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Watch this "I Have This Old Gun" segment from a recent episode of American Rifleman TV as editors discuss the history of and fire the Vickers Belt-Fed Machine Gun.
After World War II, the French military was left with a hodgepodge of leftover submachine guns. After several years, the army consolidated on a standard service rifle, the MAS-49, and a standard submachine gun: the MAT-49.