Post-War Paris Police MAS 38 Variation
This video examines a post-WWII variation of the French MAS 38 submachine gun modified for the Paris Police. These modifications, implemented on a few hundred units, included a barrel shroud, a collapsing wire stock, and a folding magazine well. Notably, a selector lever was added to enable semi-automatic fire, a feature absent in the original full-auto-only MAS 38. The video highlights how these changes foreshadowed the characteristics of the later MAT 49, which replaced the MAS 38 in military service. The content is made possible by access granted by the French Ministry of the Interior.











