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Here’s What You Need to Know: The MAS 36 remained in production until at least 1951, and was used as a training rifle until the late 1970s. The MAS 36, the French main battle rifle of the Second World ...

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It was put into service with garrison troops and later used by the German Volksstrum (People’s Army) at the close of the war. It was named the Gewehr 242 by the Germans. The MAS 36 remained in ...