On the left, a legionnaire of 2e REI wearing the FAMAS with attached bayonet ( 2012).
Rate of fire: 1000 rounds/min (F1) or 1100 rounds/min (G2). Feed system: 25-cartridges magazine (F1) or 30-cartridges magazine (G2). Weight (without ammunition): 3780g / 133,3oz (F1 standard magazine version) or 3747g / 132,2oz (G2 magazine version for NATO operations). The Foreign Legion has been using the FAMAS since the early 1980s. PA MAC 50 and PAMAS G1 pistols (Images source: ) A legionnaire of the 2e REG using a MAC 50 in Senegal ( March 2013)įAMAS ( Fusil d’Assaut de la Manufacture d’Armes de Saint-Étienne – Assault rifle of the Weapons factory of Saint-Étienne) is the bullpup assault service rifle used by the Foreign Legion and other French Army forces. Weight (with ammunition): 1090g / 38,4oz. Weight (without ammunition): 960g / 33,9oz. The PAMAS G1 is currently replacing the older pistol PA MAC 50, which has been using in the French Army and Foreign Legion since 1950. French Army forces has been using it since 2000. PAMAS G1 is a standard semi-automatic pistol (a copy of the Beretta 92) produced by Manufacture d’Armes de Saint-Étienne, the French weapons factory of St.Étienne. Weight (without ammunition): 890g / 31,4oz. 
It has been replacing by the PA MAS G1 since 2000. The PA MAC 50 had been using in the French Army since 1950.
It had been produced initially by Manufacture d’Armes de Chatellerault (MAC), thereafter by Manufacture d’Armes de Saint-Étienne (MAS). PA MAC 50 ( Pistolet Automatique – Automatic pistol) is a standard semi-automatic pistol (also known as the MAS 50) used by the Foreign Legion. See what pistols, rifles, machine guns, missiles, personnel carriers and other vehicles are used by legionnaires during their duty service, exercises or military operations conducted by the Foreign Legion.
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