Original French MAT-49 Display Submachine Gun Serial 22097 with Sling Hotchkiss .303 Handguard: 5” wide x 5”

Handguard: 5” wide x 5” long

Admiral Villeneuve replied "ENGLAND IS FORTUNATE TO HAVE TWO SUCH BROTHERS"

5 inches high by 9

There was originally a regimental marking stamped onto the middle barrel band

showing that it has not been repainted

Original French MAT-49 Display Submachine Gun Serial 22097 with Sling Hotchkiss .303 Handguard: 5” wide x 5”Original Item: Only One Available. The French MAT 49 submachine gun was developed by French arms factory Manufacture Nationale d'Armes de Tulle (MAT), for use by the French Army and was first produced in 1949. The design features a short, retractable wire stock, which when extended gave the weapon a length of 720 mm (28 in). The most innovative feature however was the magazine well, which could be folded forward parallel to the barrel for parachute