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Beretta Model 38
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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 |
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 |
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