Fiat-Revelli Modello 1914

Fiat-Revelli Modello 1914
Type	Medium machine gun
Place of origin	Kingdom of Italy
Service history
In service	1914-1945
Wars	World War I World War II
Specifications

The Fiat-Revelli Modello 1914 was an Italian water-cooled medium machine gun produced from 1914 to 1918. It was used by the Italian Army in the First World War, and was used in limited numbers into the Second World War.^[1]

Overview

It was very similar to the Maxim in appearance (in fact it had the same air-cooling jacket and tripod), even though its internal workings were completely different, reminiscent of the Breda 30, of which it used the cartridge-oiling system, and the mechanisms. It was fed from a 50 round integral magazine divided in ten compartments, each fed from a rifle clip, a feature that rendered the logistics easier, even though it was slow to reload, prone to malfunction and very uncomfortable in sustained-fire role because of this magazine arrangement. It was chambered for the 6.5x52mm Mannlicher-Carcano, weighed 17 kg (37 lb) (the tripod weighed 21.5 kg (47 lb)) and had a firing rate of 400-500 rpm (rounds-per-minute), rather low for this type of machine gun.^[2]

It was developed into the Fiat-Revelli Modello 1935.

References

Further reading

• Robert G. Segel (10 January, 2012) "FIAT Revelli Modelo 1914", Small Arms Defense Journal, Vol. 3, No. 2
• Manual (in Italian)