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− | + | [[File:Beretta Model 38.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Beretta Model 38 - 9x19mm]] | |
− | The Beretta Model 38, also known as ''Moschetto Automatico Beretta 38'' (literally "automatic rifle Beretta") or MAB, for short, was designed by Tullio Marengoni in 1935 and can trace it linage back to the [[Villar | + | |
+ | The '''Beretta Model 38''', also known as ''Moschetto Automatico Beretta 38'' (literally "automatic rifle Beretta") or MAB, for short, was designed by Tullio Marengoni in 1935 and can trace it linage back to the [[Villar Perosa M1915|Villar Perosa]] Machine Gun. The Beretta 38 was introduced in 1938 as the official sub machine gun of the Italian Army. It was a very robust weapon weighing in at 9 pounds 13 oz. fully machined forging and finely finished. The Model 38A was manufactured from 1938 to 1942 when the simplified Beretta Model 38/42 was introduced. The Model 38/42 was made from stampings and a rolled steel receiver to increase war time production. The Model 38/42 was produced from 1942 to 1944. The Beretta Model 38/44 was introduced in 1944 by the German controlled production line to German troops as a substitute standard. That model was in production from 1944 to 1949 and was issued to the Italian Army and Police after the war between 1945 and 1962, and to the force protection units of the Italian Air Force until the early '90s. Nowadays the Italian Navy is the only user left of the SMG, used in training, kept on board of minor vessels as "force protection and anti-mutiny weapon", and for ceremonial purposes, used only by the common sailors. | ||
'''The Beretta Model 38 appears in the following movies, TV shows, and video games:''' | '''The Beretta Model 38 appears in the following movies, TV shows, and video games:''' | ||
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==Beretta Model 38A== | ==Beretta Model 38A== | ||
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* '''Capacity:''' 10, 20, 30, or 40-Round Detachable Box Magazine | * '''Capacity:''' 10, 20, 30, or 40-Round Detachable Box Magazine | ||
− | * '''Fire Modes:''' | + | * '''Fire Modes:''' Semi & Full auto |
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note''' | !align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note''' | ||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date''' | !align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date''' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | ''[[Rome, Open City (Roma città aperta)]]'' || || Italian ''Blackshirts'' and Resistance fighters || || 1945 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| rowspan="3"|''[[Attention! Bandits! (Achtung! Banditi!)]]'' || [[Giuseppe Taffarel]] || Commander Vento || rowspan="3"| || rowspan="3"| 1951 | | rowspan="3"|''[[Attention! Bandits! (Achtung! Banditi!)]]'' || [[Giuseppe Taffarel]] || Commander Vento || rowspan="3"| || rowspan="3"| 1951 | ||
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| || Fascists and Italian partisans | | || Fascists and Italian partisans | ||
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− | |rowspan=" | + | |rowspan="2"|''[[Five Branded Women]]''|| [[Alex Nicol]] || Svenko || rowspan=2| || rowspan="2"|1960 |
+ | |- | ||
+ | | || Italian partisans | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | ''[[Bandits of Orgosolo (Banditi a Orgosolo)]]'' || || Carabiniers || || 1961 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | rowspan=2|''[[The Four Days of Naples (Le quattro giornate di Napoli)|The Four Days of Naples]]'' || [[Gian Maria Volontè]] || Capt. Enzo Stimolo || rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|1962 | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | | || Resistance fighters |
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | | ''[[Attack and Retreat (Italiani brava gente)]]'' || || Italian soldiers || || 1964 |
|- | |- | ||
| rowspan=2 | ''[[Our Man Flint]]'' || [[James Coburn]] || Derek Flint || With removed barrel shroud || rowspan=2 | 1965 | | rowspan=2 | ''[[Our Man Flint]]'' || [[James Coburn]] || Derek Flint || With removed barrel shroud || rowspan=2 | 1965 | ||
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|- | |- | ||
| ''[[Pasha (Le Pacha)]]'' || || Quinquin's henchmen || || 1968 | | ''[[Pasha (Le Pacha)]]'' || || Quinquin's henchmen || || 1968 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | ''[[Don't Take God's Children for Wild Geese (Faut pas prendre les enfants du bon Dieu pour des canards sauvages)|Don't Take God's Children for Wild Geese]]'' || || Charles' henchman || || 1968 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |''[[Che!]]''||[[Rudy Diaz]]||Willy||||1969 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[Battle of Neretva, The|The Battle of Neretva]]'' || || Italian troops, Ustasha and partisans || || 1969 | | ''[[Battle of Neretva, The|The Battle of Neretva]]'' || || Italian troops, Ustasha and partisans || || 1969 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[Pacifist, The (La pacifista)|The Pacifist (La pacifista)]]'' || || Italian ''Carabinieri'' || ||1970 | | ''[[Pacifist, The (La pacifista)|The Pacifist (La pacifista)]]'' || || Italian ''Carabinieri'' || ||1970 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | ''[[Massacre in Rome]]'' || || Italian partisans || || 1973 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| rowspan=2 | ''[[Borsalino and Co.]]''||[[Adolfo Lastretti]]||Luciano|| || rowspan=2 | 1974 | | rowspan=2 | ''[[Borsalino and Co.]]''||[[Adolfo Lastretti]]||Luciano|| || rowspan=2 | 1974 | ||
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|- | |- | ||
| ''[[The Last Four Days]]'' || || Mussolini's guards and Italian partisans || || 1974 | | ''[[The Last Four Days]]'' || || Mussolini's guards and Italian partisans || || 1974 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | ''[[Emergency Squad (Squadra volante)]]'' || || A criminal || || 1974 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | ''[[Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom]]'' || || Collaborators || || 1975 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[Cassandra Crossing, The|The Cassandra Crossing]]'' || || Soldiers || || 1976 | |''[[Cassandra Crossing, The|The Cassandra Crossing]]'' || || Soldiers || || 1976 | ||
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| || Italian troops, Tito´s partisans | | || Italian troops, Tito´s partisans | ||
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| rowspan=3 | ''[[Captain Corelli's Mandolin]]'' || [[Christian Bale]] || Mandras || || rowspan=3 | 2001 | | rowspan=3 | ''[[Captain Corelli's Mandolin]]'' || [[Christian Bale]] || Mandras || || rowspan=3 | 2001 | ||
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|''[[El Alamein - The Line of Fire]]'' || || Italian soldiers and officers || || 2002 | |''[[El Alamein - The Line of Fire]]'' || || Italian soldiers and officers || || 2002 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | ''[[Senso '45]]'' || || Italian ''Blackshirts'' || || 2002 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| rowspan=2 | ''[[Miracle at St. Anna]]'' || [[Sergio Albelli]] || Rodolfo || || rowspan=2 | 2008 | | rowspan=2 | ''[[Miracle at St. Anna]]'' || [[Sergio Albelli]] || Rodolfo || || rowspan=2 | 2008 | ||
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Release Date''' | !align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Release Date''' | ||
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− | |''[[Medal of Honor: Allied Assault|Medal of Honor Allied Assault: Breakthrough]]''|| || ||2002 | + | | ''[[Medal of Honor: Allied Assault|Medal of Honor Allied Assault: Breakthrough]]'' || || || 2002 |
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[Forgotten Hope]]'' || || || 2003 | | ''[[Forgotten Hope]]'' || || || 2003 | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | |''[[Forgotten Hope 2]]''|| || ||2005 | + | | ''[[Forgotten Hope 2]]'' || || || 2005 |
+ | |- | ||
+ | | ''[[Mare Nostrum]]'' || || || 2008 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | ''[[Mafia II]]'' || .38 SMG || || 2010 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | ''[[Sniper Elite III]]'' || MAB 38 || "Axis Weapons Pack" DLC || 2014 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | ''[[Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades]]'' || Model38 || || 2016 | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | ''[[ | + | | ''[[Sniper Elite 4]]'' || MAB 38 || || 2017 |
|- | |- | ||
− | |''[[ | + | | ''[[Call of Duty: WWII]]'' || "Orso" || || 2017 |
|- | |- | ||
+ | | ''[[Battlefield V]]'' || "MAB 38" || "Trial By Fire" update || 2019 | ||
|} | |} | ||
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* '''Capacity:''' 10, 20, 30, or 40-Round Detachable Box Magazine | * '''Capacity:''' 10, 20, 30, or 40-Round Detachable Box Magazine | ||
− | * '''Fire Modes:''' | + | * '''Fire Modes:''' Semi & Full auto |
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Note''' | !align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Note''' | ||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date''' | !align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date''' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | ''[[You are Attagirl, Anita! (Ty molodets, Anita!)]]'' || || Spanish (?) Soldiers || M38/42, M38/43 || 1957 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[Consider All Risks (Classe tous risques)]]'' || || Italian police || || 1960 | | ''[[Consider All Risks (Classe tous risques)]]'' || || Italian police || || 1960 | ||
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| || Italian partisans | | || Italian partisans | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | ''[[Bandits of Orgosolo (Banditi a Orgosolo)]]'' || Michele Cossu || Michele Iossu || M38/44 || 1961 | |
|- | |- | ||
− | | || | + | | ''[[Bandits of Orgosolo (Banditi a Orgosolo)]]'' || || A bandit || M38/42 || 1961 |
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[The Majordomo (Le majordome)]]'' || [[Paul Meurisse]] || Léopold || M38/44 || 1965 | | ''[[The Majordomo (Le majordome)]]'' || [[Paul Meurisse]] || Léopold || M38/44 || 1965 | ||
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| ''[[Violent Four, The (Banditi a Milano)|The Violent Four (Banditi a Milano)]]''|| || Carabinieri || ||1968 | | ''[[Violent Four, The (Banditi a Milano)|The Violent Four (Banditi a Milano)]]''|| || Carabinieri || ||1968 | ||
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− | |||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[Battle of Neretva, The|The Battle of Neretva]]'' || || Italian troops, Serbian ''chetniks'' and partisans || M38/42 and M38/44 || 1969 | | ''[[Battle of Neretva, The|The Battle of Neretva]]'' || || Italian troops, Serbian ''chetniks'' and partisans || M38/42 and M38/44 || 1969 | ||
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| || Italian soldiers | | || Italian soldiers | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | ''[[ | + | | rowspan="3"|''[[Legend of the Living Dead (Legenda o živých mrtvých)]]'' || [[Renáta Doleželová]] || Helenka || rowspan="3"| || rowspan="3"|1971 |
+ | |- | ||
+ | | [[Stanislav Zindulka]] || Tony Adler | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | || German and ''ROA'' troops | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[Execution Squad (La polizia ringrazia)]]'' || || Carabinieri || || 1972 | | ''[[Execution Squad (La polizia ringrazia)]]'' || || Carabinieri || || 1972 | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | ''[[Black Turin]]'' || || | + | | ''[[Black Turin]]'' || || Carabiniers || M38/42 || 1972 |
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[Gang War in Naples]]'' || || Police and criminals || M38/42 and M38/44 || 1972 | | ''[[Gang War in Naples]]'' || || Police and criminals || M38/42 and M38/44 || 1972 | ||
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|- | |- | ||
| ''[[Flatfoot]]'' || || Police || || 1973 | | ''[[Flatfoot]]'' || || Police || || 1973 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | ''[[We Want the Colonels (Vogliamo i colonnelli)]]'' || || Paramilitarians, soldiers, carabiniers || M38/42 and M38/44 || 1973 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | ''[[Massacre in Rome]]'' || || German soldiers || M38/44 || 1973 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[Almost Human (1974)|Almost Human]]'' || || Italian Police || || 1974 | | ''[[Almost Human (1974)|Almost Human]]'' || || Italian Police || || 1974 | ||
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| ''[[Rabid Dogs]]'' || || Police || || 1974 | | ''[[Rabid Dogs]]'' || || Police || || 1974 | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | ''[[Shoot First, Die Later (Il poliziotto è marcio)]]'' || [[Luc Merenda]] || Commissioner Malacarne || || 1974 | + | | rowspan=4 | ''[[Shoot First, Die Later (Il poliziotto è marcio)]]'' || [[Luc Merenda]] || Commissioner Malacarne || || rowspan=4 | 1974 |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | [[Rosario Borelli]] || Garrito || | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | [[Sergio Ammirata]] || Curcetti || | |
|- | |- | ||
− | + | | || Police || | |
|- | |- | ||
− | | ''[[ | + | | ''[[Street Law]]'' || || Italian police || || 1974 |
− | |||
− | |||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[Silent Action]]'' || || Police and terrorists || || 1975 | | ''[[Silent Action]]'' || || Police and terrorists || || 1975 | ||
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| ''[[How to Kill a Judge (Perché si uccide un magistrato)]]'' || || Police || || 1975 | | ''[[How to Kill a Judge (Perché si uccide un magistrato)]]'' || || Police || || 1975 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | ''[[Syndicate Sadists (Il giustiziere sfida la città)|Syndicate Sadists]]'' || || Paterno's henchman || M38/42 || 1975 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''[[Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man]]'' || || Italian Police || || 1976 | | ''[[Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man]]'' || || Italian Police || || 1976 | ||
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| ''[[Bloody Payroll (Milano violenta)]]'' || || Police || M38/42, M38/44 || 1976 | | ''[[Bloody Payroll (Milano violenta)]]'' || || Police || M38/42, M38/44 || 1976 | ||
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| || Italian troops, Tito´s partisans | | || Italian troops, Tito´s partisans | ||
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|} | |} | ||
− | === | + | ==Beretta Model 38/49== |
+ | [[Image:Beretta38-49.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Beretta Model 38/49 (also known as Model 4) - 9x19mm]] | ||
+ | [[File:Beretta Modello 2.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Beretta Model 2, folding stock version of Model 38/49 - 9x19mm]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Film=== | ||
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|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF | |-bgcolor=#D0E7FF | ||
− | !align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width=" | + | !align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="300"|'''Title''' |
− | !align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width=" | + | !align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Actor''' |
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+ | |- | ||
+ | | rowspan=2 | ''[[Code Name: Tiger (Le Tigre aime la chair fraîche)]]'' || [[Roger Rudel]] || Mr. Benitez || || rowspan=2 | 1964 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | || Benitez´s henchman || | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | ''[[The Day of the Owl (Il giorno della civetta)]]'' || || Italian police || || 1968 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | ''[[Confessions of a Police Captain]]'' || || Thugs || || 1971 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | rowspan=2 | ''[[Emergency Squad (Squadra volante)]]'' || [[Tomás Milián]] || Commissioner Ravelli || || rowspan=2 | 1974 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | || Police || | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | ''[[Street Law]]'' || || Italian police || || 1974 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | ''[[Crimebusters (Poliziotti violenti)]]'' || || Police || || 1976 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | ''[[Rome Armed to the Teeth]]'' || || Italian Police || || 1976 | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | rowspan= | + | | rowspan=2 | ''[[The Big Racket]]'' || [[Salvatore Borghese]] || Sgt. Salvatore Velasci || || rowspan=2 | 1976 |
|- | |- | ||
− | | [[ | + | | || Italian Police || |
+ | |- | ||
+ | | ''[[Free Hand for a Tough Cop]]'' || || Police || || 1976 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | ''[[Convoy Busters (Un poliziotto scomodo)]]'' || || Police || || 1978 | ||
|- | |- | ||
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− | == Fake Villar | + | == Fake Villar Perosa M1915 SMG == |
[[Image:Fake Villar Perosa from The Sicilian.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Fake "Villar Perosa" SMG. Photo from [http://www.longmountain.com/just-for-fun/movie-guns/TheSicilian/ Long Mountain Outfitters] web site.]] | [[Image:Fake Villar Perosa from The Sicilian.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Fake "Villar Perosa" SMG. Photo from [http://www.longmountain.com/just-for-fun/movie-guns/TheSicilian/ Long Mountain Outfitters] web site.]] | ||
− | Movie armorers often use Beretta Model 38 variants to mock-up [[Villar | + | Movie armorers often use Beretta Model 38 variants to mock-up the [[Villar Perosa M1915]] aircraft SMG. The most known example is a hand-held variant made by movie armorer ''Bapty & Co.'' which was used in several productions. |
=== Film === | === Film === | ||
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character''' | !align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character''' | ||
− | !align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width=" | + | !align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="350"|'''Notation''' |
− | !align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date''' | + | !align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date''' |
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− | | ''[[Sicilian | + | | ''[[The Sicilian]]''|| || An outlaw || fitted with wooden stock for off-hand use; a Bapty & Co. mock-up made of: two visually modified inverted [[Beretta Model 38A|Beretta M38A]], [[Bren]] front grip and a trigger group from an [[MG42]] || 1987 |
|- | |- | ||
− | | ''[[Batman (1989)|Batman]]''|| || Joker's goon || fitted with wooden stock for off-hand use; a Bapty & Co. mock-up made of: two visually modified inverted [[Beretta Model 38A|Beretta M38A]], [[Bren]] front grip and a trigger group from an [[MG42]] | + | | ''[[Batman (1989)|Batman]]''|| || Joker's goon || fitted with wooden stock for off-hand use; a Bapty & Co. mock-up made of: two visually modified inverted [[Beretta Model 38A|Beretta M38A]], [[Bren]] front grip and a trigger group from an [[MG42]] || 1989 |
|- | |- | ||
− | | ''[[Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade]]''|| [[Sean Connery]] || Prof. Henry Jones || Mounted on the biplane; a mock-up made of two upside-down [[Beretta Model 38|Beretta Model 38/42]] submachine guns | + | | ''[[Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade]]''|| [[Sean Connery]] || Prof. Henry Jones || Mounted on the biplane; a mock-up made of two upside-down [[Beretta Model 38|Beretta Model 38/42]] submachine guns || 1989 |
− | |} | + | |- |
+ | |} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Video Game=== | ||
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+ | !align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Appears as''' | ||
+ | !align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note''' | ||
+ | !align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Release Date''' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |''[[Battlefield 1]]'' || Villar Perosa || || 2016 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |} | ||
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Revision as of 23:05, 22 February 2020
The Beretta Model 38, also known as Moschetto Automatico Beretta 38 (literally "automatic rifle Beretta") or MAB, for short, was designed by Tullio Marengoni in 1935 and can trace it linage back to the Villar Perosa Machine Gun. The Beretta 38 was introduced in 1938 as the official sub machine gun of the Italian Army. It was a very robust weapon weighing in at 9 pounds 13 oz. fully machined forging and finely finished. The Model 38A was manufactured from 1938 to 1942 when the simplified Beretta Model 38/42 was introduced. The Model 38/42 was made from stampings and a rolled steel receiver to increase war time production. The Model 38/42 was produced from 1942 to 1944. The Beretta Model 38/44 was introduced in 1944 by the German controlled production line to German troops as a substitute standard. That model was in production from 1944 to 1949 and was issued to the Italian Army and Police after the war between 1945 and 1962, and to the force protection units of the Italian Air Force until the early '90s. Nowadays the Italian Navy is the only user left of the SMG, used in training, kept on board of minor vessels as "force protection and anti-mutiny weapon", and for ceremonial purposes, used only by the common sailors.
The Beretta Model 38 appears in the following movies, TV shows, and video games:
Beretta Model 38A
Specifications
(1938 - 1950)
- Type: Submachine Gun
- Caliber(s): 9×19mm
- Weight: 9.26 lbs (4.2 kg)
- Length: 37.2 in (94.6 cm)
- Barrel length(s): 12.4 in (31.5 cm)
- Capacity: 10, 20, 30, or 40-Round Detachable Box Magazine
- Fire Modes: Semi & Full auto
Film
Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Rome, Open City (Roma città aperta) | Italian Blackshirts and Resistance fighters | 1945 | ||
Attention! Bandits! (Achtung! Banditi!) | Giuseppe Taffarel | Commander Vento | 1951 | |
Vittorio Duse | Domenico | |||
Italian cacciatori and partisans | ||||
Everybody Go Home! (Tutti a casa) | Vincenzo Musolino | First fascist | 1960 | |
Mario Frera | Second fascist | |||
Fascists and Italian partisans | ||||
Five Branded Women | Alex Nicol | Svenko | 1960 | |
Italian partisans | ||||
Bandits of Orgosolo (Banditi a Orgosolo) | Carabiniers | 1961 | ||
The Four Days of Naples | Gian Maria Volontè | Capt. Enzo Stimolo | 1962 | |
Resistance fighters | ||||
Attack and Retreat (Italiani brava gente) | Italian soldiers | 1964 | ||
Our Man Flint | James Coburn | Derek Flint | With removed barrel shroud | 1965 |
Fake and real guards in Z.O.W.I.E. building | With removed barrel shroud | |||
In Like Flint | Z.O.W.I.E. guards at missile base | With removed barrel shroud | 1967 | |
The Violent Four (Banditi a Milano) | Tomas Milian | Commissioner Basevi | 1968 | |
Pasha (Le Pacha) | Quinquin's henchmen | 1968 | ||
Don't Take God's Children for Wild Geese | Charles' henchman | 1968 | ||
Che! | Rudy Diaz | Willy | 1969 | |
The Battle of Neretva | Italian troops, Ustasha and partisans | 1969 | ||
The Pacifist (La pacifista) | Italian Carabinieri | 1970 | ||
Massacre in Rome | Italian partisans | 1973 | ||
Borsalino and Co. | Adolfo Lastretti | Luciano | 1974 | |
Siffredi henchmen | ||||
The Last Four Days | Mussolini's guards and Italian partisans | 1974 | ||
Emergency Squad (Squadra volante) | A criminal | 1974 | ||
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom | Collaborators | 1975 | ||
The Cassandra Crossing | Soldiers | 1976 | ||
The Gods Must Be Crazy | Terrorist leader Sam Boga | 1980 | ||
The Fall of Italy (Pad Italije) | Daniel Olbrychski | Davorin | 1981 | |
Igor Hajdarhodzic | Lovre | |||
Italian troops, Tito´s partisans | ||||
Captain Corelli's Mandolin | Christian Bale | Mandras | 2001 | |
Nicolas Cage | Captain Antonio Corelli | |||
Italian infantry and Carabinieri | ||||
El Alamein - The Line of Fire | Italian soldiers and officers | 2002 | ||
Senso '45 | Italian Blackshirts | 2002 | ||
Miracle at St. Anna | Sergio Albelli | Rodolfo | 2008 | |
Italian partisans | ||||
New Kids Turbo | Tim Haars | Gerrie | 2010 |
Video Game
Game Title | Appears as | Note | Release Date |
---|---|---|---|
Medal of Honor Allied Assault: Breakthrough | 2002 | ||
Forgotten Hope | 2003 | ||
Forgotten Hope 2 | 2005 | ||
Mare Nostrum | 2008 | ||
Mafia II | .38 SMG | 2010 | |
Sniper Elite III | MAB 38 | "Axis Weapons Pack" DLC | 2014 |
Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades | Model38 | 2016 | |
Sniper Elite 4 | MAB 38 | 2017 | |
Call of Duty: WWII | "Orso" | 2017 | |
Battlefield V | "MAB 38" | "Trial By Fire" update | 2019 |
Beretta Model 38/42
Specifications
(1942 - 1945)
- Type: Submachine Gun
- Caliber(s): 9×19mm
- Weight: 7.21 lbs (3.27 kg)
- Length: 31.5 in (80 cm)
- Barrel length(s): 8.39 in (21.3 cm)
- Capacity: 10, 20, 30, or 40-Round Detachable Box Magazine
- Fire Modes: Semi & Full auto
Film
Beretta Model 38/49
Film
Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Code Name: Tiger (Le Tigre aime la chair fraîche) | Roger Rudel | Mr. Benitez | 1964 | |
Benitez´s henchman | ||||
The Day of the Owl (Il giorno della civetta) | Italian police | 1968 | ||
Confessions of a Police Captain | Thugs | 1971 | ||
Emergency Squad (Squadra volante) | Tomás Milián | Commissioner Ravelli | 1974 | |
Police | ||||
Street Law | Italian police | 1974 | ||
Crimebusters (Poliziotti violenti) | Police | 1976 | ||
Rome Armed to the Teeth | Italian Police | 1976 | ||
The Big Racket | Salvatore Borghese | Sgt. Salvatore Velasci | 1976 | |
Italian Police | ||||
Free Hand for a Tough Cop | Police | 1976 | ||
Convoy Busters (Un poliziotto scomodo) | Police | 1978 |
Anime
Title | Character | Note | Date |
---|---|---|---|
Gunslinger Girl: Il Teatrino | Franco | 2008 |
Fake Villar Perosa M1915 SMG
Movie armorers often use Beretta Model 38 variants to mock-up the Villar Perosa M1915 aircraft SMG. The most known example is a hand-held variant made by movie armorer Bapty & Co. which was used in several productions.
Film
Title | Actor | Character | Notation | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
The Sicilian | An outlaw | fitted with wooden stock for off-hand use; a Bapty & Co. mock-up made of: two visually modified inverted Beretta M38A, Bren front grip and a trigger group from an MG42 | 1987 | |
Batman | Joker's goon | fitted with wooden stock for off-hand use; a Bapty & Co. mock-up made of: two visually modified inverted Beretta M38A, Bren front grip and a trigger group from an MG42 | 1989 | |
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | Sean Connery | Prof. Henry Jones | Mounted on the biplane; a mock-up made of two upside-down Beretta Model 38/42 submachine guns | 1989 |
Video Game
Game Title | Appears as | Note | Release Date |
---|---|---|---|
Battlefield 1 | Villar Perosa | 2016 |