7.65mm Longue
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| 7.65mm Longue | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Pistol | |
| Place of origin |  France |
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| Service history | ||
| Used by | France, Germany, Vietnam | |
| Production history | ||
| Designer | Remington Arms | |
| Designed | 1917 | |
| Specifications | ||
| Parent case | .30 Pedersen | |
| Neck diameter | .336 in (8.5 mm) | |
| Base diameter | .337 in (8.6 mm) | |
| Rim diameter | .337 in (8.6 mm) | |
| Ballistic performance | ||
| Bullet weight/type | Velocity | Energy |
| 77 gr (5.0 g) FMJ | 1,132 ft/s (345 m/s) | 240 ft·lbf (330 J) |
The 7.65mm Longue (also known as 7.65mm French Longue, 7.65 mm Long, 7.65mm MAS, 7.65x20mm, and 7.65L) was a straight, rimless cartridge used in the French Modele 1935 pistol and MAB model D pistol, as well as the MAS-38 submachine gun.
The US .30 Pedersen cartridge (or .30-18 Automatic) used in the Pedersen device was the basis for the 7.65mm Longue, the dimensions being identical. The French military were introduced to the cartridge when the US demonstrated the Pedersen device after the end of World War One in LeMans and again when John Browning exhibited a carbine in the same caliber in 1920.
7.65mm Longue ammunition was manufactured in quantity from approximately 1935 to 1960.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Barnes, Frank C. CARTRIDGES OF THE WORLD 3rd Edition, 1972 Digest Books, ISBN 0-695-80326-3
- Sharpe, Philip B. THE RIFLE IN AMERICA 1958 Funk & Wagnalls, New York
- Hatcher, Julian S. Hatcher's Notebook 1966 Stackpole Books, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, ISBN 0-8117-0795-4
