Beretta Model 38 sub machine gun
Beretta Model 38
Antiqued English Pewter 1/6 mounted replica of the Beretta model 38 sub machine gun and 9mm round (deactivated) with a short information panel.
On black baize, with green mount and housed in a walnut coloured frame.
size (glass) 222mm x 206mm
Panel Reads :-
The MAB 38 (Moschetto Automatico Beretta Modello 1938), Modello 38, or Model 38 and its variants were a series of official submachine guns of the Royal Italian Army introduced in 1938, and used during World War II. The guns were also used by German, Romanian, and Argentine armies of the period. Originally designed by Tullio Marengoni in 1935, the Modello 38 (M38) was developed from the Beretta Modello 18, itself derived from the Villar Perosa light machine gun of World War I fame. It is widely acknowledged as the most successful and effective Italian small arm of World War II. Firing a powerfully loaded Italian version of the widely distributed 9×19mm Parabellum cartridge, the Cartuccia Modello 38, the Beretta was accurate at longer ranges than most other submachine guns. Fully automatic or single-shot fire was selectable by the use of two triggers. The Model 38 had a wooden stock, was about 800 millimetres in length, and weighed about 3.3 kilograms when loaded.
