Weigth: ca. 10 kg on bipod with light barrel; ca. 23 kg on tripod with heavy barrel
Length: 1080 mm with long (heavy) barrel
Length of barrel: 500 or 600 mm
feeding: belt 50 or 200 rounds
rate of fire: 900 rounds per minute
This universal machinegun had been designed by MAS company in the early 1950s and had been adopted by French military, initially in the 7.5mm French, and later coverted to fire 7.62mm NATO ammunition.
The AAT-52 had delayed blowback action with belt feeding. The barrel is quick changeable, and had a fluted chamber to assist extraction. Basical version was issued with short (lighT) barrel to be used on bipod. When used on tripod mount, longer and heavier barrel could be installed.
