Beretta M1918

Beretta Model 1918
Beretta Model 1918
Type	carbine
Place of origin	Kingdom of Italy
Service history
Used by	See Users
Wars	World War I Second Italo-Ethiopian War World War II
Production history
Manufacturer	Beretta
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
Muzzle velocity	1,275 ft/s (389 m/s)
Feed system	25 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,

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

• Italy

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

External links

• Beretta Model 1918 Sub-Machine Gun
• Ballester-Riguard submachine gun