The Hotchkiss was one of a whole host of compact folding submachine guns developed after World War Two. These included the MAS MLE 1948, the MAC Mle 1947 and of course the MAT-49 from French state-arsenals. The French guns were by no means the first to have folding magazines, that concept dates back to submachine guns like the SIG MKMO. 1935 was official French sidearm until 1950. It was a good pistol, with main drawback being somewhat weak ammunition of 7.65mm caliber. 1935A was quite an elegant weapon, while Mle. 1935S had much more simplified look. The Mle.1935 had been manufactured by MAC, MAS, SAGEM and SACM factories. MAC Mle 1950 9mm Luger 4 BBL. ParkerizedPhosphate finish with light to medium wear. Many of these French service pistols were used for sale by UnionArmsCompany on GunsAmerica - 947514329.
After World War 2, the Mle 1935A remained in production until 1950, and were issued to French troops and the Foreign Legion alike. Add the 50,400 made after the liberation, the total number of 84,950 is still a very small number for a regulation arm. Drag Racing Vehicles For Sale. Scroll down the list below to find Dragster, Gasser, bracket car, Land Speed racer, Sportsman Class ET Racer, Pro Stock, Lightweight, Super Stock, Super Gas, A/FX and Nostalgia race cars.
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The models 1935A and 1935S are two separate pistols, both designed in response to a 1935 French military competition, and were intended to become the standard French military sidearm. Unfortunately, production, which began in 1937, was inadequate to meet military needs as WWII began in Europe in 1939. During the German occupation of France the 1935A was kept in production by the German army for use by its forces (the second 1935A image is of a German occupation pistol), while production of the 1935S ceased until the liberation of France in 1944. During the post-war years, these were the official French military sidearms, although extensively supplemented by other pistols (MAB Model Ds, Unique Model R, and surplus WWII Allied and Axis sidearms) until production was sufficient to meet French needs. These pistols were not completely replaced by the model 1950 in French military use until about 1970, and also saw extensive service with the Gendarmerie. The 1935A was the design basis for the Swiss 9mm SIG P210, and the 1935S was the design basis for the 9mm French model 1950 (aka MAC Mle 1950).
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Specifications
French SACM M1935A Pistol - 7.65 MAS/7.65 x 22mm Longue
SACM Model 1935A Pistol - 7.65 MAS/.32 ACP Long
Type: Pistol
Caliber: 7.65 MAS/ .32 ACP Long
Capacity: 8 Rounds
Length: 194mm
Barrel Length: 110mm
Weight: 670 grams empty / 815 grams loaded
Operation: Semiautomatic Pistol. Browning Swinging Toggle Link Action.
Produced: Designed by Charles Petter, manufactured by Societe Alsacienne de Constructions Mecaniques (SACM) 1937-1950
The SACM M1935A 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 |
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OSS 117 - Double Agent (Niente rose per OSS 117) | John Gavin | Hubert Bonisseur alias OSS 117 | 1968 | |
OSS 117 - Double Agent (Niente rose per OSS 117) | Guido Alberti | Faruk Melik | 1968 | |
OSS 117 - Double Agent (Niente rose per OSS 117) | Giovanni Pallavicino | Assassin | 1968 | |
OSS 117 - Double Agent (Niente rose per OSS 117) | Emilio Messina | Assassin | 1968 | |
The Assassination (Atentát) | Rudolf Jelínek | Sgt. Ota Strnad | 1969 | |
Army of Shadows | Jean-Pierre Cassel | Jean-François Jardie | 1969 | |
How I Unleashed World War II | Joanna Jedryka | Teresa | 1970 | |
The Conspiracy (Le complot) | Michel Duchaussoy | Leblanc | 1973 | |
Gabriele Tinti | Inspector Moret | |||
Police detectives | ||||
Sadsacks Go to War (Les Bidasses s'en vont en guerre) | Jacques Seiler | Sgt. Bellec | 1974 | |
Dirty Hands (Les innocents aux mains sales) | Paolo Giusti | Jeff Marle | 1975 | |
Judge Fayard Called the Sheriff | Philippe Léotard | Inspector Marec | 1977 | |
The Dogs of War | Jean-François Stévenin | Michel | 1981 | |
The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes | Dominique Briand | 'The Brain's lieutenant | 1982 | |
The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes | 'The Brain's henchmen | 1982 | ||
The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes | Catherine Serre | Christine Roncourt | 1982 | |
Days of Glory | Colonial Tirailleur | 2006 |
Video Games
Game Title | Appears as | Mods | Note | Date |
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World War II Online: Battleground Europe | 2001-2012 |
Specifications
French MAS M1935S - 7.65 MAS/.32 ACP Long
French MAS M1935S - 7.65 MAS/7.65 x 22mm Longue
Type: Pistol
Caliber: 7.65 MAS/ .32 ACP Long
Capacity: 8 Rounds
Length: 188mm
Barrel Length: 106mm
Weight: 770 grams empty / 915 grams loaded
Operation: Semiautomatic Pistol. Browning Swinging Toggle Link Action.
Produced: Designed by Manufacture National d'Armes de Saint Etienne (MAS), manufactured by MAS 1939-1940, 1944; Manu-France (MF) 1944-1945; Maunfacture Nationale d'Armes de Chatellerault (MAC) 1945-1956; Manufacture Nationale d'Armes de Tulle (MAT) 1945-1956; Societe d'Applications Generales d'Electrique et de Mecanique (SAGEM)1945-1951.
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Pistol Model 1935A
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By Jean Huon
After multiple tests that started in 1921, France opened a competition in 1933 for the adoption of a new gun. Not having anything satisfactory, a new tender is opened in 1935. It is there that a new competitor appears: the Petter gun.
History
In 1934, Swiss engineer Charles Gabriel Petter developed an automatic pistol that was the subject of a patent application deposited on March 9, 1934 under number 782.914. This patent was delivered on March 25, 1935 and was notified on July 5, 1935. An additional patent is recorded on June 14th, 1935. In addition, the invention was recorded in the United States with the patent No. 2.139.203 of December 6, 1938.
Proposed to the French Army in March 1935, this weapon was adopted in 1937 as the automatic pistol Model 1935 A. Its manufacture was undertaken by the Société Alsacienne de Construction Mécanique (Alsatian Company of Mechanical Engineering). The SACM was established in Mulhouse (Alsace) prior to 1870 and, with its diversification of activities, built a new factory in Cholet (center of France, near the Loire River) in 1936. Here were produced barrels for rifles; in particular those that were assembled on Model 07-15 M 34 rifles. This factory also manufactured the new pistol Model 1935 and later developed the future submachine gun Petter M 1939.
Description
The M 1935 A is organized in the same manner as that carried out by MAS (Model 1935 S) in order to satisfy the conditions that were set forth for the gun. It should be noted that though the gun was organized in the same manner that there does not exist any interchangeable part between the two weapons (even not chargers).
The frame of the pistol Model 35 A has a curved grip that has two Bakelite grip panels that follow the contours of the grip and also contains the trigger and stirrup at the rear.
The magazine is retained by a push pin and has 7 holes on each side of the magazine to show cartridge count. A safety prohibits firing when the magazine is removed. Some magazines are marked '35 A' on the floor plate.
The frame has guide rails that are cut slightly higher than the main part of the frame to correspond to the internal rails machined into the slide. The slide has an ejection port on the right side and a loaded cartridge indicator. The rear sight is an open U notch and the front sight is assembled with a dovetail. The vertical grooves for handling the slide are machined at the rear of the slide. The safety is organized in the same manner as that of the MAS Model 1935 S pistol.
The barrel is assembled and locked in the slide by two locking lugs on the top of the barrel. The barrel has two links that are articulated with the axis of the slide stop. Its calibre is 7.65mm (.30) and has four right-hand groves with one turn in 250 mm (9.84 inches).
The recoil spring is a little longer than that of the pistol Model 1935 S and is held captive by a guide rod.
The first Petter guns received a blued finish and some scarce models were parkerized. Almost the entire total production of the gun receives a black varnish cooked finish (Parkolac).
Production
The first specimens were delivered to the French Army on October 23, 1937, but production started slowly because the first series of weapons presented manufacturing defects that were detrimental to their performance. The Commission of Experiments of the Infantry of the Camp of Mourmelon and the Technical Establishment of Versailles carried out a series of tests in order to define the remedies to be brought to these defects and in the summer of 1939 made recommendations with regard to machining, tolerances and heat treatments.
Five hundred guns had been produced when the establishments previously noted made their conclusions and recommendations. Except for the first weapons produced, all the parts of the pistol Model 1935 A are interchangeable.
The manufacturer then launched into mass production and by June, 1940, more than 10,000 guns had been made (but inevitably not brought into service). The Model 1935 A pistol is listed on the instruction manual Instruction sur l'Armement et le Matériel de Tir, edition of 1940 (National Printing Office) whereas the pistol Model 1935 S is not. During the occupation, 23,850 guns were delivered to the German troops between on October 15, 1940 and April 28, 1944 and carried the designation Pistole 625 (f), in the German nomenclature. The name of the manufacturer appears and no letter codes specific to the productions of the Third Reich. Only some Waffenamt marks can bee seen.
After the war, S.A.C.M. returned to manufacturing for the French Army and up until February 10, 1950, provided 50,400 guns. In 1957, forty thousand of these guns were still in service and the Châtellerault gun factory was charged to constitute a stock of spare parts to ensure five years of maintenance for pistol M 1935 A.
The total production of the pistol M 1935 is of 84,950 guns. The original pistol had no lanyard ring, but on some guns this accessory was added for police use.
Marks
The production is numbered per series of ten thousand guns with a prefix letter. This number is always followed of an A. The location of this number is erratic on the very first weapons. Later, the marks are concentrated on the left face of the frame above the trigger guard where one can read for example: Mle 1935-A F 8544 A S.A.C.M.
Guns manufactured under German control carry the punch of Waffenamt struck beside the serial number: WaA 655 for weapons whose serial numbers lie between B 701 and B 1250, then WaA 251 for those numbered of B 1251 to D 4550. According to the period, German markings can also be reproduced on the slide and the barrel, while the last two figures of the serial number are struck under the slide and the barrel.
There are some guns that have on the right face of the slide BAVARIA MUNICIPAL POLICE. Those belonged to a batch manufactured during the Occupation, seized by the Americans and provided to the Bavarian police force after the war.
Operation
The weapon functions by short recoil of the barrel. It has a slide stop, a magazine safety and can also be put in a safety position when the hammer is half cocked.
Disassembly
Put the weapon at safety. Remove the magazine. Check that the weapon is not loaded. Bring the slide rearward until its notch is opposite slide stop. The slide stop is driven out from right to left, which makes it possible to separate the slide from the frame. The barrel and the spring can then be separated while the lock work is extracted from the frame. Reassembly is carried out in the inverse order.
Characteristics Model 1935 A
Caliber: 7.65mm (.30)
Ammunition: 7.65mm Long
Overall length: 196 mm (7.71 inches)
Barrel length: 109 mm (4.29 inches)
Height: 126 mm (4.96 inches)
Weight: 670 g (1.48 pounds)
Magazine capacity: 8 rounds
Epilogue
At the time of destocking in the arsenals, some of these guns were sold on the U.S. market (one source estimates about 25,000 guns), where they were sold for $10-$20. Some of them were converted into .22 Long Rifle. The remaining weapons in the arsenals were destroyed.
In 1937, the Petter patent was acquired by the Swiss Industrial Society (SIG) of Neuhausen - Rhine Falls, for which it was used as a basis for the P 210 gun.
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This article first appeared in Small Arms Review V14N6 (March 2011) and was posted online on November 1, 2011 |
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