7.5×54mm French
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The 7.5×54mm French, 7.5 French, or 7.5 MAS is a rimless bottlenecked rifle cartridge. It was developed by France as an update to the 7.5×57mm MAS mod. 1924 cartridge. It replaced the obsolete 8×50mmR
Belted 7.5×54mm French ammunition for use in the MAC 52 aircraft variant of the AA-52 machine gun.
MAS-49 rifle
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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 and manufactured by the government-owned M
7.5×54mm French
…D. The French Army chose to adopt "light ball" 9.0 grams (139 gr) Balle C flat base spitzer bullet ammunition for universal service in the MAS-36 and MAS-49 rifles as well as in the Mle 1924-29 machine rifle. The "heavy ball" 12.35 grams (190.6 gr) Balle 1929 D featured a boat-tailed spitzer bullet and had…
Syrian contract MAS-49 rifle
MAS Mle. 1949–56 with APX Scope, Scope Case, and Bayonet
A French corporal showing a MAS-49/56, in 1976
MAS-49/56 with APX(SOM) sight and night sight/flash suppressor attachment, grenade launching sight and gas cutoff both raised