The Fusil-mitrailleur Modèle 1924 M29 (or MAC 24/29), designed in 1924 by the Manufacture d'armes de Châtellerault, is a 7.5×54mm French light machine gun, which was the standard issue machine gun of the French Army from 1925 until the 1960s and was in use until 2000–2006 with the National Gendarmerie.

FM-24 / F.M. Mle 1924 （法语： fusil-mitrailleur modèle 1924）是1924年装备 法国 军队的 轻机枪，以取代旧式的 FM1915机枪。 第一次世界大战后，法国陆军即刻寻找取代 绍沙轻机枪 的新武器。 夏特卢国营兵工厂 （英语：Manufacture d'armes de Châtellerault） 在1921年开发新枪，原型枪称 MAC 1923，与 刘易斯机枪 、 霍奇克斯M1922轻机枪 、 勃朗宁自动步枪 （由圣艾蒂安国营兵工厂提案）等枪款竞争，最后胜出。

2019年5月18日 · The Chatellerault FM 24/29 is an oft-forgotten light machine gun despite its relatively early design (predating the ZB/Bren series, DP28, and Nambu LMGs) and very long service life....

The Fusil-mitrailleur Modèle 1924 M29 was the standard light machine gun of the French Army from 1925 until the 1950s and was in use until 2000-2006 with the National Gendarmerie. It fires the French 7.5mmx54 round which is equivalent in ballistics and striking power to the later 7.62×51mm NATO...

2024年8月13日 · French Army troops with the FM 24/29 machine gun during the First Indochina War. Image: NARA. The improved model of the light machine gun served as the standard squad-level automatic weapon of the French infantry and cavalry at the outbreak of World War II. Manufacturing of the weapon ended when France fell to Nazi Germany in the spring of 1940.

The Fusil-mitrailleur Modèle 1924 light machine guns were designed by Lieutenant Colonel Reibel assisted by Chief Armorer Chosse in 1923. They entered production in Jul 1925 at the Manufacture d'Armes de Châtellerault, and they first saw combat in Morocco in May 1926.

The Fusil-mitrailleur Modèle 1924 M29, or FM 24/29 in short, is a French light machine gun. It and the original Mle 1924 are often collectively referred to by the name Châtellerault Light Machine...

The Chatellerault FM Mle 1924-29 was the French military’s replacement for the 1915 Chauchat automatic rifle. It was clear after WWI that the Chauchat design was flawed, and a new weapon was required. The military high command had also made the decision to …

This was officially adopted in 1924 (hence FM24), although delivery did not begin until 1926. There was a fundamental flaw in the concept unfortunately. Reibel had designed the gun around the new 7.5mm.

Standard Light Machine Gun issued to both Infantry and Cavalry Units.