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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 army held their own separate submachine gun trials which compared designs by Beretta, Ansaldo, SIAI Savoia, Cei-Rigotti, and A.N. The Beretta gun was adopted, in September 1918 as the Moschetto Automatico Revelli-Beretta Mod. 1915 (commonly known as the "Beretta Model 1918") - however it was ultimately only adopted in semi-automatic form. [3]
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 ...
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 ...
Winchester Model 1915 ©Fox Photos / Hulton Archive via Getty Images. Year entered service: 1915. ... Type: Automatic rifle / light machine gun. Country of origin: Germany. Action: Gas-operated ...
In the 1930s the semiautomatic [4] Mod.1918/30 model was developed; It completely revamped the action of the gun, replacing the delayed-blowback Villar Perosa action with a new closed-bolt system with a loose firing pin that was cocked by a guided rod protruding from the rear of the receiver, with a ring-shaped cocking piece. This earned the ...
It was also used in other Italian weapons such as the Beretta Model 1915 and Beretta M1923 pistols. All weapons of the Villar Perosa family, including the O.V.P. submachine gun and Revelli-Beretta carbine, were originally intended to fire a variant of the 9mm Glisenti cartridge, known as Glisenti M.915 "Per Mitragliatrici" ('For Machine-Guns ...