Agree with Joe. The fellaghas, as were called the independentist fighters of the ALN (Armée de Libération Nationale, National Liberation Army), the military branch of the FLN (Front de Libération Nationale, National Liberation Front) were equipped with MG-42, among many other types of weapons, smuggled into Algeria.
The US-M1 carbine, very common in Indochina, was still used in Algeria by the French forces.
My late father, an Algeria war veteran who served there as a 2nd Lt, had one that he managed to bring back to France after the war, along with his cal. 45 Colt pistol, another American weapon still quite common among on the French side at that time, although the 9 mm MAC 50 had been introduced several years before.