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The MAS Modèle 36 was a military bolt action rifle . First adopted in 1936 by France and intended to replace the Berthier and Lebel series of service rifles , it saw service long past the World War II period. It was manufactured by Manufacture d'Armes de Saint-Étienne (MAS), one of several government-owned arms factories in France. Because production was initiated late in 1937, not enough MAS-36 rifles were available to arm French infantry when the war broke out in September 1939. Mass production finally caught up after World War II and MAS-36 rifles became widely used in service during the First Indochina War , the Algerian War and the Suez Crisis . Altogether, about 1.1 million MAS-36 rifles had been manufactured when production ceased in 1952.

Description
The MAS Modèle 36 was a military bolt action rifle . First adopted in 1936 by France and intended to replace the Berthier and Lebel series of service rifles , it saw service long past the World War II period. It was manufactured by Manufacture d'Armes de Saint-Étienne (MAS), one of several government-owned arms factories in France. Because production was initiated late in 1937, not enough MAS-36 rifles were available to arm French infantry when the war broke out in September 1939. Mass production finally caught up after World War II and MAS-36 rifles became widely used in service during the First Indochina War , the Algerian War and the Suez Crisis . Altogether, about 1.1 million MAS-36 rifles had been manufactured when production ceased in 1952.