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[[Image:MAT-49.jpg|thumb|right|400px|MAT-49 Submachine Gun - 9x19mm]] | |||
[[Image:MAT-49Folded.jpg|thumb|right|400px|MAT-49 Submachine Gun with magazine well/pistol grip folded into the upright position - 9x19mm]] | |||
[[Image:mat 49 54.jpg|thumb|right|400px|MAT-49/54 Submachine Gun - 9x19mm. This is the Gendarmerie Nationale variant of MAT-49 with extended barrel, fixed stock, and double trigger for semi-auto and full auto fire.]] | |||
The '''MAT-49''' is a French submachine gun that was originally produced by Manufacture Nationale d'Armes de Tulle (MAT). The MAT-49 began production in 1949 after a series of trials for a new submachine gun to replace the [[MAS-38]]. The MAT-49 was chosen in part for its simple design and cost-effective stamped metal construction, allowing for rapid, economic production of a large amount of guns that the French military desperately needed. The MAT-49 also includes two design features unusual for a submachine gun: the ability for the magazine well to fold up and a grip safety, a feature more common to handguns. | |||
The | The MAT-49 was used extensively by the French military during their military ventures of the early Cold War period, such as the First Indochina War and the Algerian War. It was well-liked in service owing to its compactness, ease of use, and reliability. Following the French withdrawal from Vietnam, captured MAT-49s were converted to 7.62×25mm Tokarev by North Vietnamese forces and used by the People's Army of Vietnam and Viet Cong during the Vietnam War. | ||
Production of the MAT-49 was taken over by Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne plant (MAS) in the 1960s and production ceased in 1979, when the [[FAMAS]] assault rifle was adopted and filled the niche previously occupied by the MAT-49. | |||
==Specifications== | |||
(1949 - 1979) | |||
* '''Type:''' Submachine Gun | |||
* '''Caliber:''' 9x19mm, 7.62x25mm Tokarev(North Vietnamese conversion) | |||
* '''Weight:''' {{convert|kg|3.5}} | |||
* '''Length:''' {{convert|mm|460}} (stock collapsed), {{convert|mm|720}} (stock extended) | |||
* '''Barrel length:''' {{convert|mm|230}} | |||
* '''Capacity:''' 20, 32 | |||
* '''Fire Modes:''' full auto only | |||
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{{Gun Title}} | |||
=== Film === | |||
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%" | |||
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="320"|'''Title''' | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="180"|'''Actor''' | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character''' | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Notation''' | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date''' | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Consider All Risks (Classe tous risques)]]'' || || French gendarmes || || 1960 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[World in My Pocket, The|The World in My Pocket]]'' || || Motorized policemen || || 1961 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[The Black Monocle (Le Monocle noir)]]'' || || French gendarmes || || 1961 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[The Eye of the Monocle (L'oeil du monocle)]]'' || || French Foreign Legionnaires || || 1962 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Code Name: Tiger (Le Tigre aime la chair fraîche)]]'' || || Benitez´s henchman, DST Agent || || 1964 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Battle of the Bulge]] || || German soldiers || Anachronism || 1965 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Ivory Coast Adventure]]'' || || Ivory Coast police || || 1965 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[The Majordomo (Le majordome)]]'' || || French gendarmes || || 1965 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Upper Hand, The (Du rififi à Paname)|The Upper Hands ((Du rififi à Paname))]]'' || || The assassin || || 1966 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Lost Command]] || [[Alain Delon]] || Captain Phillipe Esclavier || || 1966 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Lost Command]] || || French paratroopers || || 1966 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[The 317th Platoon]] || || French paratroopers || || 1966 | |||
|- | |||
| rowspan="3"|''[[Black Sun (Soleil noir)]]'' || [[Michèle Mercier]] || Christine Rodier || || rowspan="3"| 1966 | |||
|- | |||
| [[David O'Brien]] || Eliott || | |||
|- | |||
| [[Michel de Ré]] || Hergy || | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Battle of Algiers, The|The Battle of Algiers]] || || French soldiers and FLN guerillas || || 1966 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Let's Not Get Angry (Ne nous fâchons pas)]]'' || || The Colonel's henchmen || || 1966 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Wake Up and Die (Svegliati e uccidi)]]'' || || French criminals || || 1966 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[The Last Adventure]] || || Henchman || MAT-49/54 || 1967 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[The Green Berets]] || || || Captured VC weapon on display || 1968 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Ho!]]'' || || Gendarmes || || 1968 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[The Gendarme Gets Married]]'' || || Gendarmes || || 1968 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Pasha (Le Pacha)]]'' || || Security guards || || 1968 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Farewell, Friend]]'' || || A Police officer || || 1968 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[The Sicilian Clan (Le clan des Siciliens)]] || || French gerdarmes and policemen || || 1969 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[The Brain]]'' || || Fake police || || 1969 | |||
|- | |||
| rowspan="2"|''[[Mr. Freedom]] || [[Serge Gainsbourg]] || M. Drugstore || rowspan="2"| || rowspan="2"|1969 | |||
|- | |||
| || Freedom agents | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Cold Sweat]]'' || [[Jean Topart]] || Katanga || || 1970 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Patton]] || || Moroccan soldiers || Anachronism ||1970 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[The Gendarme Takes Off]]'' || || French marines || || 1970 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[The Red Circle (Le cercle rouge)]]'' || || French gerdarmes || || 1970 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[There Was Once a Cop (Il était une fois un flic...)]] || || French policemen || || 1971 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Take It Easy It's a Waltz (Laisse aller ... c'est une Valse)]] || || French policemen || || 1971 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Without Apparent Motive (Sans mobile apparent)]]'' || || French police || || 1971 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[The Five Crazy Boys (Les Bidasses en folie)]]'' || || French soldiers || || 1971 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[State of Siege (État de Siège)]]'' || || Police and guerrillas || || 1972 | |||
|- | |||
| rowspan="6"|''[[R.A.S.]]'' || [[Jacques Spiesser]] || Rémy March || || rowspan="6"| 1973 | |||
|- | |||
| [[Jean-François Balmer]] || Raymond Dax || | |||
|- | |||
| [[Claude Brosset]] || Adjudant chef Santoni || | |||
|- | |||
| [[Jean-Pierre Castaldi]] || Sgt. Carbone || | |||
|- | |||
| [[Jean-Paul Franky]] || Sgt. Rudy || | |||
|- | |||
| || French soldiers || | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[The Day of the Jackal]] || [[Michael Lonsdale]] || Inspector Claude Lebel || || 1973 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[The Day of the Jackal]] || [[Philippe Léotard]] || A Police officer || || 1973 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[The Day of the Jackal]] || || French policemen and sailors || || 1973 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob (Les Aventures de Rabbi Jacob)]]'' || || Farès' henchman || || 1973 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Two Men in Town (Deux hommes dans la ville)]]'' || || French police || || 1973 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[A Pain in the Ass (L'emmerdeur) (1973)|A Pain in the Ass (L'emmerdeur)]]'' || || French Police || || 1973 | |||
|- | |||
| rowspan=6|''[[The Conspiracy (Le complot)]]'' || [[Michel Duchaussoy]] || Leblanc || rowspan=6| || rowspan=6|1973 | |||
|- | |||
| [[Simón Andreu]] || Baudry | |||
|- | |||
| [[Robert Castel]] || Saporo | |||
|- | |||
| [[Dominique Zardi]] || Hans | |||
|- | |||
| [[El Kebir]] || Abdur | |||
|- | |||
| || Gendarmes, OAS fighters | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[The Hostage Gang (Le gang des otages)]]'' || || French gendarmes || || 1973 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Happy New Year (La bonne année)]]'' || || French gendarmes || || 1973 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Secret, The (Le secret)|The Secret (Le secret)]]'' || || French policemen || || 1974 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[The Nada Gang]]'' || || Police || || 1974 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Sadsacks Go to War (Les Bidasses s'en vont en guerre)]]'' || || French soldiers || || 1974 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[French Connection II]] || || Gangsters || || 1975 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Mad Enough to Kill (Folle à tuer)]]'' || || French policemen || || 1975 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[French Detective, The (Adieu, poulet)|The French Detective (Adieu, poulet)]]'' || || French policemen || || 1975 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[The Gypsy (Le gitan)]]'' || || French police || MAT-49 and MAT-49/54 || 1975 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Police Python 357]] || || French police officers || || 1976 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Holy Year (L'année sainte)]] || || Italian police || || 1976 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Hunter Will Get You]] || || French police || || 1976 | |||
|- | |||
| rowspan="4"|''[[Calmos]]'' || [[Dora Doll]] || The sergeant || || rowspan="4"| 1976 | |||
|- | |||
| [[Liliane Rovère]] || The female soldier || | |||
|- | |||
| [[Marie Pillet]] || The female soldier || | |||
|- | |||
| || Females soldiers || | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Judge Fayard Called the Sheriff]]'' || || Prison guard || || 1977 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[The Threat (La menace)]]'' || || French gendarmes || || 1977 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Drummer-Crab (Le Crabe-Tambour)]]'' || || French soldiers and gendarmes || || 1977 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Armageddon (Armaguedon)]]'' || || French police || || 1977 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[The Escape (La carapate)]]'' || || French gendarmes || || 1978 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Apocalypse Now]] || || French colonist || || 1979 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Police War,The (La Guerre des polices)|The Police War (La Guerre des polices)]]''|| || French police || || 1979 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Cop or Hood (Flic Ou Voyou)]] || || French policemen || || 1979 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[I as in Icarus (I... comme Icare)]]'' || || Police officers || || 1979 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Superman II]] || || Terrorists || With stock removed || 1980 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Umbrella Coup (Le Coup du parapluie)]] || || French policeman || || 1980 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Inspector Blunder (Inspecteur la Bavure)]]'' || || French gendarmes || || 1980 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Operation Leopard (La légion saute sur Kolwezi)]]'' || [[Giuliano Gemma]] || Adjudant-chef Fédérico || || 1980 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Operation Leopard (La légion saute sur Kolwezi)]]'' || || French paratroopers and Katanga fighters || || 1980 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Le Guignolo]]'' || || French police || || 1980 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[For Your Eyes Only]] || || Locque's guards || || 1981 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Professional, The (1981)|The Professional]] || || African soldiers; French gendarmes || || 1981 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes]]'' || [[Michel Galabru]] || Adjudant Gerber || || 1982 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes]]'' || [[Patrick Préjean]] || Gendarme Perlin || || 1982 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes]]'' || [[Maurice Risch]] || Gendarme Beaupied || || 1982 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes]]'' || [[Michel Modo]] || Gendarme Berlicot || || 1982 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes]]'' || [[Guy Grosso]] || Gendarme Tricard || || 1982 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[A Captain's Honor (L'Honneur d'un capitaine)]]'' || || French soldiers || || 1982 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[For 200 Grand, You Get Nothing Now (Pour 100 briques t'as plus rien!)]]'' || || French police || || 1982 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Confidentially Yours (Vivement dimanche!)]]'' || || French policemen || || 1983 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Banzaï]]'' || [[Akonio Dolo]] || Hissen || || 1983 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Banzaï]]'' || || African soldiers and rebels || || 1983 | |||
|- | |||
|''[[Deadly Circuit (Mortelle randonnée)]]'' || || French police || || 1983 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[The ComDads (Les compères)]]'' || [[Jean-Jacques Scheffer]] || Ralph || || 1983 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Black List (Liste noire)]] || || Policeman || || 1984 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Dog Day (Canicule)]]'' || || French gendarmes || || 1984 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Les Morfalous]] || || French soldiers || || 1984 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[My New Partner (Les ripoux)]]'' || || Police || || 1984 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[The Vengeance of the Winged Serpent (La vengeance du serpent à plumes)]]'' || [[Coluche]] || Loulou Dupin || || 1984 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[The Vengeance of the Winged Serpent (La vengeance du serpent à plumes)]]'' || || French police || || 1984 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Cop's Honor (Parole de Flic)]] || || French policemen || || 1985 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend]] || [[Eddie Tagoe]] || Sergeant Gambwe || || 1985 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[The Fugitives]]'' || || French gendarmes || || 1986 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Attention bandits!]]'' || || French gendarmes || || 1986 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[The Living Daylights]] || || Tunisian police guard || || 1987 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Loner, The (Le Solitaire)|The Loner]] || || French policemen || || 1987 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Let Sleeping Cops Lie (Ne réveillez pas un flic qui dort)]] || || French police and Gendarmerie || || 1988 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[My New Partner II (Ripoux contre ripoux)]]'' || || French police || || 1990 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Have a Nice Night (Passez une bonne nuit)]]'' || || Police and Cleaners || || 1990 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Believed Violent (Présumé dangereux)]]'' || || A gendarme || || 1990 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Operation Corned Beef (L'opération Corned Beef)|Operation Corned Beef]]'' || || French soldiers || || 1991 | |||
|- | |||
|''[[Diên Biên Phú]]''||||French Army||||1992 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Straight Shooter]]'' || [[Heino Ferch]] || Volker Bretz || || 1999 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Straight Shooter]]'' || || French Foreign Legion paratroopers || || 1999 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Sweat]] || || Police || || 2002 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Deserter (2002)|Deserter]] || [[Tom Hardy]] || Pascal Dupont || || 2002 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Deserter (2002)|Deserter]] || [[Paul Fox]] || Simon Murray || || 2002 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Deserter (2002)|Deserter]] || || French Foreign Legionnaires || || 2002 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[We Were Soldiers]] || || French soldiers, NVA and Viet Cong || || 2002 | |||
|- | |||
| rowspan=3|''[[The Quiet American]]'' || [[Brendan Fraser]] || Alden Pyle || rowspan=3| || rowspan=3|2002 | |||
|- | |||
| [[Mathias Mlekuz]] || French officer | |||
|- | |||
| || French and Vietnamese soldiers | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Corsican File, The (L'enquête Corse)|The Corsican File (L'enquête Corse)]]'' || || Corsican terrorist || || 2004 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Intimate Enemies]] || || French soldiers || || 2007 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Intimate Enemies]]'' || [[Albert Dupontel]]|| Sgt. Dougnac || || 2007 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Intimate Enemies]]'' || [[Benoît Magimel]]|| Lt. Terrien || || 2007 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Rescue Dawn]] || || Pathet Lao camp guard || || 2007 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Second Wind (Le Deuxième Souffle), The (2007)|The Second Wind (Le Deuxième Souffle)]] || || A hitman; French police || || 2007 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Crossfire (Les Insoumis)]]'' || || Gangster || || 2008 | |||
|- | |||
|''[[Mesrine: Public Enemy Number 1]]''||||French police||||2008 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Outside the Law (2010)|Outside the Law]] || || Gendarmerie || || 2010 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Outside the Law (2010)|Outside the Law]] || || FLN Guerrillas || || 2010 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Djinns (Stranded)]] || || French soldiers || || 2010 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Elephant White]] || || || Seen in weapons cache || 2010 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Mesrine: Killer Instinct]] || [[Vincent Cassel]] || Jacques Mesrine || || 2010 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[La Horde]] || [[Claude Perron]] || Aurore || || 2010 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[A Gang Story (Les Lyonnais)]] || || French police || || 2011 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Rebellion (2011)|Rebellion]] || || Rebels || || 2011 | |||
|- | |||
| rowspan=2|''[[Next Time I'll Aim for the Heart]]'' || [[Guillaume Canet]] || Franck Neuhart || || rowspan=2|2014 | |||
|- | |||
| || French gendarmes || | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Far from Men]] || || French soldiers || || 2014 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[The Siege of Jadotville]]'' ||[[Guillaume Canet]] || Rene Faulques|| || 2016 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Triple Threat]]'' || || jungle camp guard || || 2019 | |||
|- | |||
|} | |||
=== Television === | |||
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|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="300"|'''Show Title''' | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="175"|'''Actor''' | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character''' | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="275"|'''Note / Episode''' | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="75"|'''Air Date''' | |||
|- | |||
|''[[The Professionals]]''|| || || ||1977 - 1981 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Julie Lescaut]]'' || [[Pierre Cognon]] || Martin Héroux || "Rapt" (S03E02) || 1994 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Julie Lescaut]]'' || || French police || "Rapt" (S03E02), "La mort en Rose" (S03E03) || 1994 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Fabio Montale]]'' || [[Pierre Henri]] || Davor || || 2002 | |||
|- | |||
|''[[The Unit]]''|| || || ||2006 - 2009 | |||
|- | |||
|''[[Deadliest Warrior]]''|| || || ||2010 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Madiba]]'' || [[Laurence Fishburne]] || Nelson Mandela || || 2017 | |||
|- | |||
|} | |||
===Video Games=== | |||
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|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="300"|'''Game Title''' | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Appears as''' | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="300"|'''Mods''' | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="300"|'''Notes''' | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Release Date''' | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Battlefield: Vietnam]]'' || || || || 2004 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Shellshock Nam '67]]'' || || || || 2004 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Conflict: Vietnam]]'' || || || || 2004 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Project Reality]]'' || || || || 2005 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Vietcong 2]]'' || || || || 2005 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'' || SMG || || With wooden furniture, and rear sight, magazine and bolt of the [[M1A1 Thompson]] || 2007 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[7554]]'' || || || With optional melee attack || 2011 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Project Reality: Vietnam]]'' || || || || 2012 | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[World of Guns: Gun Disassembly]]'' || "MAT-49" || |||| 2014 | |||
|- | |||
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Rising Storm 2: Vietnam]]'' || || ||original French 9mm version ||rowspan="2" | 2017 | |||
|- | |||
| || ||Vietnamese 7.62x25mm Tokarev conversion | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Marauders (video game)|Marauders]]'' || MAT-49 || Missing stock by default; can be added as mod || Incorrectly chambered in .32 ACP || 2022 | |||
|- | |||
|} | |||
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Latest revision as of 21:10, 26 December 2023
The MAT-49 is a French submachine gun that was originally produced by Manufacture Nationale d'Armes de Tulle (MAT). The MAT-49 began production in 1949 after a series of trials for a new submachine gun to replace the MAS-38. The MAT-49 was chosen in part for its simple design and cost-effective stamped metal construction, allowing for rapid, economic production of a large amount of guns that the French military desperately needed. The MAT-49 also includes two design features unusual for a submachine gun: the ability for the magazine well to fold up and a grip safety, a feature more common to handguns.
The MAT-49 was used extensively by the French military during their military ventures of the early Cold War period, such as the First Indochina War and the Algerian War. It was well-liked in service owing to its compactness, ease of use, and reliability. Following the French withdrawal from Vietnam, captured MAT-49s were converted to 7.62×25mm Tokarev by North Vietnamese forces and used by the People's Army of Vietnam and Viet Cong during the Vietnam War.
Production of the MAT-49 was taken over by Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne plant (MAS) in the 1960s and production ceased in 1979, when the FAMAS assault rifle was adopted and filled the niche previously occupied by the MAT-49.
Specifications
(1949 - 1979)
- Type: Submachine Gun
- Caliber: 9x19mm, 7.62x25mm Tokarev(North Vietnamese conversion)
- Weight: 7.7 lbs (3.5 kg)
- Length: 18.1 in (46 cm) (stock collapsed), 28.3 in (72 cm) (stock extended)
- Barrel length: 9.1 in (23 cm)
- Capacity: 20, 32
- Fire Modes: full auto only
The MAT-49 and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
Film
Television
Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Air Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
The Professionals | 1977 - 1981 | |||
Julie Lescaut | Pierre Cognon | Martin Héroux | "Rapt" (S03E02) | 1994 |
Julie Lescaut | French police | "Rapt" (S03E02), "La mort en Rose" (S03E03) | 1994 | |
Fabio Montale | Pierre Henri | Davor | 2002 | |
The Unit | 2006 - 2009 | |||
Deadliest Warrior | 2010 | |||
Madiba | Laurence Fishburne | Nelson Mandela | 2017 |
Video Games
Game Title | Appears as | Mods | Notes | Release Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Battlefield: Vietnam | 2004 | |||
Shellshock Nam '67 | 2004 | |||
Conflict: Vietnam | 2004 | |||
Project Reality | 2005 | |||
Vietcong 2 | 2005 | |||
Team Fortress 2 | SMG | With wooden furniture, and rear sight, magazine and bolt of the M1A1 Thompson | 2007 | |
7554 | With optional melee attack | 2011 | ||
Project Reality: Vietnam | 2012 | |||
World of Guns: Gun Disassembly | "MAT-49" | 2014 | ||
Rising Storm 2: Vietnam | original French 9mm version | 2017 | ||
Vietnamese 7.62x25mm Tokarev conversion | ||||
Marauders | MAT-49 | Missing stock by default; can be added as mod | Incorrectly chambered in .32 ACP | 2022 |