Beretta Model 1918
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| Type | Submachine gun |
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| Place of origin | Italy |
| Service history | |
| Used by | Italy |
| Specifications | |
| Weight | 7 lb 3 oz (3.3 kg) |
| Length | 43 in (1092 mm) |
| Barrel length | 12 in (305 mm) |
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| Cartridge | 9 mm Glisenti pistol |
| Caliber | 9 mm |
| Action | Retarded blowback, automatic only |
| Rate of fire | 900 round/min |
| Feed system | 25 round detachable box |
The Beretta Model 1918 was a submachine gun that entered service in 1918 with the Italian armed forces. It was the second submachine gun to enter service in World War I, after the Villar Perosa beating the German MP18 into service by a couple months.
[edit] 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.
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| Italian firearms and light weapons of World War II |
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| Side arms |
| Beretta M1934 | Beretta M1935 | Glisente M1910 |
| Rifles & carbines |
| Fucile di Fanteria Mo.1891 Moschetto Mo.91 da Cavalleria | Moschetto per Truppe Speciali Mo.91 | Mo. 1938 |
| Submachine guns |
| Beretta 1918 | MAB 38 | OVP | FNAB-43 | TZ-45 |
| Machine guns & other larger weapons |
| Fiat-Revelli M1914 | Fiat_Revelli M1935 | Breda M1930 | Breda M1937 Brixia M1935 |
| Cartridges used by the Italian Army during World War II |
| .32 ACP | .380 ACP | 6.5 x 52 Mannlicher-Carcano | 7.92x57 mm Mauser | 9 mm |
