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 …

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 ...

2012年6月25日 · 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.

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.

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.

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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 Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne (MAS) company.

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.

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 Although largely superseded by the FN Minimi in infantry use, the AA-52 continues to be a common mounted weapon on vehicles.