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Vigneron M2
The Vigneron is a submachine gun manufactured in Belgium during the 1950s. It used the 9×19mm Parabellum, 9×19mm NATO cartridge (firearms), cartridge and was used by the Belgian Army until the 1980s. The Vigneron is a selective-fire weapon for short-range street and brush fighting. It remains reasonably accurate up to 100 m using sighted semi-automatic fire. History Pre-production After World War II the Belgian Army was equipped with a mixture of British and American guns. The army wanted to replace these weapons with modern designs of preferable Belgian origin. In the late 1940s, the army held submachine gun trials between the following prototypes: * the Vigneron * the Imperia, an improved Sten gun * the RAN, a design by Repousmetal S.A. * several Fabrique Nationale, FN prototypes M1 The Vigneron M1 was designed by a retired Belgian army Colonel, Georges Vigneron, and officially adopted by the Belgian army in 1953. (this adoption date needs to be confirmed, one known su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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