7.5×54mm French
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Maximum pressure (C.I.P.) | 380.00 MPa (55,114 psi) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test barrel length: 574 mm (22.60 in) and 600 mm (23.62 in) Source(s): C.I.P. [1] SurplusRifle.com [2]/Cartridges of the World [3] |
The 7.5×54mm French, 7.5 French, or 7.5 MAS (designated as the 7,5 × 54 MAS by the
The 7.5×54mm French MAS has an uncommon 12.39 mm (0.488 in) breech and breechface diameter, and it has ballistics comparable to the 7.62×51mm NATO/.308 Winchester round.[1] The 7.5 French cartridge is somewhat similar in appearance to the slightly longer and thicker 7.5×55mm Swiss GP11 round but users should never try to interchange the two rounds.
History
By the end of
The French Army chose to adopt "light ball" 9.0 grams (139 gr) Balle C flat base
Other variations of the 7.5×54mm French military round are: armor-piercing (Balle P [Perforante]), tracer (Balle T [Traçante]), armor-piercing tracer (Balle TP [Traçeuse-Perforante]), incendiary (Balle I [Incendiaire]), gallery practice and blank. The 7.5mm×54 French round is still classified in France as war material.[citation needed]
Cartridge dimensions
The 7.5×54mm French has 3.76
7.5×54mm French maximum
Americans would define the shoulder angle at alpha/2 = 20 degrees. The common
According to the official
The American 7.62×51mm NATO/.308 Winchester cartridge, which succeeded it in French military use, offers similar ballistics compared to the 7.5×54mm French.
Availability
The original French-made military ammunition tends to be scarce in the United States and is often corrosive and always
Reloadable
In countries where restrictions prevent civilian hunting use of firearms chambered in Military cartridges still considered "War Materiel" like the 7.5×54 French MAS, owners of surplus military firearms may have them changed to a different, non-military cartridge. The easiest and usually the cheapest way is to
Weapons chambered for 7.5×54mm MAS
- MAS-36rifle
- MAS-49and FSA MAS 49/56 rifles
- FR F1 sniper rifle
- FM 24/29 light machine gun
- Reibel machine gun
- Darne aircraft machine gun
- MAC 1931
- MAC 1934 aircraft machine gun
- FN-Browning mle 38 aircraft machine gun
- AA-52 machine gun
- Fusil Mle 1907/15-M34
- Lebel 1886-93 M27 (Two thirds of production. The first products are 7.5×58mm caliber.)
See also
- List of rifle cartridges
- 7 mm caliber
- "Military and Machine Gun Cartridges", Jean Huon, 1988, Ironside International Pub., Inc, Alexandria, VA, ISBN 0-935554-05-X,
References
- ^ a b c "C.I.P. TDCC datasheet 7,5 × 54 MAS" (PDF).
- ^ "surplusrifle.com". www.surplusrifle.com.
- ^
Barnes, Frank C. (2006) [1965]. Skinner, Stan (ed.). Cartridges of the World (11th ed.). Iola, WI, USA: Gun Digest Books. pp. 353, 375. ISBN 0-89689-297-2.
- ^ a b c d "CIP - Homologation". bobp.cip-bobp.org.
- ^ "Wikimaginot - le wiki de la ligne Maginot".
- ^ a b "Table" (PDF). bobp.cip-bobp.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 November 2020. Retrieved 2021-05-02.
- ^ "Table" (PDF). bobp.cip-bobp.org. Retrieved 2021-05-02.
- ^ "Table" (PDF). bobp.cip-bobp.org. Retrieved 2021-05-02.
External links
- 7.5 Mas Ammo -1 (French)
- 7.5 Mas Ammo -2 (French)
- Munitions de 7,5 mm (French)
- 7.5×54 French MAS Cartridge - French - ALM
- Le fusil de 7,5 mm modèle MAS 36
- C.I.P. TDCC 7,5 x 54 MAS
- FRENCH 7.5x54 LOADS AND RIFLES By Richard Lindström July 31, 2005
- Huon, Jean, 1988, "Military Rifle and Machine Gun Cartridges, Ironside International Publishers, Inc. ISBN 0-935554-05 X