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Breda Modello 37
Breda Modello 37
Standard issue heavy machinegun of the Regio Esercito (Royal Army) of Italy during WWII and for another couple of years after the war (full radiation presumed around 1948, even if some were still kept in service at the Infantry School in Cesano (near Rome) for training purposes for a longer time). A peculiar note about this machinegun is that every round is extracted from the feed strip, shot, and the spent case is then replaced on the strip, so when the gun exhausts a feed strip the casings were still in one place and not scattered all around. The real motive behind this are unknown but it is speculated in several books (e.g."World War 2's Small Arms" by John Weeks) because such a system granted an easier recovery and thus reload and reusage or recycling of the brass of the spent cases.
Breda M37 was also used by Portuguese army under the name Metralhadora pesada 7,92 mm m/938 Breda.
The Breda Modello 37 and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attention! Bandits! (Achtung! Banditi!) | Giuseppe Taffarel | Commander Vento | 1951 | |
| Giuliano Montaldo | Lorenzo | |||
| Italian partisans | ||||
| Everybody Go Home! (Tutti a casa) | Alberto Sordi | Lt. Alberto Innocenzi | 1960 | |
| Everybody Go Home! (Tutti a casa) | Italian troops | mockups as AA Gun | 1960 | |
| The Four Days of Naples | Franco Sportelli | Prof. Rosati | 1962 | |
| Italian Resistance fighters | ||||
| Attack and Retreat (Italiani brava gente) | Italian soldiers | 1964 | ||
| The Camp Followers (Le soldatesse) | Italian soldiers | 1965 | ||
| The Battle of Neretva | Italian troops and Serbian chetniks | 1969 | ||
| Captain Corelli's Mandolin | Italian soldiers | 2001 | ||
| The Roses of the Desert | Italian soldiers | 2006 |
Television
| Title | Actor | Character | Note/Episode | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAS Rogue Heroes | British Army sergeant | Episode 1 | 2022 |
Video Game
| Game Title | Appears as | Note | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forgotten Hope | Mounted in machine gun nests/on Camionetta 42 "Sahariana" | 2003 | |
| Forgotten Hope 2 | Mounted in machine gun nests/on Camionetta 42 "Sahariana" | 2005 | |
| Call of Duty 2: Big Red One | "BM37" | 2005 | |
| Call of Duty: WWII | Cosmetic variant of the Breda Modello 30 | 2017 | |
| Enlisted | 2021 |
Breda Modello 38
Breda Modello 38 was a vehicle-mounted version of Modello 37. Unlike the base model, M38 used a top-mounted box magazine.
The Breda Modello 37 and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Biggest Bundle of Them All | Mounted on Carro Armato M13/40 | 1968 |
Video Game
| Game Title | Appears as | Note | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forgotten Hope 2 | Mounted on Carro Armato L6/40 light tank | 2005 | |
| Call of Duty 2: Big Red One | Mounted on Carro Armato M13/40 Tanks | 2005 | |
| Mare Nostrum | Mounted on Carro Armato M13/40 Tanks | 2008 | |
| Enlisted | Mounted on Carro Armato M13/40 and Carro Armato M14/41 Tanks | 2021 | |
| Call of Duty: Vanguard | Mounted on Carro Armato M13/40 Tanks | 2021 |
Anime
| Title | Characters | Notation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Girls und Panzer: This is the Real Anzio Battle! | Anzio High School | Mounted on P40 and L3/35 tanks | 2014 |
| Girls und Panzer: der Film | Anzio High School | Mounted on Carro Veloce CV-35 | 2015 |
| Girls und Panzer das Finale: Part 1 | Anzio High School | Mounted on Semovente da 75/18, CV-35, and P26/40 | 2017 |
| Girls und Panzer das Finale: Part 2 | Anzio High School | Mounted on Semovente da 75/18, CV-35, and P26/40 | 2019 |
See Also
- Breda Meccanica Bresciana - A list of all weapons produced by Breda Meccanica Bresciana.