Technical Specifications

Type	Semi-automatic rifle
Country of origin	France
Manufacturer	Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne
Produced	1949–1965
In service	1951–1979 (as standard French service rifle)
Used by	See Users
No. built	~80,000 (MAS-49) · 275,240 (MAS-49/56)
Variants	MAS-49 · MAS-49/56 · MAS-49 Syrian contract
Weight	4.7 kg (10 lb 6 oz) (MAS-49) · 4.1 kg (9 lb) (MAS-49/56)
Length	1100 mm (43.35 in) (MAS-49) · 1020 mm (40.2 in) (MAS-49/56)
Barrel length	580 mm (22.8 in) (MAS-49) · 525mm (20.7 in) (MAS-49/56)
Caliber	7.5 mm
Cartridge	7.5×54mm French · .308 (Century Arms mass conversions)
Action	Direct impingement gas operation, tilting bolt
Feed	10-round detachable box magazine
Muzzle velocity	820 m/s (2,690 ft/s)
Rate of fire	Semi-automatic
Range	400 m (437 yd) · 800 m (875 yd) (with telescopic sight)

Data from MAS-49 rifle (Wikipedia, 2026-09-22). Text licensed under CC BY-SA. Image: CC BY-SA 2.0 — joelogon / Joe Loong, cropped by user:Nemo5576..

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