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LMT Modular Ambidextrous Rifle System · Length · "Maximum"
Single source914 mm (36.0 in) ("Maximum")[source]LMT Modular Ambidextrous Rifle System · Length
Configuration
| Specification | LMT Modular Ambidextrous Rifle System | MAT-49 |
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| Type | Assault rifle Battle rifle[source]LMT Modular Ambidextrous Rifle System · Type | Submachine gun[source] |
| Place of origin | United States[source]LMT Modular Ambidextrous Rifle System · Place of origin | France[source] |
| In service | 2015 - present[source]LMT Modular Ambidextrous Rifle System · In service | 1949–Present[source] |
Length · source measurement 1
Single sourceLength · source measurement 2
Single source460 mm (18 in) 720 mm (28 in)[source]
Effective; Effective firing range
Single source100 m (110 yd)[source]
L129A2 exact named variant; not a sibling record · Barrel length
Single sourceStgw 25 exact named variant; not a sibling record · Barrel length
Single sourceStgw 25K exact named variant; not a sibling record · Barrel length
Single source18 in (457 mm)[source]L129A2 exact named variant; not a sibling record
16 in (406 mm)[source]Stgw 25 exact named variant; not a sibling record
12 in (305 mm)[source]Stgw 25K exact named variant; not a sibling record
Barrel length
Single source230 mm (9.1 in)[source]
Rate of fire
Single source600 rounds/min[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Designer | Lewis Machine & Tool Company[source]LMT Modular Ambidextrous Rifle System · Designer | Pierre Monteil[source] |
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| Manufacturer | Lewis Machine & Tool Company[source]LMT Modular Ambidextrous Rifle System · Manufacturer | Manufacture Nationale d'Armes de Tulle Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne[source] |
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| Cartridge | 5.56×45mm NATO 7.62×51mm NATO 6.5mm Creedmoor[source]LMT Modular Ambidextrous Rifle System · Cartridge The MARS-L (light) assault rifle variants are chambered for the 5.56×45mm NATO intermediate cartridge , and the MARS-H (heavy) battle rifle and designated marksman rifle variants for the 7.62×51mm NATO , 6.5 mm Creedmoor or similar fully powered cartridges .[source]Design · explicit MARS-L/MARS-H cartridge scope MARS-H based designated marksman variant, chambered in 6.5 mm Creedmoor .[source]L129A2 · explicit MARS-L/MARS-H cartridge scope Swiss MARS-H-based designated marksman rifle chambered in 7.62×51mm NATO.[source]7.62mm Zf Stgw 20 · explicit MARS-L/MARS-H cartridge scope LMT's MRGG-A is a member of its Modular Ambidextrous Rifle System-Heavy (MARS-H) family, which are commonly described as AR-10-style rifles, but is chambered to fire the 6.5mm Creedmoor round.[source]MK24 Mid-Range Gas Gun-Assault · explicit MARS-L/MARS-H cartridge scope | 9×19mm Parabellum 7.62×25mm Tokarev (PAVN converted)[source] |
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| Action | Gas-operated , rotating bolt (internal piston, not direct impingement ) or Short-stroke piston[source]LMT Modular Ambidextrous Rifle System · Action | Blowback , open bolt[source] |
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| Feed system | 5.56×45mm NATO : 30-round detachable box magazine 7.62×51mm NATO 20-round detachable box magazine[source]LMT Modular Ambidextrous Rifle System · Feed system | 20 or 32 rounds 35 rounds (PAVN converted)[source] |
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| Used by | — | See Users[source] |
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| Wars | — | First Indochina War Korean War Suez Crisis 1958 Lebanon Crisis Algerian War Vietnam War Laotian Civil War Cambodian Civil War Sino-Vietnamese War Portuguese Colonial War Basque conflict Rhodesian Bush War Western Sahara War Shaba II Chadian–Libyan conflict Lebanese Civil War Algerian Civil War Libyan Civil War Syrian Civil War Mali War Central African Republic Civil War (2012–present)[source] |
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| Designed | — | 1947-1949[source] |
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| Produced | — | 1949–1973[source] |
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| No. built | — | ~ 100,000[source] |
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| Variants | — | See Variants[source] |
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| Sights | — | Iron sights[source] |
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