The AA-52 (full designation in French: Arme Automatique Transformable Modèle 1952, "Transformable automatic weapon model 1952") is one of the first French-produced guns of the post–World War II era. It was manufactured by the French government-owned Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne (MAS) company.

AA-52 （法语： Arme Automatique Transformable Modèle 1952，英语： Transformable automatic weapon model 1952，意为：可转换模式的自动武器1952年）是由 法国 自 二战 过后研制的第一款 通用机枪，主要是由圣-艾蒂安兵工厂（法语： Manufacture d'Armes de St-Etienne plant，其中一间法国政府辖下的一些国营武器工厂，简称：MAS）所生产，发射 7.5×54毫米法国 …

AA-52 （法語： Arme Automatique Transformable Modèle 1952，英語： Transformable automatic weapon model 1952，意為：可轉換模式的自動武器1952年）是由 法国 自 二战 過後研製的第一款 通用機槍，主要是由圣-艾蒂安兵工廠（法語： Manufacture d'Armes de St-Etienne plant，其中一間法國政府轄下的一些國營武器工廠，簡稱：MAS）所生產，發射 7.5×54毫米法國 …

The AA-52 (full designation in French: Arme Automatique Transformable Modèle 1952, "Transformable automatic weapon model 1952"), also known as "La Nana" is one of the first French-produced guns of the post-World War II era. It was manufactured by the French government-owned MAS company.

The AA52 is a French light machine gun using a lever-delayed blowback mechanism. It was adopted in 1952, and later replaced by the FN Minimi and FN MAG.

2017年7月29日 · Introduced in 1952, the AAT-52 ("Arme Automatique Transformable Modele 1952") became the standardized General Purpose Machine Gun (GPMG) of the French Army and its colonial forces worldwide.

2022年5月27日 · The experience of WW2 made it obvious to the French that a modular GPMG was a far more sensible concept than the role specific MGs and LMGs used until 1940 and that the advances in firearms ...

通用機槍 （英文： general purpose machine gun-GPMG），也叫轻重两用机枪，是一種多用途的 機槍，可執行 輕機槍 及 中型機槍 的任務 [1]，採輕型機槍設定時，可由單人攜帶。

The MAS AA-52 is a general purpose machine gun designed by MAC (Manufacture d'armes de Châtellerault) and manufactured by MAS (Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne) as a universal machine gun for French military forces. Although largely superseded by the FN Minimi in infantry use, the AA-52 continues to be a common mounted weapon on vehicles.

The experience of WW2 made it obvious to the French that a modular GPMG was a far more sensible concept than the role specific MGs and LMGs used until 1940 and that the advances in firearms manufacturing provided an ideal opportunity to fully embrace the concept.