Error creating thumbnail: File missingMAS-40 - 7.5x54mm French. It is worth noting that 20- and 25-round magazines were also created for this rifle, in contrast to subsequent versions. It was produced in 1940 only in very small quantities, and was never officially issued by the French army. The stocks of rifles were eventually captured by the German army, but were left without interest. In 1944, they were recapture and ended up in the hands of the Resistance.