CODE – 02-037-949

NAME – MAT-49

NAME (NATIVE) – Pistolet Mitrailleur de 9mm Modele 1949

COMMON NAMES – COUNTRY OF ORIGIN – France

DATE OF MANUFACTURE – 1949

CALIBER – 9x19mm

OVERALL LENGTH – 40.4 cm (15.91 in) Stock collapsed, 55.9 cm (22 in) Stock extended to partway lock, 71 cm (28 in) Stock fully extended

BARREL LENGTH – 22.9 cm (9 in)

RIFLING (TYPE & TWIST) – 4 Grooves, Left-hand twist, 1 turn in 25 cm (10 in)

BULLET DIAMETER – 9.02mm (0.355 in)

BULLET WEIGHT – 7.45 g (115 grains)

MUZZLE VELOCITY – 351 m/s (1150 fps)

MUZZLE ENERGY – 458 j (338 ft/lb)

WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 3.50 kg (7 lb 11.5 oz)

WEIGHT (LOADED) – 4.14 kg (9 lb 2 oz) loaded with 32 rounds

SIGHTS – Open, iron, adjustable, Front sight-Post, Rear sight-Flip-type with apertures for 50 and 150 meters (and  yards

EFFECTIVE RANGE – 200 m (219 yards)

OPERATION – Blowback, fires from open bolt

TYPE OF FIRE – Full automatic

RATE OF FIRE – 90 rpm

CYCLIC ROF – 600 rpm

FEED DEVICE – 32 round box magazines, double column, single feed

FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 0.26 kg (9.2 oz)

FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (LOADED) – 0.64 kg (1 lb 6.6 oz)

BASIC AMMUNITION LOAD – Five-32 round magazines (160 rounds)

LOAD WEIGHT – 3.2 kg (7 lb 0.9 oz)

MANUFACTURER – Manufacture Nationale d’Armes de Tulle, Tulle, Corrèze, France, Further production at Manufacture d’Armes de St. Étienne (MAS), Saint-Étienne, Loire, France

STATUS – Obsolescent, still found with French reserve and Law Enforcement

SERVICE –French military, widely found in the hands of former French colonies and guerilla forces