Original Belgian Vigneron M2 Display Submachine Gun with Magazine - Serial 026388

Original Item: Only One Available. The Vigneron submachine gun was developed during early fifties by the officer of the Belgian army and produced by Belgian company Precision Liegoise SA. It was adopted by Belgian army in 1953, and saw some combat in then-Belgian Congo. Vigneron submachine gun was quite conventional in design and appearance, borrowing design aspect from many earlier submachine guns. For example the extendable but stock was copied from the U.S. M3 Grease Gun, the Barrel is finned resembling a Thompson 1928A1, the front sight resembles a German MP44, the blowback bolt action was based on the German MP 40 and is also in 9mm Parabellum. The Vigneron M1 was designed by a retired Belgian army Colonel, Georges Vigneron, and officially adopted by the Belgian army in 1953. The first series of Vignerons was manufactured by the Societe Anonyme Precision Liegeoise in Herstal. Some parts were subcontracted to the State Arsenal at Rocourt in Liège, who eventually began making comple