-49/56 is an improved version of the MAS-49 that was shorter, lighter, and had a built-in muzzle brake/grenade launcher. Originally developed for the airborne troops, the MAS-49/56 soon replaced the MAS-49 as the standard rifle of the French military, being adopted between 1957 and 1979 in larger numbers than the MAS-49 (275,240 MAS-49/56 were produced in total). A knife bayonet could be mounted on the barrel.

Specifications

(Production: 1956 - 1978)

  • Type: Battle Rifle
  • Country of Origin: France
  • Caliber: 7.5mm, 7.62mm
  • Cartridge: 7.5x54mm French, 7.5x54mm French, 7.62x51mm (prototypes and Century Arms conversions)
  • Weight: 9 lbs (4.1 kg)
  • Length: 40.2 in (102 cm)
  • Barrel length: 20.7 in (52.5 cm)
  • Capacity: 10-round detachable magazine
  • Rate of fire Semi-automatic

The MAS-49/56 and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:


Film

Title Actor Character Notes Date
The Eye of the Monocle (L'oeil du monocle) French Foreign Legionnaires MAS-49/56 with bayonets 1962
The Day of the Jackal French gendarmes 1973
The Secret (Le secret) French soldiers 1974
Drummer-Crab (Le Crabe-Tambour) French sailors MAS-49/56 1977
The Escape (La carapate) French gendarmes MAS-49/56 1978
Operation Leopard (La légion saute sur Kolwezi) French paratroopers MAS-49/56; Some with rifle grenades 1980
Believed Violent (Présumé dangereux) A police sniper With sniper scope 1990
Operation Corned Beef French honor guards MAS-49/56 1991
Goldeneye French Sailor 1995
Straight Shooter French Foreign Legion paratrooper MAS-49/56 1999

Television

Title Actor Character Note Date
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon - Season 2 Power of the Living movement Guerriers "L'Invisible" (S2E03) 2024


Video Games

Title Appears as Mods Notes Date
7554 2011
World of Guns: Gun Disassembly MAS-49/56 APX L806 scope MAS-49/56 2014
Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades "MAS 49/56" MAS-49/56 2016
"All Rounder" Heavily stylized, with some AK-esque elements
The Walking Dead: A New Frontier MAS-49/56; seen in New Richmond Armory 2016
The Walking Dead: The Final Season with APX L806 scope MAS-49/56 2018
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