Shamelessly lifted from another site {http://forum.axishistory.com] - anyone know what this thing is ?

Damn near looks like Kalashnikov's first AK47. His first gun didn't look anything like the AK we know today.

Carabine mitrailleuse MAS 48 derived from the MAS 48 SMG

Length 860 mm
with folded stock 630 mm
Barrel length 400 mm
Weight empty 4.500 kg
32 rounds
750 rpm
selective trigger,like the AUG 77 but 30 years earlier.

here is the ammunition 7,65 x 35 mm modèle 48





Here is one of the competitors in .30 US Carbine, the AME, carabine mitrailleuse developed by Ateliers Mecaniques de Mulhouse





it existed in 30 Carbine, 7,92 kurtz and 7,65mm

adopted in 1948 but adoption cancelled because France was engaged in Indochina and was the second largest contributor to NATO. The financial burden was high, France developing new armament for all forces and the country still had to be rebuilt.

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here is the ammunition 7,65 x 35 mm modèle 48

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