We call it MAC50 in the french army (Manufacture d'Armes de Chatellerault 1950). I wore it as as service man.

Merci pour cette présentation sur un morceau de l'histoire de l'armée française. Je ne suis pas fan d'armes particulièrement mais j'aime l'histoire. Ce travail, c'est du grand art. "Chapeau bas" comme on dit! Tout mon respect! Je m'abonne à votre chaine youtube! God bless you !

The name of that pistol was "MAC 50" (Manufacture d'Armes de Châtellerault, modèle 1950). It shares its ammunitions (9mm Parabellum) with the submachine gun "MAT 49".

That last shot is sick :) Just came back from a week training Krav Maga at the French Foreign Legion and discovered that similarly to the FAMAS they call their side arm the PAMAS where the F stands for Fusil and P for Pistolet, but the one they used was the Beretta 92.

Funny how the laptop warriors are fluent on bashing the french army , but when a US vet from Afga or Irak participate , he just say "they're professionals"

great video as always

Thanks for the video sir! I appreciate your efforts on these matters as a veteran!

It may be rare in the USA but sadly it is also rare here in France ... This was my service pistol and I'd love to have one but it's far too expensive when one is available.

Merci beaucoup pour cette honnêe presentation du Mac50 Thanks very much for such a balanced exhibit and video. I used it ne year long during 198261984 as I was senior officer cadet.

man most of the guns you get ahold of is why i love this channel!

Thanks for this video. This handgun was quite good when it was designed and produced. Probably too long in service, but I never experienced any shooting trouble. Now replaced by the glock 17. It was high time to change.

Avec un numéro de série précédé de la lettre "A", ce joli PA robuste semble provenir probablement du temps de la guerre d'Indochine...

That footage is so kick ass..

I love your videos man keep the great work up. Peace out

Some cool camera shots there. Like the sound design as well.

Fantastic footage!

Used to shoot it regularly and intensively for years, hawful reliability due to some munition lots or magazine. For shooting, we also limited the magazine to 8 rounds, to avoid to much tension on the magazine spring that caused some issues. Very good for practicing incident drills though. Also found with MAS (Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne) instead of MAC on the slide. On your model, the screws for the grips are not original, as the regular army version will be fitted with with screws with single slot (not Hex).

Awesome footage!! Thanks!

Very impressive and a wonderful job thank you so much

That sound at the start scared me, it was really loud.

Le MAC 50 est un excellent souvenir. Une arme très robuste et fiable que j'ai utilisé durant dix ans (armée et gendarmerie). Je n'ai pas en mémoire qu'elle ce soit enrayée une seule fois; c'était du rustique et nous avions totalement confiance en elle. Son défaut, si je puis dire, c'était le fait qu'il fallait l'armer avant de tirer, son fonctionnement interdisait qu'une munition soit chambrée au cours des déplacements en service. A part ça; elle était simple mais parfaite pour son temps. Google traduction: The MAC 50 is an excellent memory. A very robust and reliable weapon that I used for ten years (army and gendarmerie). I don't remember that it was stopped once; it was rustic and we had complete confidence in her. Its defect, if I may say so, was the fact that it had to be armed before firing, its operation prevented ammunition from being chambered during movement in service. Other than that; it was simple but perfect for its time.

I’ve had that gun in duty in the french army ( mid 80’s to mid 90’s ) . It’s only defect is that it was always losing it’s plastic grip’s screws when shooting and we had a whole box of those screws in the armory . We used to put some loctite on them to avoid that problem . Your grip screws are not the original ones .

When i was Rocket Launcher anti-tank (LRAC F1) in the French army in Germany in 1998 , i also had one of these on my side + a Famas !!! A little dated as a handgun , but still very tough and reliable .. During the Viet-Nam war Viet-Congs were using some of these captured on French soldiers during the Indochina war in the 50's .

LAV badass as usual 👍🏾😁👏🏾

love all the videos you do and do you thing you could review the kel tec pmr-30?

In France we call it the PA MAC 50 (Pistolet Automatique de la Manufacture d'armes de Châtellerault modèle 50) Automatic Pistol from the Châtellerault Arms Manufactory model 50. I shooted one during my days in the French Air Force.

Awesome video👍🏼

This bad boy is the absolute favorite in my country , mauritania , people here would take this for reliability over any other "PA" . This guy really does fire anything , better than both of my STAR super B and BKM. Not the best design IMO or egonomics , but it does just do what you expect . the left side grip thing will just need replacing often , is what it is

Useless info : my grandpa had one when he was in Algeria in the algerian war on between the 50's and the 60's.

This gun kicks higher than a cheerleader's leg.

... cool ... good find Larry ...

My grand father had this weapon when he was in the army, with the MAS 49/56. He said that it was a realy good weapon

Awesome sound on the slow motion, it really makes you feel the mechanism. I wonder how much is fake though (like the bullet passing whoosh near the camera).

Looks refinished. Makes sense, most of those have been used so much they have no finish left and smooths barrels.

Great video ! Just a little information : in France, we don't call it M1950, as you would call your famous Colt M1911, but we simply call it MAC 50. MAC means Manufactures d'Armes de Châtellerault (Chatellerault Weapon Factory, Chatellerault is the French city where it is produced) . This gun was produced for French army and a part French police. It's not used anymore by the police, but still in service in army, even if progressively replaced by the PAMAS (a sort of Berretta 92) and, recently, Glock

had to learn what condition 3 means. thx :D

I love your videos can you make a m57 zastava pistol vid ?

nice video. i would love to see HK417 and HK416 in ultra slowmotion! :D

that M1950. sweet

Do a video on the M17, it has been accepted to the military.

Sweet video. Can you do a video of a twin 50cal

I think it would be cool if you did a segment on an fn scarH

オヤジはあんまりかっこよくないけど演出とか構成が毎回かっこよくて好き

I don't know where this name comes from but in service it is known as PAMAC 50 (Pistolet Automatic de la Manufacture d'Armes de Châtellerault modèle 1950)

Very nice to watch. The name s pistol in France is "Mac 50". Used by army navy ...gendarmerie (military police). Very difficult to find because destroyed by french army.

Bonjour excellente présentation cette arme je l’ai déjà eu entre les mains un vrai régal enfin lorsqu’on a la chance d’en toucher un qui n’est pas trop user car ce que l’on trouve dans l’armée française aujourd’hui ils sont morts de chez mort. Petit bonjour de la part d’un tireur français merci.

I didn't know Colt 1911 and Walther p38 had a love child!

am writing a short story about a french spy... wanted him to use the mac m1950. sole reason of me watching this video: the loaded round indicator. I wanted to see how it works since i have no access to a real m1950 and you shot from 3:03-3:11 shows it in action. Thanks.

I remember having a toy pistol that strongly resembled this as a kid.

Nice looking listol.

The MAC-50 is primarily based on the PA Modèle 1935S (cal. 7,65mm Longue)

used on the first Mozambique drill.

What about video on the MG3?

can you make a video for the 1911 9mm gun

Can you make a video about soviet ww2 gun PPsh-41 please. Thank you

When is the next Tactical Impact episode coming out?

I want that BCM hat but they don't have it on their site...

Anybody got a firing pin ? Ive been looking around every where

hey Vickers try the Uzi pro

Nice video and good weapon. Salut les francais.

MAC 50 or PA 50 (pistolet automatique) in army parlance. I shot it during my military service. I have seen it carried in a condition, which I believe is neither 1, 2 nor 3: mag in, chamber empty, hammer cocked. That way, when you rake the slide, you don't have to counter the rather strong hammer spring. Not sure if this was official army carry rules.

Interesting new background music.

I hope for a new trip to Russia. :D Realy want to see review of As Val of VSS Vintorez

What's the sight picture like?

A suggestion ;Show the groupings of the weapon just a sample of what kind of accuracy we're talking about.

Maybe it's the Miller lights but the slow motion was sick I thought.

3:37 is the best shoot ever ✌😊😊

Looks like a cross between a hi-power (have to remind myself not to call it the BAP), a 1911 and a Beretta.

Nice Rolex

Not bad of a pistol design.

The French Army were so weird about condition three, for so long. It's not hard to make a reliable safety mechanism, but they were so bloody minded in their insistence that for ALL FIREARMS the only safe way to carry them was with the action closed on an empty chamber. I mean I see the value of having an empty chamber as a possible safe condition of a firearm, but to have it as the only option is very tedious. Condition three is great if you have many infantry who are disproportionately nervous to the true threat level. Like if they're on guard duty in peacetime, it's really handy to have their rifle in condition three as they're most likely to be provoked by people who aren't any genuine threat OR they have their service rifle snatched off them and immediately used against them. But there's also going to be situations where they need to respond much much quicker yet the entire time the weapon must be in a safe state where rough handling or any unintended pressure on the trigger won't lead to it firing. And then after shooting very quickly going back to a safe state without having to eject a live round and juggle magazines to try to get it back to condition three.

What is the intro sound sample?

It's like a 1911 with a walther p38 grip.

WANT!

♥️♥️♥️ MY GUN in french police special forces ... Till 2005... Replaced by the Sig Sauer 2022 ..... I regret it soooo much....

Do the arx 160

Yay second French gun !

Couldn't they have carried them condition 2 with the hammer down and round chambered? Then they would just have to thumb the hammer to be ready. How heavy is the trigger pull?

*отличный пистоль*

cool

ar 15 vs g 36 please

✌🏿😜 & en France 🇫🇷 On en trouve pas !?

Wait...so the safety isnt a decocker but it blocks the firing pin...why can't it be carried cocked and locked?

Cool gun! A bit big for that bullet capacity! Only 9 rounds!

The french army current pistol is the m9 but we still use this old pistol

*Sick Gameplay*

France recently adopt the Glock 17 has standard army handgun

Are they available on the surplus market

and accuracy ?

can't get enough guns.

👍good vidyo Im from kuwait Good look

I shot this gun : good trigger, easy to maintain, but it begins to show his age and is now outdated for modern combat shooting techniques. Expected to be soon replaced in French Army (by a polymer frame striker fired pistol i guess)

How many rounds?

It was the French Gendarmerie weapon in 1990...just change 2 or 3 years later with the Beretta...

they are ultra rare here in France TOO and super expensive the french gov do not sell them they destroy them !!! they still in service in 2019

I wonder why they chose to give it a relatively small magazine capacity?

Même en France sais galère a trouver 😂

Man France needs to step up on making new military firearms, not just stay with outdated FAMAS rifles that will soon dissapear

i just realized that you add in CGI bullets after filming, based on the fact that the bullet was a mere 15 feet away from the gun when the slide hit its stopping point. have to say, thats incredible work for all this time because i've seen all of your videos and just noticed now. either way, love the slow mo vids, keep it up.

I don't know how they determined that a slide mounted safety was better.