The MAS-38 is a French submachine gun designed in the 1930s and used by French and German forces during the Second World War. It was derived from a small arms development program that took place between 1918 and 1922 under the …

The MAS-38 was a French direct blowback SMG firing the 7.62x20mm cartridge. It featured a distinctive barrel set at an angle to its receiver.

The MAS-38 is a French 7.65 mm caliber submachine gun. It was designed in 1938 and manufactured the following year by Manufacture d'Armes de Saint-Etienne (MAS). It was based on the previous MAS-35 model. It was used by the French army during World War II.

2010年11月3日 · The MAS 38 is adopted in 1938, but its production began in April 1940. Manufacture is continued on a small scale for the Vichy Forces and after November 1942 for the Germans. They received approximately 20,000 or 30,000 weapons designed MP 722 (f).

2017年12月26日 · Unlike contemporary Thompson and Beretta submachine gun designs, the MAS-38 could only deliver fire in the automatic mode with a cyclic rate of 600 rounds per minute, a feature that simplified...

2020年12月1日 · After the fascist Italian regime fell during the Second World War, he and Petacci were captured by Italian partisans and executed with a MAS-38. How the French-made submachine gun made it to...

2017年5月4日 · The MAS-38 was France’s first officially adopted submachine gun, rushed into service in 1940. It was basically too late to help with the defense of France, with less than a thousand delivered by June 1940. The Germans kept the gun in production, making 20-30 thousand under the designation MP722 (f).

2024年12月13日 · Today, we’re taking a look at a French MAS 38 submachine gun. These are fairly scarce in the US, like many French rifles, although not all. They weren’t really widely used outside of France.

Après avoir conçu un premier pistolet-mitrailleur en 1935, la Manufacture d’armes de Saint-Étienne conçoit en 1938 une seconde arme issue de ce modèle, qui prend le nom de MAS 1938 [1].L’arme est toutefois refusée par l’armée française dès la première présentation, celle-ci estimant ne pas avoir besoin d’une arme de ce type. La production reste donc limitée est …

2019年5月10日 · The new French submachine gun became the "Model MAS 1938 Machine Pistol" (or "Pistolet Mitrailleur MAS modele 38") of 7.65mm caliber and maintained its origins in the experimental MAS 35 system of 1935.