Additionally the single bolt hinge was susceptible to fatigue and if this became loose it made the rifle very difficult to use. Some of the faults with the rifle stem for the very act of making the weapon more portable, The MAS-36 was already a very short, handy weapon and by shortening it further the effect of recoil increased. With the stock folded the CR39 was just 62cm long while a full length MAS-36 was over 100cm long.Īnother clever feature of the CR39 is the auto-winding leather strap that is wound inside the stock once the rifle is folded. The rifle was designated the CR39 it was designed for use with alpine and airborne troops who needed a short and easily portable rifle.
The folding stock swings up against the rifle’s receiver with a recess allowing it to hug the rifles contours (see image two). Retaining the rifle’s receiver, French engineers came up with a design which shortened (even down to the length of the integral spike bayonet), lightened and streamlined the existing rifle and adding a new aluminium folding stock and removing any surfaces that would snag on kit that they could. In 1939, the French military realising the importance of airborne troops began developing an adaptation to their new standard infantry rifle the MAS-36.
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