Manufacture d'Armes de Bayonne

About

The Manufacture d'armes de Bayonne (roughly translated as "Bayonne Arms Factory", abbreviated as MAB) was a French arms manufacturer that specialized in handguns.

The company was created by Léon Barthe in 1920 and was active from 1921 to the end of the 1980s. Initially, the company produced pistols that were derative of FN/Browning pistols that were popular at the time in Europe. The company survived the German occupation during World War II and from the 1950 onwards, the company started to manufacture it's own firearm designs. The 1970s saw the first financial difficulties, which lead to the company becoming a subsidiary of Fabrique Nationale of Herstal sometime during the decade. Around 1985, the company went bankrupt and survived for few more years in the form of MABCO.

Specifications

Founded: 1920

Country: France

Products: Pistols

Pistols

Weapon	Caliber(s)	Capacity	Produced	Variants	Image
MAB Model A	.25 ACP	?	1925-1961	-	Error creating thumbnail: File missing
MAB Model B	.25 ACP	5	1932 - 1949	-	Error creating thumbnail: File missing
MAB Model C	.32 ACP	9	1933 - 1982	-	Error creating thumbnail: File missing
MAB Model D	.32 ACP .380 ACP	9 (.32) 7 (.380)	1933 - 1963 (.32) 1933-1982 (.380)	Type I, Type II	Error creating thumbnail: File missing
MAB Model E	6.35mm	10	1949	-	Error creating thumbnail: File missing
MAB Model F	.22LR	10	1950	-	Error creating thumbnail: File missing
MAB Model G	.32 ACP .22 LR	8 (.32) 10 (.22LR)	1951		Error creating thumbnail: File missing
MAB Model GZ	.22 LR 6.35mm 7.65mm .380.	?	?	-	Error creating thumbnail: File missing
MAB Model R	9x19mm	8	1951 - 1963	-	Error creating thumbnail: File missing
MAB Model "Le Chasseur"	.22 LR	9	1953	-	Error creating thumbnail: File missing
MAB PA-8 & PA-15	9x19mm	8 (PA-8) 15 (PA-15)	1966 - 1982	-	Error creating thumbnail: File missing
MAB Model P-15 M1 Target	9x19mm	15	?		Error creating thumbnail: File missing