C&R · IV · 066
MAT 49 submachinegun, 9mm
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 MAT 49, submachinegun, cal. 9mm.
What this entry requires
- INFOATF states no date; production was about 1949–1973.
- 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 Tulle (MAT); Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne (MAS)Basis: outside reference ¹
- Type
- SMGBasis: the ATF wording
- Action
- Select-fire / autoBasis: the ATF wording
- Caliber
- 9mm ParabellumBasis: the ATF wording
- Made
- 1949–1973production; ATF states no dateBasis: outside reference 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: High · Last revised 18 October 2026 (Evidence pass) · How we rate confidence
- References
- 1. Wikipedia, “MAT-49” ↗, maker: 'Production continued at MAT until the mid-1960s, then switched to the Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne plant (MAS), where the weapon was produced until 1973'
- 2. Wikipedia, “MAT-49” ↗, years: first produced in 1949 (MAT began production in 1949); produced at MAS until 1973; infobox production date 1949–1973
- 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
- 2 changes · see below
Correction history
- Evidence passYears: 1949–1979 → 1949–1973. Wikipedia: production ended 1973 (1979 is the FAMAS adoption/phase-out date)
- Evidence passMaker: Manufacture d'armes de Tulle (MAT) → Manufacture d'armes de Tulle (MAT); Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne (MAS). Wikipedia: production moved to MAS in the mid-1960s
Historical context
Image: Wikimedia Commons, “MAT Submachine Gun.jpg” by Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain. Retrieved October 2026.
Summary: Wikipedia, “MAT-49”. Text CC BY-SA 4.0.
FROM WIKIPEDIA
The MAT-49 is a submachine gun which was developed by the French arms factory Manufacture Nationale d'Armes de Tulle (MAT) for use by the French Army. It was first produced in 1949 and remained in French service until it was phased out following the adoption of the FAMAS assault rifle in 1979.