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MAS AA-52
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The MAS AA-52 is a general purpose machine gun designed by MAC (Manufacture d’Armes de Chatellerault) and manufactured by MAS (Manufacture d'Armes St. Etienne) as a universal machine gun for French military forces. Although largely superseded by the FN Minimi in infantry use, the AA-52 continues to be a common mounted weapon on vehicles.
Specifications
(1952-present)
Type: Medium Machine Gun
Caliber: 7.5x54mm French, 7.62x51mm NATO (NF-1 variant)
Capacity: Belt Fed (50 or 200 round belts)
Fire Modes: Full-Auto (700-900 RPM)
The MAS AA-52 and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Let's Not Get Angry (Ne nous fâchons pas) | Jean Panisse | Illegal gun dealer | 1966 | |
| Let's Not Get Angry (Ne nous fâchons pas) | The Colonel's henchman | 1966 | ||
| The Battle of Algiers | French paratrooper | 1966 | ||
| The Day of the Jackal | French soldiers | Mounted in Panhard AML-60 | 1973 | |
| The Secret (Le secret) | Mounted in AMX-13 VTT | 1974 | ||
| Drummer-Crab (Le Crabe-Tambour) | French sailors | 1977 | ||
| Operation Leopard (La légion saute sur Kolwezi) | French paratroopers | 1980 | ||
| Salvador | Mounted on Panhard ERC-90 Sagaie | 1986 | ||
| Léon (The Professional) | ESU officers | Mocked up as a grenade launcher | 1994 | |
| April Captains (Capitães de Abril) | Portuguese soldiers | Mounted in Panhard AML-60 | 2000 | |
| Deserter (2002) | French Foreign Legionnaires | 2002 | ||
| Taxi 3 | Top-mounted on armoured car | 2003 | ||
| La Horde | Yves Pignot | René | Fitted with Browning M1919A4 barrel (jacket) | 2009 |
| Special Forces | Mounted on Aerospatiale Puma helicopters | 2011 |
Video Games
| Title | As | Mods | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Code of Honor | 2007 | |||
| Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 | Mounted on Eland-90 armoured car | Unusable by player | 2012 | |
| Call of Duty: Vanguard | UGM-8 | Added with Season 4 (June 2022) | 2021 |