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Manufacture d'Armes de Saint-Etienne (MAS) has 3 firearms in our database spanning rifles, other weapons, sniper & precision rifles. Production data spans 1936 – 1984.
The MAS-36 is a French bolt-action rifle designed by Manufacture d'Armes de Saint-Etienne and adopted in 1936. It was chambered in the new 7.5x54mm French cartridge, a rimless round that replaced the obsolete 8x50mmR Lebel. The MAS-36 was of conventional bolt-action design but featured a distinctive under-folding spike bayonet stored in a tube beneath the barrel.
The AA-52 (Arme Automatique Transformable Modele 1952) is a French general-purpose machine gun developed after World War II by Manufacture d'Armes de Saint-Etienne. It was chambered in 7.5x54mm French and used a unique delayed blowback operating system with a lever-delay action. The AA-52 served as the standard French machine gun for over five decades.
The FR F2 (Fusil a Repetition Modele F2) is a French military bolt-action sniper rifle developed from the earlier FR F1. It features a distinctive fiberglass stock and a synthetic thermal sleeve over the barrel to reduce heat mirage. Chambered in 7.62x51mm NATO with a 10-round detachable magazine, the FR F2 has served as the standard sniper rifle of the French military since 1984.