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{{Infobox weapon
|name=CEAM Modèle 1950
| image= AME1.jpg
| image_size = 300
|caption=The CEAM Modèle 1950
|origin= France
|type=[[Assault rifle]]
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|is_ranged=YES
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|designer=Theodor Löffler and [[Ludwig Vorgrimler]]
|design_date=February, 1949
|manufacturer=Centre d'Etudes et d'Armement de Mulhouse (CEAM)
|production_date=1950
|number=
|variants=Modèle 1, Modèle 1949, Modèle II
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|weight={{convert|4.33|kg|lb|abbr=on}}<ref name="twar">{{cite book |title=The World's Assault Rifles |last1=Johnston |first1=Gary Paul |last2=Nelson |first2=Thomas B. |year=2010 |publisher=Ironside International Publishers, Inc. |location=Lorton, VA |isbn=9780935554007 |pages=278–280}}<!--|accessdate=January 7, 2013 --></ref>
|length={{convert|905|mm|in|abbr=on}}, {{convert|658|mm|in|abbr=on}} with stock folded<ref name="twar"/>
|part_length={{convert|425|mm|in|abbr=on}}<ref name="twar"/>
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|cartridge=[[.30 Carbine]]<br />[[7.92×33mm Kurz]], 7.65×35mm, 7.5×38mm in early prototypes
|caliber=
|action=[[Roller-delayed blowback]]<ref name="twar"/>
|rate= 520 rpm<ref name="twar"/>
|velocity={{convert|610|m/s|ft/s|abbr=on}}<ref name="twar"/>
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|feed=30-round detachable box magazine<ref name="twar"/>
|sights=[[Iron sight]]s
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The '''CEAM Modèle 1950''' was a prototype assault rifle chambered in the [[.30 Carbine]] round.  It was developed by [[Atelier Mécanique de Mulhouse|Centre d'Etudes et d'Armement de Mulhouse (CEAM)]] of [[France]] during the late 1940s/early 1950s, as a development of the German [[StG 45(M)]] assault rifle. The three initial prototypes, designated Modèle 1, were chambered in [[7.92×33mm Kurz]], 7.65×35mm (an experimental French cartridges developed by Cartoucherie de Valence), and .30 Carbine. All succeeding prototypes (Modèle 1949, Modèle II, and the definitive Modèle 1950) were chambered in .30 Carbine. All versions of the design included a combined bipod/handguard and a folding buttstock.<ref name="twar"/> Due to economic considerations, with France fighting the [[Indochina War]] and being the second biggest [[NATO]] contributor, the weapon was cancelled. Co-designer [[Ludwig Vorgrimler]] then left for Spain, where he further developed the concept into the [[CETME]] rifle, which in turn was developed into the [[Heckler & Koch]] [[Heckler & Koch G3|G3]].

== See also ==
* [[Cristóbal Carbine]]
* [[List of assault rifles]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Delayed Blowback Firearms}}
{{Sturmgewehr 45 derivatives}}

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[[Category:.30 Carbine firearms]]
[[Category:8 mm firearms]]
[[Category:Assault rifles of France]]
[[Category:Roller-delayed blowback firearms]]
[[Category:Carbines]]


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