Manufacture d'armes de Bayonne
Manufacture d'armes de Bayonne (sometimes also called Manufacture d’Armes Automatiques de Bayonne) was a French pistol manufacturer. The company was founded by Léon Barthe in 1920. It survived the German occupation during World War II, and after several changes in ownership wound up being a subsidiary of Fabrique Nationale of Herstal sometime in the 1970s.
MAB made parts for FN under their ownership, but eventually was forced to close in September 1982. [1]
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- ^ A Brief History of MAB, by Ed Buffaloe
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- Firearm manufacturers of France
- Manufacturing companies established in 1920
- Manufacturing companies disestablished in 1982
- FN Herstal firearms
- Companies based in Nouvelle-Aquitaine
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