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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.
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: ??
Film
Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Attention! Bandits! (Achtung! Banditi!) | Giuseppe Taffarel | Commander Vento | 1951 | |
Vittorio Duse | Domenico | |||
Italian cacciatori and partisans | ||||
The Battle of Neretva | Italian troops, Ustasha and partisans | 1969 | ||
The Pacifist (La pacifista) | Italian Carabinieri | 1970 | ||
Borsalino and Co. | Adolfo Lastretti | Luciano | 1974 | |
Borsalino and Co. | Siffredi henchmen | 1974 | ||
The Cassandra Crossing | Soldiers | 1976 | ||
Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man | Italian Carabinieri | 1976 | ||
The Gods Must Be Crazy | Terrorist leader Sam Boga | 1980 | ||
The Fall of Italy (Pad Italije) | Daniel Olbrychski | Davorin | 1981 | |
The Fall of Italy (Pad Italije) | Italian occupation forces and partisans | 1981 | ||
The Sicilian | An outlaw | Two inverted Beretta M38A visually modified to resemble Villar-Perosa SMG | 1987 | |
Captain Corelli's Mandolin | Christian Bale | Mandras | 2001 | |
Captain Corelli's Mandolin | Nicolas Cage | Captain Antonio Corelli | 2001 | |
Captain Corelli's Mandolin | Italian infantry and Carabinieri | 2001 | ||
El Alamein - The Line of Fire | Italian soldiers and officers | 2002 | ||
Miracle at St. Anna | Sergio Albelli | Rodolfo | 2008 | |
Miracle at St. Anna | Italian partisans | 2008 | ||
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 | ||
Silent Storm | 2003 | ||
Forgotten Hope 2 | 2005 | ||
Mafia II | ".38 SMG" | 2010 |
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: ??
Film
Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
The Last Adventure | Hans Meyer | The Mercenary | 1967 | |
OSS 117 - Double Agent (Niente rose per OSS 117) | Tuaregs guard | 1968 | ||
Ho! | Stéphane Fey | Schwartz-younger | M38/44 | 1968 |
The Battle of Neretva | Italian troops, Serbian chetniks and partisans | 1969 | ||
The Olsen Gang in a Fix | Bavarian mobster | 1969 | ||
How I Unleashed World War II | Waclaw Kowalski | Sgt. Kiedros | 1970 | |
Marian Kociniak | Pvt Franek Dolas | |||
Italian soldiers | ||||
Rome Armed to the Teeth | Italian Police | 1976 | ||
The Fall of Italy (Pad Italije) | Daniel Olbrychski | Davorin | 1981 | |
Miodrag Krivokapic | Andro | |||
Italian occupation forces and partisans | ||||
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | Sean Connery | Henry Jones, Sr. | mocked-up as a Villar-Perosa Mod 15 | 1989 |
Television
Title | Actor | Character | Note/Episode | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Legend of the Living Dead (Legenda o živých mrtvých) | Renáta Doleželová | Helena | mocked-up as MP41 | 1971 |
Stanislav Zindulka | Tony Adler | |||
German and ROA soldiers |
Video Game
Game Title | Appears as | Note | Release Date |
---|---|---|---|
Silent Storm | Suppressed & Unsuppressed | 2003 | |
Call of Duty 2: Big Red One | 2005 |