MAC mle 1950

Infobox Weapon|is_ranged=yes
name=Pistolet MAC/MAS mle 1950


type=pistol
origin=FRA
era=Post-war
target=personnel
design_date=1950
manufacturer=Manufacture d'Armes de Châtellerault, Manufacture d'Armes de Saint-Étienne
production_date=1950 to 1970
service=1950-
used by=France
wars=First Indochina War, Algerian War, Suez Crisis, Chad
spec_type=pistol
caliber=9 mm
cartridge=9 mm Para
rifling=4 grooves, rh
feed=9 round detachable box magazine
action=semi-auto short recoil
rate=N/A
velocity=360 m/s
range= 25 yds
weight=860 g
length=195 mm
barrel_length=112 mm
number=N/A

The MAC-50 (also known as MAC 1950, MAS 50 or PA modèle 1950) is a standard semi-automatic pistol of the French army and adopted in 1950. It replaced the previous series of French pistols, the Mle 1935s, and was produced between 1950 and 1970.

It uses the Browning system like the FN GP 35 with an integral barrel feed ramp, it is a single action trigger with slide mounted safety that locks the firing pin so the hammer can be lowered by pressing the trigger with safety engaged.

It was first made by MAC (Manufacture d'Armes de Chatellerault) then by MAS (an abbrevation of Manufacture d'Armes St. Etienne - one of several government-owned arms factories in France)