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French Military Pistols MAB model D Assembly/Disassembly Reloading Caliber : 7.65 mm (.32 ACP) Shots : 8 Weight : 0.76 kg Length : 178 mm Barrel : 108 mm Intitial speed : 213 m/s Mab stands for "Manufacture d'Armes de Bayonne" producing since 1921 automatic pistols based on browning mecanism. MAB's were commercial guns and sold well in Europe and in the States. Those guns were used during WWII by german forces (some models exist with german marks) and therefore by the french army. They are now only used as surplus pistols for the french police mainly using revolvers (Manhurin MR73).