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* Ammunition:7.5 mm 1929C

* Length :1.02 m

* Canon :57.5 cm

* Mass of the rifle according to :3.7 kg

* Mass of the loaded rifle:3.95 kg

* Magazine :5 cartridges

MAS 36 CR 39

* Ammunition:7.5 mm 1929C

* Weapon Length:88.3 cm

* Folded cross arm length:62.5 cm

* Cannon length:45 cm

* Mass of the rifle according to :3.745 kg

* Mass of the loaded rifle:3.995 kg

* Magazine :5 cartridges

MAS 36 LG 48

* Ammunition:7.5 mm 1929C

* Weapon Length:1.02 m

* Cannon length:57.5 cm

* Mass of the rifle according to :3.8 kg

* Mass of the loaded rifle:3.92 kg

* Magazine :5 cartridges

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* Ammunition:7.5 mm 1929C

* Weapon Length:1.07 m

* Cannon length:62 cm

* Mass of the rifle according to :4.22 kg

* Mass of the loaded rifle:4.34 kg

* Magazine :5 cartridges

The model rifle 1936 is adopted by the French Army to replace the Lebel model 1886/93 as well as the Berthier system weapons model 07/15M16 and 1892M16. It was manufactured by St. Stephen's Arms Manufactory. The weapon, used for nearly 4 decades, is simply called MAS 36 by its military users.

The weapon presents itself as a logical evolution-simplification of the Mauser system from which it borrows the 5-round magazine in five conce.The butt,it,is largely simplified:it bears two locking tenons in its rear and consists of nothing but 5 detachable elements:1/the cylinder head body; 2/the rear plug; 3/the percussionist; 4/the percussion spring; 5/the extractor (in theory,non-removable). One of the other features of this weapon is to not possess surety. The latest avatars of the MAS 36 system, are the FRF1 and FRF2 military precision weapons, whose kinship with their eldest is undeniable.

Versions and Derivatives

There are 4 versions of the MAS 1936.

MAS 36 CR 39

A munie version of a folding cross (in metal) adopted in 1939 by alpine hunters. It is slightly shorter than the MAS 36. It was first used at Narvik in May-June 1940. After 1945, it was distributed to French paratroopers fighting in Indochina and Algeria

MAS 36 LG 48

It is a MAS 36 muni of a reinforced barrel and an aiming alidade allowing the firing of the rifle grenade 1937. It was adopted in 1948 and employed in Indochina.

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This model is equipped with a barrel made to launch 22 mm empennage grenades in antipersonnel,antitank or stretched or vertical fire exercises. Certain specimens were equipped with a "trumpet" type sleeve intended for firing tear gas and fumigants for order

Diffusion

In addition to France (Army, Air Force, National Marine and Gendarmerie Nationale, French Militia), the 1,200,000 MAS 36 rifles were regulatory in (sometimes still) the armies of many former French colonies in Africa(Algeria, Benin, Burundi,Cameroon, Central Africa, Comoros, Congo, Ivory Coast, Djibouti,Gabon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Madagascar, Morocco, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Seychelles and Chad). Similarly, it was supplied to supplemental lifters in Cambodia, Laos and in the State of Viet Nam during the Indochina War. He thus found himself in the hands of the Viet Minh. During the Vietnam War, he finished his Indochinese military career in the ranks of enemy Vietcong and ARVN