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Beretta Model 1918
File:Beretta M1918.jpg
Beretta Model 1918
Typecarbine
Place of originKingdom of Italy
Service history
Used bySee Users
WarsWorld War I[citation needed]
Second Italo-Ethiopian War
World War II
Production history
ManufacturerBeretta
Specifications
Mass7 lb 3 oz (3.3 kg)
Length43 in (1092 mm)
Barrel length12 in (305 mm)

Cartridge9mm Glisenti
.22LR
Caliber9mm
.22 calibre
ActionBlowback, automatic only
Muzzle velocity1,275 ft/s (389 m/s)
Feed system25 round detachable box

The Beretta Model 1918 was a self-loading carbine that entered service in 1918 with the Italian armed forces. Designed as a semi-automatic rifle, the weapon came with an overhead inserted magazine, an unconventional design based on the simplicity of allowing a spent round to be replaced using assistance from gravity. The gun was made from half of a Villar-Perosa aircraft submachine gun,[1]

Design

  • Barrel rifling: 6 grooves with a right hand twist (6-right)
  • Automatic carbine, cal. 9mm, having a barrel length of 12.5" and a magazine capacity of 25 rounds.

Users

See also

  • Hafdasa C-4, an Argentine derivative of the Beretta Model 1918.
  • OVP 1918, another Italian submachine gun made from half of a Villar-Perosa that was produced at the same time as the Beretta Model 1918 by Officine di Villar Perosa.
  • Italian submachine guns

References

  1. ^ Ian McCollum (23 October 2015). "Beretta M1918 SMG Photos". Forgotten Weapons. Archived from the original on 19 October 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2016.