The MAS-40 is a French semi-automatic rifle that was developed in 1938 and adopted in 1940. It was designed by the government-owned MAS arms factory and uses the 7.5x54mm French cartridge. This weapon has a wooden stock, a tilting bolt, and a 10-round box magazine. The MAS-40 was intended to replace the bolt-action rifles in French service, specifically the "stop-gap" MAS-36, but for economic reasons this was never accomplished. In practice it was issued to elite units such as the remnants of the Armée Blindée, marine infantry, paratroopers and commandos. Following World War II, the new French government used this design to create the MAS-44 and MAS-49 rifles that were later adopted en-masse.
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MAS-40
Battle Rifle
Abilities
Common Attributes - National
Terreur Rouge - French Small Arms (WW2)
French neo-socialism stipulated that total war against decadent capitalism was not only necessary, but morally correct. The French Red Army's soldiers were not only thoroughly trained and well equipped, but they also received mental conditioning through mass propaganda and pseudo-religious ritual.
EFFECT:
This weapon's wielder gains a +5 DET buff when targeted by Suppressive Fire and may always Charge for 0 AP.
Unique Attributes
Fusil d'Chasseur - MAS Semi-Auto Rifle UA
From its earliest iteration in the MAS-40, the "Manufacture d'Armes de Saint-Étienne" family of semi-automatic rifles has been recognised for its unerring precision in the hands of a trained soldier. Many of them are used as improvised marksman rifles abroad.
EFFECT:
This weapon gains a Piss Easy DM on the first shot it fires in an Engagement.