Editing MAT-49 (section)

==Variants==
*[[MAS-48]] - prototype variant.
*MAT-49 - main variant.
*MAT-49/54 - [[National Gendarmerie|gendarme]] variant with extended barrel and fixed wooden stock with a sling bar.<ref name="MAT-49-54"/>
*MAT-49 silenced - variant fitted with a [[suppressor]].<ref name="SA"/>
*MAT-49 M - variant modified by the [[Viet Minh]], firing in [[7.62×25mm Tokarev]]. It had a longer barrel, modified 35-round magazine, and a higher rate of fire (900 rpm). It was distinguished from the 9mm version by having a letter "K" stamped on the top of the receiver's endcap and the side of the compatible magazines. Spare parts were still produced in the early 1970s, the gun being used by the [[Viet Cong]].<ref name="Vietnam">{{cite book |title=Personal Firepower |first=Edward Clinton |last=Ezell |publisher=Bantam Books |year=1988 |series=The Illustrated History of the Vietnam War |volume=15 |oclc=1036801376 |url=https://archive.org/details/personalfirepowe00ezel |url-access=registration |pages=[https://archive.org/details/personalfirepowe00ezel/page/18 18], 35, 42|isbn=978-0-553-34549-0 }}</ref>
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File:MAT-49.svg|MAT-49: left and right views; view with stock retracted and magazine in safe position
File:MAT-49 54.svg|Police MAT-49/54 model
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