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French PD Gun ID
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Huh don't police forces usually equip some sort of reflex sights on their guns? or are they french still focusing on using iron sights for their rifles?
warwickben
bubba Kalashnikov
Mini 14
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That's the best they can do?
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The sling attachment (Ala M1 Carbine), Grip checkering and butt recoil padding seem to be aftermarket.
brah, it's TTAG. close your tab with all the pr0n open and see if the URL still flags.
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brah, it's TTAG. close your tab with all the pr0n open and see if the URL still flags.
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http://translate.google.com/transla...e-st-etienne-certificat-rail.html&prev=search
"Model marketed in 1973, this rifle from the arms of the Reformed pénitentière administration (prison guards).
The AC-556 version reserved for law enforcement, is the endowment of weapon French prison administration, under the name "AMD" (Middle of Armament and Defense). It was also used by CRS and the GIGN and the Prison Administration. "
It is a Ruger AC-556. Of course further speculation is always welcome from those who don't read prior posts. ![[laugh]](/xen/styles/default/xenforo/smilies.vb/012.gif "Laugh [laugh]")
The AC-556 version reserved for law enforcement, is the endowment of weapon French prison administration, under the name "AMD" (Middle of Armament and Defense). It was also used by CRS and the GIGN and the Prison Administration. "
It is a Ruger AC-556. Of course further speculation is always welcome from those who don't read prior posts.
http://translate.google.com/transla...e-st-etienne-certificat-rail.html&prev=search
"Model marketed in 1973, this rifle from the arms of the Reformed pénitentière administration (prison guards).
The AC-556 version reserved for law enforcement, is the endowment of weapon French prison administration, under the name "AMD" (Middle of Armament and Defense). It was also used by CRS and the GIGN and the Prison Administration. "
It is a Ruger AC-556. Of course further speculation is always welcome from those who don't read prior posts.
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Thanks. I thought it was an AC-556 of some sort, the charging handle was a bit strange.
http://translate.google.com/transla...e-st-etienne-certificat-rail.html&prev=search
"Model marketed in 1973, this rifle from the arms of the Reformed pénitentière administration (prison guards).
The AC-556 version reserved for law enforcement, is the endowment of weapon French prison administration, under the name "AMD" (Middle of Armament and Defense). It was also used by CRS and the GIGN and the Prison Administration. "
It is a Ruger AC-556. Of course further speculation is always welcome from those who don't read prior posts.
We know you like thin barrels
And it's funny some members make fun of the French when in actuality they would cry in a corner when they swarmed your house. Outstanding work here.
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In original post, the photo shows a mini14 with a funky wood handguard to go with the m1 carbine style stock. Interesting.
http://www.shootingillustrated.com/index.php/35231/the-mousqueton-a-m-d-frances-mini-14/
This was in twitter.
In 1978, the French Service de Sécurité du Ministère de l’Intérieur (SSMI) sought to adopt a new carbine—mousqueton in French—to replace the aging MAT-49 submachine gun that was reaching the end of its service life. By this time, national security forces and prison guards were in need of something more than a shotgun or submachine gun to provide the kind of firepower needed to meet the challenges of maintaining law and order in the often troubled urban reality of modern France. Only a lightweight, magazine-fed, semi-automatic firearm in a modern caliber would do the job. Also, since this new gun would be used for police and internal security work, the SSMI wanted something that did not look quite as militaristic as the FAMAS assault rifle.
Despite resembling a Mini-14, the Mousqueton A.M.D. was developed for use by French government agencies.
With those needs in mind, the French government placed an order with renowned U.S. gunmaker Sturm, Ruger & Company of Southport, CT for its Mini-14 rifle chambered in .223 Rem. These French-contract guns resembled the standard commercial Mini-14 from the late 1970s in nearly every way, but the receiver markings read:
Mousqueton
A.M.D. - 5.56
A.P.
The “A.M.D.” stands for Armement Moyen de Défense (“intermediate defense weapon”) and the “A.P.” stands for Administration Pénitentiaire (“prison administration”). In a departure from the U.S. commercial Mini-14, the Sturm, Ruger roll marks were placed on the left side of the Mousqueton A.M.D.’s receiver, below the wood line. In addition, guns produced under the French contract were delivered with a black plastic upper handguard and a checkered stock with a recoil pad and sling cutout.
The Mousqueton A.M.D. was used by several governmental agencies within the French Interior Ministry: the Police Aux Frontières (“P.A.F.”—Border Police), the Police Nationale Compagnies Républicaines de Sécurité (or “C.R.S.”—Riot Control Brigade) and even the Army’s Groupe d’Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale (“GIGN”) special operations unit. These export Mini-14s served through 30 years of often-troubled French domestic history, and only began to be replaced by the Heckler & Koch G36 rifle in 2008. Today, the collecting public in France can own the Mousqueton A.M.D., but only as an Arme Neutralisée—or deactivated weapon.
Tags: history, mini-14, ruger
This was in twitter.
In 1978, the French Service de Sécurité du Ministère de l’Intérieur (SSMI) sought to adopt a new carbine—mousqueton in French—to replace the aging MAT-49 submachine gun that was reaching the end of its service life. By this time, national security forces and prison guards were in need of something more than a shotgun or submachine gun to provide the kind of firepower needed to meet the challenges of maintaining law and order in the often troubled urban reality of modern France. Only a lightweight, magazine-fed, semi-automatic firearm in a modern caliber would do the job. Also, since this new gun would be used for police and internal security work, the SSMI wanted something that did not look quite as militaristic as the FAMAS assault rifle.
Despite resembling a Mini-14, the Mousqueton A.M.D. was developed for use by French government agencies.
With those needs in mind, the French government placed an order with renowned U.S. gunmaker Sturm, Ruger & Company of Southport, CT for its Mini-14 rifle chambered in .223 Rem. These French-contract guns resembled the standard commercial Mini-14 from the late 1970s in nearly every way, but the receiver markings read:
Mousqueton
A.M.D. - 5.56
A.P.
The “A.M.D.” stands for Armement Moyen de Défense (“intermediate defense weapon”) and the “A.P.” stands for Administration Pénitentiaire (“prison administration”). In a departure from the U.S. commercial Mini-14, the Sturm, Ruger roll marks were placed on the left side of the Mousqueton A.M.D.’s receiver, below the wood line. In addition, guns produced under the French contract were delivered with a black plastic upper handguard and a checkered stock with a recoil pad and sling cutout.
The Mousqueton A.M.D. was used by several governmental agencies within the French Interior Ministry: the Police Aux Frontières (“P.A.F.”—Border Police), the Police Nationale Compagnies Républicaines de Sécurité (or “C.R.S.”—Riot Control Brigade) and even the Army’s Groupe d’Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale (“GIGN”) special operations unit. These export Mini-14s served through 30 years of often-troubled French domestic history, and only began to be replaced by the Heckler & Koch G36 rifle in 2008. Today, the collecting public in France can own the Mousqueton A.M.D., but only as an Arme Neutralisée—or deactivated weapon.
Tags: history, mini-14, ruger
SERE had this buried in the middle of his reply, but:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compagnies_Républicaines_de_Sécurité
