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Perino Machine Gun
The Perino is a gun that development began in 1901 when Giuseppe Perino (an Italian Army officer) patented the design for a recoil-operated machine gun with a novel twist. The Perino gun fed from 20-round feed strips (like a Hotchkiss), but instead of ejecting empty cases out of the gun, it replaced them in the feed strip as it was fed through the action (this concept would reappear a few decades later in the Breda Modello 30. When all 20 rounds were fired, the feed strip fell out the right side of the gun filled with all the empty cases. The idea behind this feature was to prevent spent casings from hitting troops and getting underfoot. Machine gun could mount a box on the left side of the receiver which held 5 loaded feed strips, pulling the bottom one in to use when firing. This made it simple for the assistant gunner to keep the weapon topped off by simply adding loaded strips to the top of the ammo box as the gun was firing. Between this and its water jacket to keep the barrel cool, the Perino theoretically could fire more continuously than any other gun available in its day. However, when WWI broke out in 1914, the Perino lost out to the Fiat-Revelli M14/35 machine gun, because Fiat was willing and able to put their gun into mass production immediately.
Specifications
(1908 - ????)
- Type: Machine Gun
- Caliber: 6.5x52mm Mannlicher-Carcano
- Capacity: 25-round strip
- Fire mode: Fully-Automatic (450 RPM)
The Perino Machine Gun and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears as | Mods | Notation | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battlefield 1 | In the Name of the Tsar DLC | 2017 |