MAS-36: The Backup Rifle is Called to Action

emas 36French rifle manufacture accelerated in the lead up to the German invasion in 193940, and a good number of MAS 36s were in solder’s hands by this time. The MAS 40 semi automaticThe MAS-36 simple desn consisted of just five-user removable parts: A Lebel-type cruciform bayonet inserted into a guard tube under the barrel, the bolt body, the bolt rear