MAS-49 rifle

E760415

battle rifle

The MAS-49 rifle is a French semi-automatic military rifle, chambered in 7.5×54mm, that served as the standard service rifle of the French armed forces in the post–World War II era.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
MAS-49/56 rifle	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle rifle ⓘ
action	gas-operated ⓘ
barrelLength	approximately 580 mm ⓘ
caliber	7.5 mm ⓘ
cartridge	7.5×54mm French ⓘ
conflict	Algerian War NERFINISHED ⓘ First Indochina War NERFINISHED ⓘ Lebanese Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ Suez Crisis NERFINISHED ⓘ Vietnam War ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	France ⓘ
designDate	1947 ⓘ
designer	Manufacture d’armes de Saint-Étienne NERFINISHED ⓘ
era	post–World War II ⓘ
feedSystem	10-round detachable box magazine ⓘ 5-round stripper clip loading ⓘ
fireModes	semi-automatic only ⓘ
gasSystem	direct impingement ⓘ
grenadeLaunchingCapability	yes ⓘ
hasVariant	MAS-49/56 rifle NERFINISHED ⓘ
inService	1949–1979 ⓘ
intendedRole	infantry service rifle ⓘ
manufacturer	Manufacture d’armes de Saint-Étienne NERFINISHED ⓘ
mounts	rifle grenade launcher ⓘ
muzzleVelocity	approximately 820 m/s ⓘ
operation	semi-automatic ⓘ
originatingFactory	Saint-Étienne, France NERFINISHED ⓘ
overallLength	approximately 1,090 mm ⓘ
receiverMaterial	steel ⓘ
replaced	MAS-36 rifle NERFINISHED ⓘ
serviceBranch	French Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ French Army NERFINISHED ⓘ French Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ
sights	iron sights ⓘ
sightType	aperture rear sight ⓘ hooded front post ⓘ
standardIssue	French Armed Forces post–World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ
standardServiceRifleOf	French Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
stockMaterial	wood ⓘ
usedBy	Algerian National Liberation Front NERFINISHED ⓘ Central African Republic Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ French Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Lebanese Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Syrian Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Vietnam People’s Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
wasReplacedBy	FAMAS rifle NERFINISHED ⓘ
weight	approximately 4.3 kg unloaded ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

MAS Saint-Étienne → developed → MAS-49 rifle ⓘ

this entity surface form: MAS-49/56 rifle