Looking for any French army vets that served with the MAS 49 or 49/56

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Hi,

I am looking for any French army veterans that served with the MAS 49 or 49/56 rifles.

I have some questions that only a veteran that used one in the military could answer.

Please post below or PM me.

Thank you,
Pcvando
 
Salut Paul
Pour information j'étais instructeur tir dans l'armée française et j'ai beaucoup manipulé et utilisé le MAS49-56. J'ai aussi passé mon premier examen de caporal avec un MAS49 qui était tout neuf sorti de sa caisse de stockage en 1988 !
Je ne promets pas d'avoir toutes les réponses à tes questions mais je peux essayer de t'aider.
A bientôt
Christophe
 
Dagobert LXIX said:
Salut Paul
Pour information j'étais instructeur tir dans l'armée française et j'ai beaucoup manipulé et utilisé le MAS49-56. J'ai aussi passé mon premier examen de caporal avec un MAS49 qui était tout neuf sorti de sa caisse de stockage en 1988 !
Je ne promets pas d'avoir toutes les réponses à tes questions mais je peux essayer de t'aider.
A bientôt
Christophe
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I'm going to be in France this spring so I feel motivated to try a rough translation to brush up on my French which usually works best when motivated by female companionship and a couple glasses of wine.;)

" I was a shooting instructor in the French Army and I used the MAS 49-56 a lot. I also passed my test as a corporal with a MAS49 which was newly issued out of stock in 1988. I don't promise to have all the responses to your questions, but I will try to help you" - or something like this.

I'm going to visit Les Invalides in Paris again and might just see a MAS rifle and others in their excellent military museum.
 
purple said:
I'm going to be in France this spring so I feel motivated to try a rough translation to brush up on my French which usually works best when motivated by female companionship and a couple glasses of wine.;)

" I was a shooting instructor in the French Army and I used the MAS 49-56 a lot. I also passed my test as a corporal with a MAS49 which was newly issued out of stock in 1988. I don't promise to have all the responses to your questions, but I will try to help you" - or something like this.

I'm going to visit Les Invalides in Paris again and might just see a MAS rifle and others in their excellent military museum.
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Thanks Purple, not all of us speak & read French fluently.
"Vive le guerre, vive le morte" (famous battle cry)
 
Dagobert LXIX said:
Salut Paul
Pour information j'étais instructeur tir dans l'armée française et j'ai beaucoup manipulé et utilisé le MAS49-56. J'ai aussi passé mon premier examen de caporal avec un MAS49 qui était tout neuf sorti de sa caisse de stockage en 1988 !
Je ne promets pas d'avoir toutes les réponses à tes questions mais je peux essayer de t'aider.
A bientôt
Christophe
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Merci pour votre réponse Christophe! Je vais vous envoyer un message privée
 
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purple said:
I'm going to be in France this spring so I feel motivated to try a rough translation to brush up on my French which usually works best when motivated by female companionship and a couple glasses of wine.;)

" I was a shooting instructor in the French Army and I used the MAS 49-56 a lot. I also passed my test as a corporal with a MAS49 which was newly issued out of stock in 1988. I don't promise to have all the responses to your questions, but I will try to help you" - or something like this.

I'm going to visit Les Invalides in Paris again and might just see a MAS rifle and others in their excellent military museum.
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Les invalides is fantastic. Don't forget Napoleons tomb. Make sure you check out the epic French prototype rifles, they have a RSC Mle 1917, (mines nicer though ;) haha) but they have some other fantastic rifles and machine guns.
 
Perfect Translation!
For your trip to France if you have the opportunity to go in the south and visit the musée de l'EMPERI in Salon-de-Provence you won'the be disappointed.
They got rare rifles that are not even shown at the In asides.
Regards
Christophe
 
purple said:
I'm going to be in France this spring so I feel motivated to try a rough translation to brush up on my French which usually works best when motivated by female companionship and a couple glasses of wine.;)

" I was a shooting instructor in the French Army and I used the MAS 49-56 a lot. I also passed my test as a corporal with a MAS49 which was newly issued out of stock in 1988. I don't promise to have all the responses to your questions, but I will try to help you" - or something like this.

I'm going to visit Les Invalides in Paris again and might just see a MAS rifle and others in their excellent military museum.
Click to expand...
Perfect Translation!
For your trip to France if you have the opportunity to go in the south and visit the musée de l'EMPERI in Salon-de-Provence you won't be disappointed.
They got rare rifles that are not even shown at the Invalides.
Regards
Christophe
 
Dagobert LXIX said:
Perfect Translation!
For your trip to France if you have the opportunity to go in the south and visit the musée de l'EMPERI in Salon-de-Provence you won't be disappointed.
They got rare rifles that are not even shown at the Invalides.
Regards
Christophe
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Unfortunately I'm not going to south on this trip, but the musee de l'emperi looks like a good one for another time. This time we are passing several days in Paris then going north for the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge.
 
purple said:
Unfortunately I'm not going to south on this trip, but the musee de l'emperi looks like a good one for another time. This time we are passing several days in Paris then going north for the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge.
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Lucky You!
I know very well Vimy as I spent my youth in the Pas-de-Calais... 20km away from there.
We seldom went there with my parents to visit the trenches.
Did you know that you are in Canada when you reach the Ridge?
 
Dagobert LXIX said:
Lucky You!
I know very well Vimy as I spent my youth in the Pas-de-Calais... 20km away from there.
We seldom went there with my parents to visit the trenches.
Did you know that you are in Canada when you reach the Ridge?
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I read about that before I visited. Such a gesture by France did not surprise me.
 
Dagobert LXIX said:
Lucky You!
I know very well Vimy as I spent my youth in the Pas-de-Calais... 20km away from there.
We seldom went there with my parents to visit the trenches.
Did you know that you are in Canada when you reach the Ridge?
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Yes, I've been there before. In my estimation the monument has to be the most beautiful and artistic WW1 memorial there is, and I've seen most of them along the old western front. The story of the design and building of the monument is a story in itself. The French monument at Verdun is striking as well. I think it gives you a glimpse into the soul of France and helps to explain a lot about the French preparations and response to WW2. I am also very taken with the Canadian statue of The Brooding Soldier at St Julien near Ypres.

We were in France 2 years ago and were very impressed with the many tributes to the 70th anniversary of VE Day. They were everywhere in Normandy and along the old Western front-posters, flags and the like. There are a lot of monuments to liberation to be seen in the small villages in Normandy and I found them very sincere and heartfelt. The monument in Caen inscribed, "Liberation comes from the sea" was very evocative. There was a big event planned in Paris at Les Invalides, but unfortunately we missed it.
 
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