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| Perino Model 1908 | |
|---|---|
Austro-Hungarian captured Perino MG | |
| Type | Heavy machine gun |
| Place of origin | Kingdom of Italy,Austria-Hungary (captured) |
| Service history | |
| Used by | Italy |
| Wars | Italo-Turkish War(limited)[1],World War I |
| Production history | |
| Designer | Giuseppe Perino |
| Designed | 1901 |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 27kg |
| Cartridge | 6.5x52mm Carcano |
| Action | Recoil |
| Rate of fire | 450RPM |
| Feed system | 20 round strips |
| Sights | Iron |
ThePerino Model 1908 was an earlymachine gun of Italian origin designed earlier in 1901 byGiuseppe Perino, an engineer (Tecnico dell'Artiglieria). Perino's design apparently was the first Italian-designed machine gun, and in its original configuration weighed in at a heavy 27 kilograms (60 lb), which made it largely unsuitable to field utilization and apt only for fortifications; a lightened 1910 version brought the weight down to 15 kilograms (33 lb). The gun was nonetheless adopted by theRegio Esercito and saw some use alongside theFiat-Revelli Modello 14 and theMaxim guns. It had a unique feed mechanism, with a hopper on the side of the gun filled with up to five twenty-round clips rather than being belt fed. This allowed the loader to constantly keep the gun at maximum capacity, meaning the gun crew never had to stop to reload.
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