【Military】 was born in the birthplace of submachine guns, and was called the best submachine gun by the gun designers of many countries at that time - the M1938A submachine gun
Modern times often popular a phrase "not afraid of god-like opponents, afraid of pig-like teammates", this sentence is used in the M1938A submachine gun length is also very appropriate. In World War II, the gun's combat performance is very prominent, with an advanced double trigger structure, with high shooting accuracy and rate of fire, and extremely reliable and durable in the complex and changeable battlefield, it was called the best submachine gun by the multinational gun designers at that time. However, it was unfortunate to follow the Italian army, which was extremely poor in combat, so the gun was very low-profile in World War II.
The M1938A submachine gun is a submachine gun manufactured in Italy in the 1930s.
Chinese name
Beretta M1938A submachine gun
Foreign name
Beretta M1938A Underwater Pistol
Theoretical rate of fire
600 rounds/min
calibre
9 mm
Full gun length
946 mm
Italy is the birthplace of submachine guns, in 1915, Italy's Fiat company successfully designed and manufactured the world's first submachine gun - M1915 submachine gun. At that time, Beretta was also involved in some of the design and manufacture of the M1915 submachine gun. Later, Beretta decided to build a submachine gun itself, and three years later, successfully made some innovations and improvements on the basis of the M1915 submachine gun to create a fully automatic-firing M1918 submachine gun. But unfortunately, as soon as the M1918 submachine gun came out, the First World War was basically over. The gun did not attract the attention of the Italian military.
In 1930, with Mussolini's war of aggression, the Italian army's demand for submachine guns became apparent. Beretta stepped up the development of a new submachine gun and successfully designed a new submachine gun in 1938 and named it the M1938.
As soon as the M1938 was manufactured, it was sent to Africa for testing. Based on the results of the tests achieved in actual combat in Africa, Beretta made some modifications to the design of the submachine gun. Soon after, the improved version of the submachine gun, the M1938A submachine gun, was finally born.
The M1938A submachine gun has a theoretical rate of fire of 600 rounds per minute, a caliber of 9 mm, a full gun length of 946 mm, a barrel length of 315 mm, an empty gun weight of 4.2 kg, and an effective range of 200 m to 250 m. The gun did not use the traditional fast and slow machine to control a single burst, but used a double trigger, which is a relatively rare design, the gun also has good shooting accuracy, in the world is quite well received.
Although the Beretta M1938A submachine gun is not as famous as submachine guns such as Thomson, MP40, PPSH41, etc., it is not worse than those famous submachine guns, and some of its performance is better than those famous submachine guns. However, it was born in Italy, and the poor performance of the Italian army in World War II affected the Beretta M1938A submachine gun, making this excellent submachine gun unknown to many people.
The Beretta M1938A submachine gun was used in Germany (SS and paratrooper units), Italy, Romania and Argentina, and was in service until 1961 when it was replaced by the Beretta M12S submachine gun.
