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[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Spastico

They had a self-aware name

[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Luigi Pessario, Pietro Bastardo.

It's almost like OP made something up and is a blatant homosexual

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Yeah, they did and I fell for it

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I progettisti avevano il senso dell'umorismo

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago

Okay, I’ll admit that the wing turrets could have been a good idea if done well. Maybe.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nothing however beats the Breda M30 LMG.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Damn. The Wikipedia page reads like an article on how not to design a machine gun.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Oh it was an absolute dumpsterfire. A M1 Garand probably had a higher sustained rate of fire.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

According to the article it is very much comparable:

"When considering all of the gun's deficiencies, taken during combat when it was at its worst, the practical rate of fire of the Breda 30 could even have been comparable to a semi-automatic weapon's practical rate of fire, as the standard American rifle was (the M1 Garand and M1 Carbine) and the later German Gewehr 43."

Really a fun read.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

yeah, and if you check out the forgotten weapons video on the gun you can actually see that on top of all that they were probably really expensive to make!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Amazing, I had hoped there would be a video from him but didn't look for some reason. Thanks for the link!