Manufacture d'Armes de Chatellerault FM 24/29 Complete Specs and Full Gun Specifications

The FM 24/29 (Fusil mitrailleur modele 1924 M29) was the standard squad-level light machine gun of the French Army from 1925 until the 1950s. It replaced problematic Chauchat and it was chambered in 7.5 x 54mm French that replaced the obsolete 8 mm Lebel round used by Frenchs in WWI. The FM 24/29 was used in World War II, First Indochina War, Algerian War, Suez Crisis, Vietnam War, Cambodian Civil War, etc.