Talk:Beretta M 1934

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Contents 1 Slide use 2 Japanese version 3 Units 4 Serial number 5 .22LR 6 Romanian contract. 7 Special Air Service 8 James Bond 9 Service History is Suspect 10 Title

[edit] Slide use

I've never used a gun, let alone this one, but couldn't you use the safety to prevent the slide from closing during reloading? Pictures on the web seem to indicate that this is indeed possible. Shinobu 22:45, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Japanese version

Note: The Japanese version of this article seems to contain information this version doesn't. Shinobu 08:36, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

I sort of compared the two and concluded that most difference lay in the infobox and the list of famous occurrences in media, the latter of which I have brought here. Shinobu 10:31, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Units

This article contains a few "strange unit (SI unit)" pairs. But the M1934 was designed in Europe, and presumably using metric units, so shouldn't these unit pairs be reversed to "SI unit (strange unit)"? Shinobu 02:31, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Serial number

Is there any possiblility that you can trace where was a gun used by knowing it's serial number? I have one M1934, made in 1937, used by Italian army, but I would like to find out to which unit was this specific piece issued...if anyone knows, I would very much appreciate the info.Velimir85 16:52, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] .22LR

I believe there also is a .22LR model.

The Beretta 948 was essentially a M1934 with an aluminum frame and chambered for the .22LR cartridge. It was manufactured from 1949 to 1958 with 76,000 made. 66.191.19.217 01:49, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Romanian contract.

We might want to add something about the Romanian contract. http://www.gunboards.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=156646

Sourced information has been added. 71.93.238.214 22:56, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Special Air Service

Is it true that Beretta M1934s with suppressors were used by hunting teams of the SAS to assassinate murderers of SAS/SOE agents after the war?

[edit] James Bond

The information that this was James Bond's original weapon is incorrect, Bond's pistol fired .25 acp rounds, the proper pistol is the Beretta 418.

[edit] Service History is Suspect

Article claims "The weapon saw extensive use in World War II in the hands of Italian Fascist forces, and quite a few were captured by Allied officers in the hope that they would fire the 9 mm Parabellum cartridge used in the British Sten submachine guns, but they soon found to their dismay that the pistol was chambered for a shorter, less powerful cartridge." Would like to see a source for such an assertion. I've done extenisve reading on military pistols and this is the first I've ever heard of allied officers capturing "quite a few" "in the hope that they would fire the 9mm Parabellum"! With axis powers using .32 in their officer's pistols, why would anybody reasonably expect Italy's officers to have a full-power combat pistol (like the P-38) in such a tiny package? It's ridiculous. Perhaps a bonehead or two might have seen "9mm Corto" and made a mistake, but this article implies it was a widespread misconception. Rubbish. At this time, the US was also using a variety of lightweight pistols, too... like the Hammerless Colt (in .32 and .380) so for a savvy G.I. to eagerly anticipate capturing a tiny pistol to shoot full-power combat loads is preposterous. It makes the US G.I. seem pretty stupid; I'd like to see the source for this. A better section might read: "The weapon saw extensive use in World War II in the hands of Italian Fascist forces, German forces, and quite a few were captured by Allied forces during the war."

[edit] Title

Why the extra space in between "M" and "1934"? It seems to me that "Beretta M1934" would be a less cumbersome article name. Cerebellum (talk) 23:59, 1 April 2008 (UTC)