C&R · IV · 064
MAC 34 M39 aircraft machinegun
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, Model 1934 M39 (Mle 34 M39), cal. 7.5 x 54mm, aircraft machinegun.
What this entry requires
- INFOATF states no date; production was about 1939–1945.
- 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. 1939–1945production; 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, “MAC 1934” ↗, maker: infobox manufacturer Manufacture d'armes de Châtellerault
- 2. Wikipedia, “MAC 1934” ↗, years (estimate: partly supports it): the belt-fed variant 'was introduced in 1939, and designated as MAC 1934 M39'; end year 1945 is 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
- None
Historical context
NO VERIFIED IMAGE AVAILABLEWe show only freely licensed images verified to depict this model. None has been found yet.
Summary: Wikipedia, “MAC 1934”. Text CC BY-SA 4.0. Retrieved October 2026.
FROM WIKIPEDIA
The MAC 1934 is a machine gun of French origin. It is effectively the aircraft variant of the Reibel machine gun.