Mat 49 silenced variant fitted with a suppressor.
Mat 49 viet modified.
The mat 49 is blowback operated and box magazine fed with a rate of fire of 600 rounds per minute on full auto.
The mat 49 had a modified version that used two triggers for different rates of fire.
Why use french original over viet modified mat 49.
The mat 49 was introduced in 1949 to the french armed forces and remained in service until it was replaced by famas in 1978.
0 73 kg handling weight.
Spare parts were still produced in the 1970s the gun being used by the viet cong.
The gun has flip up l shaped sights marked for a range of 50 and 100 meters.
The mat 49 54 a modified mat 49s manufactured for police forces had two triggers allowing use of full auto fire or single shots but most were manufactured as full auto only.
Altogether the weapon is a bit on the heavy side but its weight helps reduce recoil.
Russian 7 62 25 fmj 85gr rounds per magazine.
The mat 49 has a blowback design heavy mainspring 7 7 pound weight when empty and a 1 3 pound bolt.
Fully automatic rate of fire.
Viet modified mat 49 7 62mm full name here ammunition ammo type.
4 magazines weight per magazine.
The mat 49 54 a modified mat 49s manufactured for police forces had two triggers allowing use of full auto fire or single shots but most were manufactured as full auto only.
It had a longer barrel and a higher rate of fire 900 rpm.
The mat 49 was used by the viet cong during the vietnam war but they converted the 9mm parabellum rounds to 7 62mm tokarev.
Minus magazine the mat 49 weighs about 3 5 kilograms 7 7 pounds which makes it somewhat heavy for a submachine gun.
Altogether the weapon is a bit on the heavy side but its weight helps reduce recoil.
The mat 49 has a blowback design heavy mainspring 7 7 pound weight when empty and a 1 3 pound bolt.
K 43 or mat 49 m variant modified by the viet minh firing in 7 62 25mm tokarev.