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MAS-36

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The MAS-36 is a French military bolt-action rifle. It was first manufactured by Manufacture d'Armes de Saint-Étienne (MAS) in 1937. Originally intended to replace the aging Lebel 1886 and Berthier Rifles in military service, only around 250,000 rifles were produced by the time of the Battle of France in 1940. Following the Second World War, production of the MAS-36 ramped up and the rifle was widely used by the French military during the conflicts of the early Cold War, such as the First Indochina War, the Suez Crisis, and the Algerian War. In all, 1.1 million rifles were manufactured between 1937 and 1952. It would be replaced by the semi-automatic MAS-49.

The MAS-36 took design inspiration from various rifles encountered by the French in the First World War, such as the Lee-Enfield, M1917 Enfield, and Gewehr 1898. Its design is very simple compared to earlier French military rifles, with just five parts removable by the user. The MAS-36 would gain a reputation for being very simple, but extremely reliable. The MAS-36 was distributed to multiple African nations and Syria during the Cold War and continues to be used in regional conflicts in Africa and the Middle East.

The MAS-36 can be seen used in the following films and video games used by the following actors:

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MAS-36 - 7.5x54mm French
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MAS-36 CR39 with aluminum folding stock designed for paratroopers - 7.5x54mm French
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MAS-36/51 - 7.5x54mm French
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Sporterized MAS-36 - 7.5x54mm French

Specifications

Type: Rifle

Caliber: 7.5x54mm French

Capacity: 5 round internal magazine

Fire Modes: Bolt Action

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Somewhere in France French soldiers 1942
The Most Wanted Man (L'Ennemi public No 1) Prison guards 1953
The Young Lions French soldiers 1958
Dunkirk French soldiers 1958
The World in My Pocket Gendarmes 1961
The Unvanquished (L'Insoumis) French soldiers and legionnaires MAS-36 and 36/51 1964
Weekend at Dunkirk French and British soldiers 1964
Topkapi A Turkish soldier 1964
The 317th Platoon Manuel Zorzo Corporal Perrin 1965
The Battle of Algiers French soldiers 1966
Let's Not Get Angry (Ne nous fâchons pas) Jean Panisse Illegal gun dealer 1966
Is Paris Burning? French Resistance fighters 1966
Shock Troops (Un homme de trop) Gérard Blain Thomas 1967
Med Hondo Florent
Claude Brosset Ouf
Resistance fighterts
Patton Moroccan soldiers 1970
The Gendarme Takes Off French marines 1970
The Five Crazy Boys (Les Bidasses en folie) Gérard Rinaldi Gérard 1971
Jean Sarrus Jean
Gérard Filipelli Phil
Jean-Guy Fechner Jean-Guy
Luis Rego Luis
French soldiers
The French Conspiracy (L'Attentat) French police Some fitted with smoke grenade launchers 1972
The Day of the Jackal Firing squad 1973
R.A.S. Jacques Spiesser Rémy March 1973
Jacques Weber Alain Charpentier
Jacques Villeret Pvt. Girot
French soldiers and policemen
The Conspiracy (Le complot) French soldiers MAS-36 and MAS-36/51; in footage 1973
Now Where Did the 7th Company Get To? (Mais où est donc passée la 7ème compagnie?) Jean Lefebvre Pvt. Pitivier 1973
French soldiers
The Nada Gang Police Some fitted with smoke grenade launchers 1974
Sadsacks Go to War (Les Bidasses s'en vont en guerre) Gérard Rinaldi Gérard 1974
Jean Sarrus Jean
Gérard Filipelli Phil
Jean-Guy Fechner Jean-Guy
French soldiers
The French Detective (Adieu, poulet) Police snipers MAS-36 with optic sights 1975
The Seventh Company Has Been Found (On a retrouvé la 7ème compagnie!) French soldiers 1975
Drummer-Crab (Le Crabe-Tambour) Jacques Perrin Willsdorff 1977
French honor guards
The Escape (La carapate) French gendarmes 1978
Wait for John Grafton (Gaidiet "Dzonu Graftonu") Revolutionaries 1979
Le Guignolo French police Some with smoke grenade launchers 1980
The Professional French gendarmes MAS-36/51, some with smoke grenade launchers 1981
A Captain's Honor (L'Honneur d'un capitaine) French soldiers 1982
The Shock (Le Choc) Silvio's henchmen Sporterized 1983
Sahara Nomadic tribes fighter 1983
Rookies Run Amok 2 (Le retour des bidasses en folie) Gérard Rinaldi Alfred 1983
Jean Sarrus Emile
Gérard Filipelli Marcel
Luis Rego Sgt. Lucien
French soldiers
Dog Day (Canicule) French gendarmes MAS-36, MAS-36/51 1984
Les Morfalous French legionaires and soldiers 1984
Cop's Honor (Parole de Flic) French police 1985
Subway French CRS unit 1985
The Fugitives French gendarmes MAS-36, MAS-36/51 1986
Operation Corned Beef French gendarmes 1991
Diên Biên Phú French Army MAS-36, MAS-36 CR 39 1992
Charlotte Gray Vichy French police 2001
We Were Soldiers French soldiers 2002
Deserter Tom Hardy Pascal Dupont 2002
Paul Fox Simon Murray
French Foreign Legionnaires
The Quiet American French and Vietnamese soldiers 2002
Dry Season in Nassara' armory 2006
Days of Glory (Indigènes) Sami Bouajila Corporal Abdelkadar With anachronistic, post-WWII hooded front sight 2006
Bernard Blancan Sergent Roger Martinez
Free French soldiers
The Golden Compass Guards, Magisterium troops 2007
Intimate Enemies French soldiers MAS-36, MAS-36/51 (some with optic sights) 2007
The Second Wind (Le Deuxième Souffle) Nicolas Duvauchelle Antoine Ripa Sporterized, suppressed 2007
Mesrine: Public Enemy Number 1 French soldiers 2008
Female agents Sophie Marceau Louise Desfontaines Sporterized, suppressed 2008
Djinns (Stranded) Fellaghas 2010
Outside the Law French soldiers and Gendarmerie 2010
A Gang Story (Les Lyonnais) French police 2011
Rebellion Sepratists 2011
Saints and Soldiers: Airborne Creed French partisan 2012
Next Time I'll Aim for the Heart (La prochaine fois je viserai le coeur) French gendarmes 2014
The Tiger: An Old Hunter's Tale Korean hunter 2015
Dunkirk French soldiers 2017
Darkest Hour French soldiers 2017
To the Ends of the World (Les confins du monde) French soldiers 2018

Television

Show Title Actor Character Note / Episode Air Date
Long Road in the Dunes (Ilgais cels kapas) A German soldier Ep.4 1982
Dunkirk French soldiers 2004
Deadliest Warrior French Foreign Legion 2010

Anime

Film Title Character Notation Date
Steamboy 2005
Izetta: The Last Witch Elystadt forces 2016

Video Games

Game Title Appears as Mods Note Release Date
Medal of Honor: Underground Possibly used by Vichy French Milice enemies 2000
World War II Online: Battleground Europe French Rifleman and Sapper class 2001-2012
Forgotten Hope 2003
Hidden & Dangerous 2 "MAS MLE 36" 2003
Call of Duty 2: Big Red One "MAS 36 Rifle" 2005
7554 "MAS 36" 2011
World of Guns: Gun Disassembly MAS 36 bayonet 2014
Call of Duty: WWII "M36" July 2019 update 2017