FM 24/29 light machine gun

FM 24/29
FM 24/29
	French FM 24/29
Type	Light machine gun
Place of origin	France
Service history
In service	French Army:; 1925 – 1960s; Gendarmerie nationale:; 1956 – 2006;
Used by	See § Users
Wars	List of conflicts Rif War ; Spanish Civil War ; World War II ; First Indochina War ; 1948 Arab–Israeli War ; Ifni War ; Algerian War ; Suez Crisis ; 1958 Rif riots ; Tunisian War of independence ; Bizerte crisis ; 1958 Lebanon crisis ; Sand War ; Western Sahara conflict ; Tuareg rebellion ; Chadian Civil War ; Vietnam War ; Cambodian Civil War ; Laotian Civil War ; Cameroon War ; Portuguese Colonial War ; Lebanese Civil War ;
Production history
Designer	Lt col. Reibel assisted by Chief Armorer Chosse
Designed	1920 – 1924
Manufacturer	Manufacture d'Armes de Châtellerault
Produced	1925 – 1960s
No. built	190,400 to 232,942
Variants	See § Variants
Specifications
Mass	8.9 kg (19.62 lb)
Length	1,080 mm (42.52 in)
Barrel length	500 mm (19.69 in)
Cartridge	7.5×54mm French
Caliber	7.5mm
Barrels	1
Action	Gas-operated; Bolt-link
Rate of fire	450 Rounds/min
Muzzle velocity	830 m/s (2,723 ft/s)
Effective firing range	1,250 m (1,370 yd)
Maximum firing range	3,950 m (4,320 yd)
Feed system	25-round detachable box magazine
Sights	Iron sights

The Fusil-mitrailleur Modèle 1924 Modifié 29 (or MAC 24/29), designed in 1924 by the Manufacture d'armes de Châtellerault, is a 7.5×54mm French light machine gun, which was the standard issue machine gun of the French Army from 1925 until the 1960s and was in use until 2000–2006 with the National Gendarmerie.