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The Pistola Mitragliatrice Fiat Mod. 1915, [1] commonly nicknamed the Villar Perosa, [1] was an Italian portable automatic weapon developed during World War I by the Officine di Villar Perosa. As it was designed to use 9×19mm ammunition, it is said to be the first submachine gun, although not a true submachine gun by modern standards. [2]
The Maschinengewehr des Standschützen Hellriegel in testing, 1915. Hellriegel's submachine gun was a fully automatic firearm. The gun had a water-cooled barrel. The cooling-jacket around the barrel bears similarities to that of the Schwarzlose machine gun, and had two openings, one to fill it with water and the other to release excess steam.
They used the Italian 9 mm model 38, a round much more powerful than the German made 9 mm Parabellum. Villar Perosa (1915) OVP 1918 (developed in 1918 from the Villar Perosa) Beretta Model 1918 (1918) Beretta Model 1938A (1938, based on earlier 1935 model) Beretta Model 38/42 (1940s, formed basis for model 3)
Villar Perosa aircraft submachine gun: Officine di Villar Perosa: 9mm Glisenti Italy: 1915 Other Walther MP: Walther arms: 9×19mm Parabellum.380 ACP West Germany: 1963-1985 SMG WG66: 7.62×25mm Tokarev East Germany: 1966 SMG Z-45: Star Bonifacio Echeverria, S.A. 9x19mm Parabellum 9×23mm Largo.38 Super.45 ACP Spain: 1945 SMG Z63: Star ...
The OVP 1918, an offspring of Revelli's Villar Perosa 1915, inspired [citation needed] Heinrich Vollmer for his telescopic bolt used in the VPM 1930, EMP, MP 38, MP 40 and MP 41. The Soviet Union made a similar use of MP 28 design in their PDD-34 sub machine gun in 1934. Further development of the PPD-34 led to the simplified PPD-40 and PPSh-41 ...
A French police officer has been ordered to pay 1,000 euros, or approximately $1,000 after he described a woman who filed a sexual assault complaint as a "whore", a source close to the case said ...
Bowman's attorneys concerned about execution drug, racial bias. Bowman's attorneys are arguing that there's a "veil of secrecy" surrounding pentobarbital, the execution drug being used to kill him.
Villar-Perosa OVP M1918 (Single barrel version) Walther M1918 machine pistol; Rifles. Fiat-Revelli M1916 automatic carbine; Howell M1915 semi automatic rifle; Huot M1916 automatic rifle; Knötgen M1914 automatic rifle; Lewis M1918 automatic rifle [12] Ribeyrolles M1918 automatic carbine; Cei-Rigotti M1895 automatic rifle; Springfield-Pedersen ...