The U.S. provided France with 269,644 M1 and M2 carbines from World War II to 1963.
The carbines were used by the French Paratroopers and Legionnaires, as well specialists (drivers, radio operators, engineers), during the Indo-China War, the Algerian War and the Suez Crisis.
The U.S. provided France with 269,644 M1 and M2 carbines from World War II to 1963. The carbines were used by the French Paratroopers and Legionnaires, as well specialists (drivers, radio operators, engineers), during the Indo-China War, the Algerian War and the Suez Crisis.
M1 carbine