Breda Mod.5C | |
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Type | Medium Machine gun |
Place of origin | Kingdom of Italy |
Service history | |
Used by | Royal Italian Army |
Wars | Second Italo-Ethiopian War, World War II |
Production history | |
Manufacturer | Breda Meccanica Bresciana |
No. built | 2.000 |
Variants | Breda Mod.5G |
Specifications | |
Mass | 9.22 Kg |
Length | 940 mm |
Barrel length | barrel 450 mm |
Cartridge | 6.5×52mm Carcano |
Caliber | 6.5 mm |
Rate of fire | theoretic: 450-500 shots/min; practice:150-180 shots/min |
Effective firing range | 400 m |
Feed system | non detachable Magazine with 20 rounds, stripper clip with 20 rounds |
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Breda 5C, together with Fiat Mod. 26, was designed by the Italian Society Ernesto Breda Costruzioni Meccaniche to replace the machine gun SIA Mod. 1918. Despite the unsatisfactory results of both arms during the tests, however, they were adopted by the Royal Italian Army to address the critical shortage of automatic weapons. Assigned to the troops of Tripoli, a few dozen unit were used by meharists during World War II. It also armed the armored cars Fiat 611. [1]
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