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Breda Modello 37

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Breda Modello 37

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Breda Modello 37 - 8x59mm RB Breda

Standard issue heavy machinegun of the Regio Esercito (Royal Army) of Italy during WWII and for another couple of years after the war (full radiation presumed around 1948, even if some were still kept in service at the Infantry School in Cesano (near Rome) for training purposes for a longer time). A peculiar note about this machinegun is that every round is extracted from the feed strip, shot, and the spent case is then replaced on the strip, so when the gun exhausts a feed strip the casings were still in one place and not scattered all around. The real motive behind this are unknown but it is speculated in several books (e.g."World War 2's Small Arms" by John Weeks) because such a system granted an easier recovery and thus reload and reusage or recycling of the brass of the spent cases.

Breda M37 was also used by Portuguese army under the name Metralhadora pesada 7,92 mm m/938 Breda.

The Breda Modello 37 and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Attention! Bandits! (Achtung! Banditi!) Giuseppe Taffarel Commander Vento 1951
Giuliano Montaldo Lorenzo
Italian partisans
Everybody Go Home! (Tutti a casa) Alberto Sordi Lt. Alberto Innocenzi 1960
Everybody Go Home! (Tutti a casa) Italian troops mockups as AA Gun 1960
The Four Days of Naples Franco Sportelli Prof. Rosati 1962
Italian Resistance fighters
Attack and Retreat (Italiani brava gente) Italian soldiers 1964
The Camp Followers (Le soldatesse) Italian soldiers 1965
The Battle of Neretva Italian troops and Serbian chetniks 1969
Captain Corelli's Mandolin Italian soldiers 2001
The Roses of the Desert Italian soldiers 2006

Television

Title Actor Character Note/Episode Date
SAS Rogue Heroes British Army sergeant Episode 1 2022

Video Game

Game Title Appears as Note Release Date
Forgotten Hope Mounted in machine gun nests/on Camionetta 42 "Sahariana" 2003
Forgotten Hope 2 Mounted in machine gun nests/on Camionetta 42 "Sahariana" 2005
Call of Duty 2: Big Red One "BM37" 2005
Call of Duty: WWII Cosmetic variant of the Breda Modello 30 2017
Enlisted 2021


Breda Modello 38

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Breda Modello 38 tank mounted machine gun - 8x59mm RB Breda

Breda Modello 38 was a vehicle-mounted version of Modello 37. Unlike the base model, M38 used a top-mounted box magazine.



The Breda Modello 37 and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:


Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
The Biggest Bundle of Them All Mounted on Carro Armato M13/40 1968

Video Game

Game Title Appears as Note Release Date
Forgotten Hope 2 Mounted on Carro Armato L6/40 light tank 2005
Call of Duty 2: Big Red One Mounted on Carro Armato M13/40 Tanks 2005
Mare Nostrum Mounted on Carro Armato M13/40 Tanks 2008
Enlisted Mounted on Carro Armato M13/40 and Carro Armato M14/41 Tanks 2021
Call of Duty: Vanguard Mounted on Carro Armato M13/40 Tanks 2021

Anime

Title Characters Notation Date
Girls und Panzer: This is the Real Anzio Battle! Anzio High School Mounted on P40 and L3/35 tanks 2014
Girls und Panzer: der Film Anzio High School Mounted on Carro Veloce CV-35 2015
Girls und Panzer das Finale: Part 1 Anzio High School Mounted on Semovente da 75/18, CV-35, and P26/40 2017
Girls und Panzer das Finale: Part 2 Anzio High School Mounted on Semovente da 75/18, CV-35, and P26/40 2019

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