Breda Modello 37

Breda Modello 37

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

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:

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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
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault			2002
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

See Also

• Breda Meccanica Bresciana - A list of all weapons produced by Breda Meccanica Bresciana.