Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne

Manufacture d'Armes de Saint-Étienne
Company typeGovernment-owned corporation (subsidiary of Nexter defense conglomerate)
IndustryWeapons
Founded1764 (1764)
Defunct2001
FateAnnexed
SuccessorNexter
Headquarters,
France
ProductsRifles, pistols, tanks, weapon systems

The Manufacture d'Armes de Saint-Étienne, often abbreviated to MAS ("Saint-Étienne Weapons Factory" in English), was a French state-owned weapons manufacturer in the town of Saint-Étienne, Loire. Founded in 1764, it was merged into the French state-owned defense conglomerate GIAT Industries in 2001.