Original Cold War Polish PPS 43-52 PM wz. 43/52 Submachine Display Gun Serial AM-19898 by H. Cegielski – dated 1953 Original Items

Original Item: Only One Available. This is a lovely Cold War Era Polish PPS 43-52 PM wz. 43/52 Display Submachine Gun, built from all original issue parts on an original BATF compliant non-firing display receiver, making this a 100% legal display Sub-Machine gun. This receiver was created by using portions of the original torch cut receiver, including the barrel bushing, combined with some new made steel portions. It has properly had a 25% section of the total length completely replaced entirely with solid steel bar stock. Meaning a 1/4 length section of the display receiver is solid steel, making this totally legal to own without a license of any kind. Every part on this display gun is original manufacture other than 25% of the receiver replaced by solid steel (as required by BATF).

It has no moving internal parts, and the bolt has been welded in place inside the upper receiver. The barrel has been completely deactivated, cut open along the bottom with flame torch over 4 inches, as well as having the muzzle cut off and re-welded, as required for importation. The trigger still pulls, however the trigger group cannot be swiveled downward anymore, as the upper and lower receivers are welded together.

This example is marked on the top of the receiver, the underside of the bolt handle, and on the left side of the butt stock with serial number AM-19898. It also is dated 1953 on the top of the receiver under 6 in a circle, the marking for H. Cegielski in Poznań, who previously used the “HCP” monogram. It comes complete with an original intact magazine where permitted. Otherwise a deactivated magazine will be sent.

A very attractive Cold War Era Eastern European Machine gun, ready to display!

The PM wz. 43/52 was a Polish offshoot of the famous Soviet PPS-43 Submachine Gun line. The PM in the designation stood for “Pistolet Maszynowy”.

Following World War 2 (1939-1945), the Polish military arsenal was rebuilt with largely Soviet-originated weapons and this included the PPS-43 Submachine Gun (SMG) series. The weapon was eventually taken under license-production as the “PM wz. 43” from 1946 onward until a modified form, the PM wz. 43/52, was revealed to supersede it. This model retained all of the form and function of the original Soviet offering but was given specific alterations to suit Polish Army requirements as well as local industry. These included the addition of a wooden butt stock with the provision for a cleaning kit, and a sling swivel further back, which would better control and aim. However, the gains in accuracy were offset by gains in weight, so the PM wz. 43 and PM wz. 43/52 were produced concurrently for years.

One of the key differences in the new post-war design was its fit of a Tommy Gun-style wooden stock (unlike the folding metal stock seen in the original). This assembly contained a hollowed-out compartment used to house the cleaning kit but the general benefit of its addition was in added weight at the rear of the gun – making for a better-balanced short-to-medium-range weapon. Full-automatic-fire-only was still the call-of-the-day for the Polish design though, through special pressure management of the trigger, an operator could fire single shots if needed. Other changes included modifications better suited to Polish assembly lines but, beyond that, the wz. 43.52 remained a submachine gun through and through, typically issued to special units, special forces and those operators requiring additional firepower but without access to a standard issue assault rifle.

From the period of 1952 until 1955, the Lucznik Arms Factory of Radom, Poland pushed out over 111,000 PPS and PPS-related submachine guns.