French Luger???

[ROLLAND]

In the city of Saint Etienne there was two weapons plants
-The MAS (Manufacture d'Armes de St. Etienne) was a State Plant wh�¨re was made military guns:rifles-MAS 36,MAS 49 and 49/56, and more recent the FAMAS actual french army rifles in 5,56 mmcal.revolvers:Mod.73(cal 11mm),Mod.92(cal8mm) pistols:MAS 35S(cal 7,65mmLong),MAS 5O(cal.9mm para) and MAS G1(cal 9mmpara)acopy of Beretta 92FS
-MANUFRANCE(Manufacture d'Armes et de Cycles de St.Etienne)was a commercial Pland wh�¨re was made rifles and pistols "Le Fran�§ais" cal. 6,35mm, 7,65mm and 9mm Browning Long. This company sells also many other pistols for the civil market before WW1 and between WW1 and WW2 like Borwning mod.19OO(7,65 Br.), Walther, Mause C96 (7,63mm Parabellum(7,65mm and 9 mm) and used to inscribe on the barrel"Manufacture d'Armes et de Cycles de Saint Etienne"but the weapons were not made in France.The parabellum was made by DWM.
This company was closed 25 years ago. The only PO8 made by French in occupied Germany was made in 1945 and 46;it has Mauser marks byf, has a star inscribe on the frame and is phosphated.Many P38 have the same history,finish and the star. They were in use in the French Army and Gendarmerie many years until the MAS 5O appears. Sorry for my bad english. Bests regards from Corsica. Andr�© ROLLAND