Mat 49 Viet Modified

The mat 49 54 a modified mat 49s manufactured for police forces had two triggers allowing use of full auto fire or single shots but most were manufactured as full auto only.

Mat 49 viet modified.

It had a longer barrel and a higher rate of fire 900 rpm. Altogether the weapon is a bit on the heavy side but its weight helps reduce recoil. What am i missing here. Spare parts were still produced in the 1970s the gun being used by the viet cong.

Viet modified mat 49 7 62mm full name here ammunition ammo type. Mat 49 silenced variant fitted with a suppressor. Russian 7 62 25 fmj 85gr. 0 73 kg handling weight.

The mat 49 54 a modified mat 49s manufactured for police forces had two triggers allowing use of full auto fire or single shots but most were manufactured as full auto only. The mat 49 was used by the viet cong during the vietnam war but they converted the 9mm parabellum rounds to 7 62mm tokarev. Russian 7 62 25 fmj 85gr rounds per magazine. Fully automatic rate of fire.

The mat 49 is blowback operated and box magazine fed with a rate of fire of 600 rounds per minute on full auto. The mat 49 has a blowback design heavy mainspring 7 7 pound weight when empty and a 1 3 pound bolt. Altogether the weapon is a bit on the heavy side but its weight helps reduce recoil. Viet modified uses a more powerful cartridge with a higher rate of fire yet the recoil seems identical.

The mat 49 was introduced in 1949 to the french armed forces and remained in service until it was replaced by famas in 1978. Why use french original over viet modified mat 49. The mat 49 has a blowback design heavy mainspring 7 7 pound weight when empty and a 1 3 pound bolt. The mat 49 had a modified version that used two triggers for different rates of fire.

4 magazines weight per magazine.