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* Category 1: Military firearms ; According to French law, a military firearm is a weapon which has a gauge used by the army since 1880.

Some of them are prohibited, for example, full automatic weapons, but semi automatic assault weapons or handguns are authorised.

Examples of military gauges into category 1: 9mm, 5. 56 NATO, 7. 62x39, 7. 62 NATO,. 45 ACP,. 50 BMG,. 50 AE.