Videos tagged with MAS 49

This review showcases the MAS 1949-56 French battle rifle, highlighting its visual condition and operational features. The video demonstrates loading a 10-round magazine and chambering a round, followed by live-fire sequences from various positions, illustrating its semi-automatic function and recoil. The rifle is presented as a historical firearm with practical shooting capabilities.

This Q&A session covers a wide range of firearms topics, addressing audience questions on various historical and modern firearms, calibers, and industry trends. Discussions include the scarcity of .380 ACP military pistols, the NGSW program, the USSR's SKS design choices, and the effectiveness of the Mosin Nagant. The video also delves into specific firearms like the DP12, Krag, Trapdoor Springfield, FAL, MAS-49, Lebel, L85A3, and 1911 variants, alongside concepts like magazine coupling, bipod design, and the impact of 3D printing on arms collecting. Forgotten Weapons' team structure, future projects, and personal firearm preferences are also discussed.

This video details the unique MAS-36 rifle bayonet, a cruciform spike stored internally. It highlights a prank known as the 'French Finger Trap' where bayonets lock two rifles together. An arsenal solution from 1951 involved drilling a hole in the bayonet cap to allow separation using a firing pin, a fix also applicable to MAS-44 and MAS-49 rifles.

The MAS 49-56 is the final French semi-automatic battle rifle, serving from 1956 to 1979. Key upgrades from the MAS 49 include a shortened barrel and stock for modern combat, and a NATO standard 22mm grenade launcher capability. A crucial gas cut-off system prevents bolt cycling during grenade launches, enhancing longevity. The rifle is a versatile platform, adaptable for standard infantry, grenadiers, and marksmen, featuring an APX L.806 scope and a unique feeding system for both magazines and stripper clips.

The MAS 49 is a French semi-automatic service rifle developed to improve upon the MAS 44, featuring capabilities for grenade launching and optics mounting. Key design elements include an integrated grenade launcher with adjustable range and a side-mounted APX L806 scope. Internal differences, such as a heavier firing pin, were implemented for reliability with French military primers, though this can cause slam-fires with commercial ammunition.

This video challenges the common classification of the AR-15 as a direct gas impingement system, arguing it functions as an internal piston rifle. It contrasts the AR-15's linear operating forces with the MAS 49's true direct impingement and the AK-47's long-stroke piston. The speaker demonstrates the AR-15's reliability even when dry and discusses its design genius in keeping operating forces aligned with the bore.

The French Modele 1937 50mm light mortar, developed from a 1924 concept, offered a portable solution for intermediate firepower. Despite its lightweight design (3.6kg) and innovative folding mechanism, adoption was delayed, with limited production before WWII. Its range is adjustable from 80m to 460m via a unique vent hole collar, and it fires a 0.4kg shell using a lever-actuated firing pin. Post-war, its projectiles were adapted for rifle grenades.

The MAS-36 was a French bolt-action rifle designed as a rugged, simple backup weapon for second-line troops, utilizing the 7.5x54mm cartridge. It featured a unique integral spike bayonet, a 65-part design for reliability, and an armorer-adjusted sighting system. Despite its simplicity, it saw extensive service in post-WWII conflicts.