Talk:MAT-49

Still used by Vietnamese forces?
Is the weapon still in use by Viet. Army? V. Joe 05:52, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

The designer
If this caption for this image in the LIFE photo archive is accurate, and I'm interpreting it correctly, the MAT-49 was designed by a man called Pierre Monteil. Unfortunately I can't check because he seems to have left no trace on the internet. The only Pierre Monteil mentioned in Google Books is an explorer of the very late 1800s, perhaps the same man. -Ashley Pomeroy (talk) 20:26, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

September 2010 mod
ROG5728, you have sent me a message about the modification I made on that article (actually an add-on). Sorry for the lack of sources it simply came from ignorance on my part. The source on the 551st RGA was coming from the french wiki and seemed perfectly accurate to me as I used the MAT-49 myself while I was a conscript in 1994-1995 (BA-103 Cambrai). It is, then doubtful, that units that were planned for dissolution would be issued FAMAS (actually these dissolution occured between 1998-2001 while I was conducting research within the french army). I'll be happy to discuss this but don't really know how to do it. Can you contact me again and tell how to proceed. Thank you. I also hope that you have saved my add somewhere. :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mohoender (talk • contribs) 07:27, 18 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Per Wikipedia policy at WP:V, a verifiable external source needs to be cited. This source cannot be a Wikipedia article itself. If you can find a source used on the French Wikipedia (or elsewhere) that supports the text, it can be added back. ROG5728 (talk) 19:55, 18 September 2010 (UTC)

MAS-38
Was the MAS-38 a predecessor design? They certainly look very similar. Mztourist (talk) 19:24, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

ETA's copy
That terrorist group produced hundreds of Mat-49s in an underground workshop at Mouguerre in the late 1980s. The secret arsenal was found by the police in 1993. . The house was owned by an engineer called Pierre Fagant.
 * "http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2012/02/10/paisvasco/1328900209.html" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.8.98.118 (talk) 10:00, 4 June 2013 (UTC)