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* '''Fire Modes:''' blowback
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| ''[[Sicilian, The]]''||  || An outlaw || fitted with wooden stock for off-hand use; a Bapty & Co. mock-up made of: two visually modified inverted [[Beretta Model 38A|Beretta M38A]], [[Bren]] front grip and a trigger group from an [[MG42]].  || 1987
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| ''[[Batman (1989)|Batman]]''||  || Joker's goon || fitted with wooden stock for off-hand use; a Bapty & Co. mock-up made of: two visually modified inverted [[Beretta Model 38A|Beretta M38A]], [[Bren]] front grip and a trigger group from an [[MG42]].  || 1987
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| ''[[Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade]]''|| [[Sean Connery]]  || Prof. Henry Jones || Mounted on the biplane; a mock-up made of two upside-down [[Beretta Model 38|Beretta Model 38/42]] submachine guns.  || 1987
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=== Video Games ===
=== Video Games ===

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Villar-Perosa Mod 15 - 9 mm Glisenti.
Villar-Perosa M1915, fitted with wooden stock for off-hand use - 9 mm Glisenti

Villar-Perosa M1915 is a twin-barreled submachine gun of Italian manufacturer Officine Villar Perosa (OVP in short) . It was originally designed in 1914 by famous Italian small arms designer Bethel Abiel Revelli as an aircraft weapon. It failed in this capacity, as it was designed to fire low-powered 9mm Glisenti ammunition, which was weaker than dimensionally similar 9x19 Luger ammunition. In 1915 the Villar-Perosa M195 was converted for ground applications, with introduction of variety of mountings, including light tripods/carrying trays (which were carried on shoulder straps or put on the ground for more stable position and less exposure to enemy fire) and light tripods. Later, a wooden rifle-type stock was designed for Villar-Perosa, so it could be fired more or less comfortable from the shoulder, thus creating the first practical submachine gun in the world. After the war, some of the original Villar-Perosa weapons (assembled from two similar guns) were disassembled into halves, and put into rifle type stocks, adding the rifle-type triggers. Such conversions were known as Villar Perosa OVP M1918 (as done by Villar Perosa). A slightly improved version of the same design was also produced by Beretta company, and it was known as Beretta M1918. Those, Villar-Perosa is not only, practically, the first submachine gun in the world, but also a beginner of Beretta's submachine gun traditions. As the original Villar-Perosa SMG's are rare and can hardly be seen outside of museums, those you will see in the movies are usually mock-ups from Beretta submachine guns or something like that.

Villar-Perosa M1915 SMG and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:

Specifications

(1914–1918)

  • Type: Submachine gun
  • Calibers: 9x19mm Glisenti
  • Weight: 6.5 kg (less mount)
  • Length: 21 in (? cm)
  • Barrel length: 279 mm
  • Capacity: 2 x 25 rounds (9x19mm Glisenti)
  • Fire Modes: blowback

Video Games

Game Title Appears as Mods Release Date
Battlefield: 1918 Villar-Perosa fitted with wooden stock for off-hand use 2010


See Also

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