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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.
The French St. Étienne Mle 1907 (French: Mitrailleuse Mle 1907 T) was a controversial gas operated air-cooled machine gun in 8mm Lebel which was widely used only in the early years of the First World War. [2] For “political reasons”, the "St.Etienne Mle 1907" was developed not to derive from the patented Hotchkiss machine gun.
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.
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 Pistolet automatique modèle 1935S (Automatic Pistol Model 1935S) or Modèle (Mle.) 1935 S is a semi-automatic pistol chambered for the 7.65mm Longue cartridge. A competitor in the 1935–1937 French military trials to select a new sidearm, it initially lost to the SACM 1935A, but production was ordered nonetheless to alleviate in shortages in pistols in the runup to the Second World War.
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.
It was created by a royal decree of 14 July 1819 to manufacture swords, then (after 1850) firearms and cannons. Antoine Treuille de Beaulieu in 1840 began to develop the concept of rifled artillery at Châtellerault for the French Army.
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 ...