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The FAMAS (known colloquially as the Bugle) is a French military assault rifle used by the French army since 1979 when it replaced the Mas49/56 rifle. The FAMAS is chambered for the 5.56 mm x 45 NATO cartridge and takes a 20 or 30 round box magazine and fires in single-shot semi-automatic, three-round burst or fully automatic as selected at a rate of between 1000 and 1100 rounds-per-minute with a muzzle velocity of 960 metres per second to an effective range of 300 metres.
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The SERAT 63 mm A.C. Rifle Grenade Type Grafac is a French hollow charge anti-tank rifle grenade designed for close-combat against AFVs. The SERAT 63 mm A.C. Rifle Grenade Type Grafac is a lightweight grenade designed to be fired by the FAMAS rifles, and has an effective range of 100 metres and can penetrate 300 mm of armour.
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The MAT49 is a French blowback operated sub-machine-gun produced at the end of the 1940s and forming the standard French armed forces sub-machine-gun until replaced by the FAMAS assault rifle. The MAT49 is chambered for the 9 mm Parabellum cartridge which it takes from a 32-round box magazine and fires at a cyclic rate of 600 rounds-per-minute with a muzzle velocity of 354 meters-per-second. The MAT49 has a sliding wire stock and a 228 mm long barrel. Unusually, the MAT49 magazine housing can be pivoted forward in front of the trigger to lie underneath the barrel. The magazine can then be swung into the firing position by pressing a housing release button. The MAT49 has a hooded blade foresight and a flip, aperture rearsight marked at 100 and 200 meters.
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FAMAS is an abbreviation for Field Artillery Meteorological Acquisition System
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