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Minus magazine, the MAT-49 weighs about 3.5 kilograms (7.7 pounds), which is heavy for a submachine gun. The weapon incorporates a grip safety which is located on the backside of the pistol grip. The rear sights are flip-up and L-shaped, and marked for a range of 50 and 100 meters (55 and 109 yd).
Submachine gun MAT 49. The Manufacture Nationale d’Armes de Tulle, often abbreviated to MAT ("Tulle National Weapons Factory" in English) was a French state-owned weapons manufacturer in the town of Tulle, Corrèze. Founded in 1690, it was absorbed into the French state-owned defense conglomerate GIAT Industries in the 1980s.
SMG MAT-49: Manufacture Nationale d'Armes de Tulle: 9×19mm Parabellum 7.62×25mm Tokarev [3] France: 1949 SMG Mauser MP-57: Mauser: 9×19mm Parabellum West Germany: 1957 SMG Mauser Schnellfeuer: Mauser: 7.63×25mm Mauser. 9×19mm Parabellum Germany: 1932 MP MCEM 2 submachine gun: Royal Small Arms Factory: 9×19mm Parabellum United Kingdom ...
MAT-49 submachine gun – Captured during the French-Indochina War. Many were converted from 9×19mm to 7.62×25mm Tokarev [34] PPSh-41 submachine gun (both Soviet, North Korean and Chinese versions) [304] [285] PPS-43 submachine gun (both Soviet and Chinese versions) [305] M3 submachine gun Limited use [290]
MAT-49; Mauser MP-57; MCEM 2 submachine gun; MCEM 3 submachine gun; Mekanika Uru; MEMS M-52/60; Mendoza HM-3; Métral submachine gun; MGD PM-9; MGP submachine gun;
Z1 factory specialized in producing small arms for the Vietnam People's Army during the Vietnam War, and created locally modified firearms for its army, such as the K-50M submachine gun based on the PPSh-41 and MAT-49. One of the weapons to come from the Z111 Factory is the M18, reconditioned since 2010 from XM177E2s seized during the Vietnam War.
HuffPost looked at how killers got their guns for the 10 deadliest mass shootings over the past 10 years. To come up with the list, we used Mother Jones’ database, which defines mass shootings as “indiscriminate rampages in public places” that kill three or more people.
The MAS-49/56 ended production in 1978 and was replaced with the 5.56×45mm NATO caliber FAMAS bullpup assault rifle. The MAS-49/56 was withdrawn from service in 1990. [1] Whereas only 20,600 MAS-49 were manufactured, the MAS-49/56 was mass-produced, attaining a total of 275,240 rifles issued between 1957 and 1978.