Beretta M1918

Beretta Model 1918
Beretta Model 1918
	Beretta Model 1918
Type	Submachine gun
Place of origin	Kingdom of Italy
Service history
Used by	See Users
Wars	World War I[citation needed]; World War II
Production history
Manufacturer	Beretta
Variants	Model 1918; Model 1918/30; Hafdasa C-1
Specifications
Mass	7 lb 3 oz (3.3 kg)
Length	43 in (1092 mm)
Barrel length	12 in (305 mm)
Cartridge	9mm Glisenti; .22LR
Caliber	9mm; .22 calibre
Action	Blowback, automatic only
Rate of fire	900 round/min cyclic
Muzzle velocity	1,275 ft/s (389 m/s)
Feed system	25 round detachable box

The Beretta Model 1918 was a submachine gun that entered service in 1918 with the Italian armed forces. Designed initially 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] and as such it can be considered the first submachine gun issued to and used by the Italian armed forces, and is possibly the first SMG used as a general-issue combat weapon. Certain sources say that it saw service a few weeks before the German MP 18; the exact date remains disputed.^[1]

Another variant was the semiautomatic Model 1918/30 with the magazine inserted underneath and came with a bayonet.^[2] The Model 1918/30 was also manufactured in Argentina by Hafdasa as the C-1, which formed the basis of the Ballester-Riguard submachine gun.

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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References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Ian McCollum (23 October 2015). "Beretta M1918 SMG Photos". Forgotten Weapons. Archived from the original on 19 October 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
^ http://s3.postimage.org/yi28hz9rr/DSCF1198.jpg Archived 2012-03-18 at the Wayback Machine^{[unreliable source?]}^{[dead link]}

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[:0-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b Ian McCollum (23 October 2015). "Beretta M1918 SMG Photos". Forgotten Weapons. Archived from the original on 19 October 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2016.

[2] ttp://s3.postimage.org/yi28hz9rr/DSCF1198.jpg Archived 2012-03-18 at the Wayback Machine^{[unreliable source?]}^{[dead link]}

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Submachine guns	M1918 M38 M12 Mx4 Storm PMX
Rifles & Carbines	BM 59 Cx4 Storm Rx4 Storm 501 AR70/90 ARX160/ARX100
Machine guns	AS70/90
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show v t Italian firearms and light weapons of World War I
Pistols	Glisenti Modello 1910 Bodeo Mod. 1889 Beretta M1915 Beretta M1917
Rifles and carbines	Carcano Mod. 91 Vetterli-Vitali Mod. 1870/87 Vetterli-Vitali Mod. 1870/87/16
Submachine guns	Beretta MAB 18 Villar Perosa
Machine guns and other heavy weapons	Fiat-Revelli Mod. 1914 Perino Mod. 1908 Gardner M1886 Nordenfelt Mod. 1884
hand grenades and rifle grenades	Aasen tipo A2 Vivien Bessiere
Cartridge	6,5 × 52 mm Mannlicher-Carcano 7,63 × 25 mm Mauser 7,65 × 17 mm Browning 9 × 19 mm Glisenti 8 × 50 mm R Lebel 8 × 50 mm R Mannlicher

show v t Italian firearms and light weapons of World War II
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Rifles and carbines (fucili e moschetti)	Fucile da Fanteria Mod. 1891 Moschetto Mod. 91 da Cavalleria Moschetto per Truppe Speciali Mod. 91 Fucile Mod. 1938 Armaguerra Mod. 39 rifle
Submachine guns	Beretta 1918 MAB 38 Onorati OVP FNAB-43 OG-43 TZ-45
Machine guns and other larger weapons	Fiat-Revelli Mod. 1914 Fiat Revelli Mod. 1935 SAFAT M1926 Breda-SAFAT Breda Mod. 1930 Breda Mod. 5C Breda Mod. 1937 Breda Mod. 1938 Solothurn S-18/1000 Fucile Controcarro 35(P)
Grenades	OTO Mod. 35 OTO Mod. 42 SRCM Mod. 35 Breda Mod. 35 Breda Mod. 42 L Type P Bomb
Mortars (mortai)	Brixia Model 35 81/14 Model 35 Mortar
Cartridge	.32 ACP .380 ACP 6.5×52mm Mannlicher-Carcano 7.35×51mm Carcano 8×57mm IS 8×59mm RB Breda 9×19mm Glisenti 9×19mm Parabellum 20×138mmB

Beretta M1918

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