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The Manufacture d'Armes de Saint-Étienne, often abbreviated to MAS ("Saint-Étienne Weapons Factory" in English), was a French state-owned weapons manufacturer in the town of Saint-Étienne, Loire. Founded in 1764, it was merged into the French state-owned defense conglomerate GIAT Industries in 2001.
Mle. 1874 Gras Rifle Mfg in 1877 at St. Etienne Arsenal samples of the Greek M1939 bayonet The Fusil Modèle 1874 or Gras was the French Army 's primary service rifle from 1874 to 1886. Designed by Colonel Basile Gras , the Gras was a metallic cartridge adaptation of the single-shot, breech-loading, black powder Chassepot rifle.
The Model 1892 revolver (also known as the "Lebel revolver" and the "St. Etienne 8mm") is a French service revolver produced by Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne as a replacement for the MAS 1873 revolver. It was the standard issue sidearm for officers in the French military during the First World War.
The service revolver model 1873 Chamelot-Delvigne was the first double-action revolver used by the French Army.It was produced by Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne from 1873 to 1887 in about 337,000 copies.
M1882 le sabre d'officier d'infanterie (Sword) M1916 couteau poignard (Knife dagger, also known as Le Vengeur) Sidearms. Browning FN M1900; Chamelot–Delvigne M1873 and M1874; Colt M1892; Colt M1911; Ruby M1914; Saint Étienne M1892; Savage M1907; Smith & Wesson M1899; Star M1914; Rifles. Berthier M1890, M1892, M1892/16, M1902, M1907, M1907/15 ...
Khanjali dagger sword (Caucasian made, also known as Kinzhal) M1730 sword (Austrian made) Yatagan sabre (Turkish captured and Greek made) Pistols and revolvers. Agrafa flintlock pistol [1] (Greek made) Chamelot-Delvigne M1873, M1874 and M1884 revolver (French made) Ktoros M1837 caplock pistol [2] (Greek made) Mylonas Pistol M1877 (Greek made)
The Chassepot (pronounced / ˈ ʃ æ s p oʊ / SHAS-poh), (French pronunciation:) officially known as Fusil modèle 1866, was a bolt-action military breechloading rifle.It is famous for having been the arm of the French forces in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1871.
During World War I (1914–1918), the Lebel remained the standard rifle of French infantry whereas the Berthier rifle—a lengthened version of the Berthier carbine—featuring a Mannlicher-style 3-round magazine was issued to colonial troops, to allied contingents in the French Army, and to the French Foreign Legion. The latter, however ...