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| name = Perino Model 1908 |
| name = Perino Model 1908 |
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| image_size = 300 |
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| caption = Austro-Hungarian captured Perino MG |
| caption = Austro-Hungarian captured Perino MG |
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| origin = [[Kingdom of Italy]] |
| origin = [[Kingdom of Italy]], [[Austria-Hungary]] (captured) |
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| type = [[ |
| type = [[Heavy machine gun]] |
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| used_by = Italy |
| used_by = Italy |
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| wars = [[Italo-Turkish War]](limited)<ref>Esposito, Gabriele, Armies of the Italian-Turkish War: Conquest of Libya, 1911–1912 Osprey Publishing (2020)</ref>,[[World War I]] |
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| wars = [[World War I]] |
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<!-- Production history -->| designer = Giuseppe Perino |
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| designer = Giuseppe Perino |
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| design_date = 1901 |
| design_date = 1901 |
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| weight = 27kg |
| weight = 27kg |
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| cartridge = [[6.5x52mm Carcano]] |
| cartridge = [[6.5x52mm Carcano]] |
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| action = Recoil |
| action = Recoil |
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| rate = 450RPM |
| rate = 450RPM |
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| feed = 20 round strips |
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| sights = Iron |
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==References== |
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* McNab, Chris: ''Twentieth-century Small Arms'', Grange Books, 2004; {{ISBN|1-84013-381-3}} |
* McNab, Chris: ''Twentieth-century Small Arms'', Grange Books, 2004; {{ISBN|1-84013-381-3}} |
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* Nevio Mantoan, ''Weapons and Equipment of the Italian Army in the Great War 1915-1918'', Gino Rossato Editore, First Edition. July 1996. |
* Nevio Mantoan, ''Weapons and Equipment of the Italian Army in the Great War 1915-1918'', Gino Rossato Editore, First Edition. July 1996. |
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0mBbDTPfFo YouTube animation showing mechanism of Perino machine gun] |
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0mBbDTPfFo YouTube animation showing mechanism of Perino machine gun] |
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[[Category:Early machine guns]] |
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Latest revision as of 17:02, 11 December 2022
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| Perino Model 1908 | |
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 Austro-Hungarian captured Perino MG | |
| Type | Heavy machine gun |
| Place of origin | Kingdom of Italy, Austria-Hungary (captured) |
| Service history | |
| Used by | Italy |
| Wars | Italo-Turkish War(limited)[1],World War I |
| Production history | |
| Designer | Giuseppe Perino |
| Designed | 1901 |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 27kg |
| Cartridge | 6.5x52mm Carcano |
| Action | Recoil |
| Rate of fire | 450RPM |
| Feed system | 20 round strips |
| Sights | Iron |
The Perino Model 1908 was an early machine gun of Italian origin designed earlier in 1901 by Giuseppe Perino, an engineer (Tecnico dell'Artiglieria). Perino's design apparently was the first Italian-designed machine gun, and in its original configuration weighed in at a heavy 27 kilograms (60 lb), which made it largely unsuitable to field utilization and apt only for fortifications; a lightened 1910 version brought the weight down to 15 kilograms (33 lb). The gun was nonetheless adopted by the Regio Esercito and saw some use alongside the Fiat-Revelli Modello 14 and the Maxim guns. It had a unique feed mechanism, with a hopper on the side of the gun filled with up to five twenty-round clips rather than being belt fed. This allowed the loader to constantly keep the gun at maximum capacity, meaning the gun crew never had to stop to reload.
References
[edit]- ^ Esposito, Gabriele, Armies of the Italian-Turkish War: Conquest of Libya, 1911–1912 Osprey Publishing (2020)
- McNab, Chris: Twentieth-century Small Arms, Grange Books, 2004; ISBN 1-84013-381-3
- Nevio Mantoan, Weapons and Equipment of the Italian Army in the Great War 1915-1918, Gino Rossato Editore, First Edition. July 1996.
External links
[edit]- thedonovan.com: A picture of a World War I Alpino, with the assault version of the Perino
- Max Difilippo: Machine guns used by Italy during WW1 (in Italian)
- Italian Perino Machine Gun - Forgotten Weapons
- YouTube animation showing mechanism of Perino machine gun
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