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7.65 mm MAS
Category
Ammunition, Missiles and precision weapons
Synonyms 7.65 × 19.8 mm Armament French SACM Mle 1935A and 1935S pistols; MAS 38 sub-machine gun; various French commercial automatic pistols. Development This cartridge is unique to French forces, having been designed for the French SACM Model 1935A and 35-S automatic pistols and subsequently used in the Manufacture d'Armes de St Etienne (MAS) sub-machine gun. It was replaced in military use by the 9 × 19 mm cartridge in 1950, but is still used by French police forces and may still be encountered in military
reserve. The cartridge may also be encountered in North America, where many surplus French military pistols were sold, and in any area where there has been French military influence. Description This round uses a rimless, straight taper, brass or steel case, Berdan primed; the standard bullet has an ogival metal-jacketed pattern.