C&R · IV · 060
Châtellerault FM 24/29
Section IV: still an NFA firearm, also a curio or relic
Official wording
ATF P 5300.11 · APRIL 2025 EDITION · SECTION IV · VERBATIM · PDF P. 83 ↗
French, Chatellerault, model 1924/29 machineguns, cal. 7.5mm.
What this entry requires
- INFOATF states no date; production was about 1925–1960.
- INFOStill an NFA firearm; only registered examples transfer, with ATF approval (26 U.S.C. 5812, 5861).
Editorial facts · Our research
- Country
FranceBasis: the ATF wording - Manufacturer
- Manufacture d'armes de Châtellerault (MAC)Basis: outside reference ¹
- Type
- MachinegunBasis: the ATF wording
- Action
- Select-fire / autoBasis: the ATF wording
- Caliber
- 7.5×54mm FrenchBasis: the ATF wording
- Made
- c. 1925–1960production; ATF states no dateBasis: estimate ²
- Service
- Military
Source
- Official wording
- ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section IV · PDF p. 83 ↗ · ATF original ↗
- Entries
- 1 line
- Verbatim check
- Checked against the PDF text before every release
- Editorial facts
- Confidence: Medium · Last revised 18 October 2026 (Evidence pass) · How we rate confidence
- References
- 1. Wikipedia, “FM 24/29 light machine gun” ↗, maker: designed in 1924 by the Manufacture d'armes de Châtellerault; infobox manufacturer MAC
- 2. Wikipedia, “FM 24/29 light machine gun” ↗, years (estimate: partly supports it): 'The FM Mle 1924 entered production in late July 1925'; the Mle 1924 M29 was mass-manufactured from 1930; infobox production date '1925–1960s' (end 1960 = earliest year that reading allows; our estimate)
- Fact tags
- ATF the ATF wording states it.
- REF ¹ an outside reference supports it; the number points to the list of references.
- ESTIMATE an approximate or indirect reading, for example the production range of the base model.
- NO CITATION we haven’t attached a reference for this fact; it’s our editorial reading, not ATF’s.
- Source checked
- 20 October 2026: ATF’s page still lists the April 2025 edition
- Corrections
- 1 change · see below
Correction history
- Evidence passYears: 1924–1955 → 1925–1960. Wikipedia: production began July 1925, infobox production 1925–1960s (1955 end was earlier than the source allows)
Historical context
Image: Wikimedia Commons, “LMG 24 29 2.JPG” by Quickload at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0. Retrieved October 2026.
Summary: Wikipedia, “FM 24/29 light machine gun”. Text CC BY-SA 4.0.
FROM WIKIPEDIA
The Fusil-mitrailleur Modèle 1924 Modifié 29, designed in 1924 by the Manufacture d'armes de Châtellerault, is a 7.5×54mm French light machine gun, which was the standard-issue machine gun of the French Army from 1925 until the 1960s and was in use until 2000–2006 with the National Gendarmerie.