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
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
FAMAS
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The FAMAS is a bullpup assault rifle designed and manufactured in France by MAS in 1978.
MAS-49 rifle
…on the left side of their receivers to accommodate a designated rifle scope. The MAS-49 and MAS-49/56 were replaced as French service rifles by the FAMAS assault rifle starting in 1979. The MAS-49 arrived after a series of small, distinct design improvements. Today, this might be termed spiral development…
FAMAS F1 with a bayonet
Legionnaires from the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment during a patrol with the new standard-issue assault rifle of the French Armed Forces, the HK416F
Soldier of the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment using FAMAS Infanterie upgraded with an Aimpoint red dot sight
Cutaway of the muzzle of a FAMAS F1 on display at the Weapons Department in the Museum of Art and Industry in Saint-Étienne, France