Editing Fascist Italian Equipment (section)

===Small Arms===
====Rifles and SMGs====
[[File:Carcano M1891.jpeg|250px|thumb|left|Carcano: Italian for "President Killer".]]
* '''''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCvIEioG9Y0 Carcano M1891]'':''' A cheap, easily manufactured rifle that received a number of updates over the years. Opinions vary depending on the model, but of important note was its ammunition. Unlike other rifles, the Carcano used round-headed bullets, a type of ammunition that was already outdated in World War I. While the Italians attempted to produce a more traditional rifle with the Carcano M38, they struggled to keep up with ammunition demands and ended up going back to the old ammunition. Besides imported Austrian rifles and a semi-automatic rifle that was so short-lived people seem to disagree on if it was even used at all, the Carcano would end up being the only rifle Italy used during the war. Most famous for being the rifle Lee Harvey Oswald used to shoot JFK.

[[File:Beretta Model 38.webp|250px|thumb|right|The best SMG of the war, used by the worst army.]]
* '''''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogsdodlT99E Beretta Model38]'':''' Based on an old school semi-auto carbine of all things, this weapon [[AWESOME|would go on to be one of the best performing infantry small arms of the whole war.]] The weapon is most well-known for its iconic four-cut muzzle brake and a heat-shield style barrel that helped in air cooling. It’s also known for its unique double trigger system. Essentially the system used two triggers, one firing the weapon at full auto while the other was used for single shots. While making the weapon heavier (hence why modern SMGs don’t do this) it allowed a commanding officer to use aimed shots at a distant target before immediately firing full auto if suddenly assaulted or flanked, rather than taking the time to flip a fire switch. It was also super easy to maintain as you can literally just pull the firing mechanism out of the back of the gun (that’s what the large cap on the back is for). The weapon was ultimately so successful that the Italian government attempted to save resources by asking Beretta to purposefully make the later models more shit, and even than they still managed to achieve typical SMG performance for the time. Fun fact: the final airborne drop of the war was performed by co-belligerent troops with the goal of preventing German retreat into far North Italy. Outnumbered and outgunned, the Allied commanders allowed the Italian paratroopers to test every American, British, and captured German weapon they had access to. After these tests they universally agreed to take their old Beretta M38s. It was also known early war as the ‘burp guns’ as Italy experimented with ten round magazines resulting in a short ‘burp’ of automatic fire. 

[[File:FNAB-43.jpg|200px|thumb|left|The Algerian’s best friend.]]
* '''''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwY5ZQDqG70 FNAB-43]'':''' While originally entering the design process before Italy tapped out of the Axis in 1943, it was ultimately put into production in the RSI North. Was oddly expensive and high quality for the time, which resulted in only about a thousand being produced. Still had issues with being overly complicated and while not a bad firearm it was basically a more expensive, slightly less effective M38 from above. Oddly enough popped up in Africa and Algeria, and we have no idea why. 

[[File:TZ-45.webp|200px|thumb|right|The Burmese’s worst friend.]]
* '''''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5RYzCmK4-Q TZ-45]'':'''A last-ditch weapon produced in the final days of the war. Very light and, surprisingly, performed better than most last-ditch weapons! The big issue it had was that it was one of the first submachine guns to use a grip safety, most likely to stop untrained conscripts from shooting their own feet off or something. This meant that after putting a new clip in, one had to keep a hand on the magazine before taking their firing hand and using that to pull back the bolt. This was a VERY unnatural feeling and regular soldiers who had used traditional SMGs for years were bound to stuff it up thanks to muscle memory. Was sold to and used by the Burmese Army until 1955.

====Pistols====

[[File: Beretta Modello 1934-1935.jpg|200px|thumb|left|The quintessential pistol]]

* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIX1EL1hTmE '''''Beretta Modello 1934-1935'']:''' [[AWESOME|HOLY shit you guys…]] When someone says a weapon is ‘the best of the war’, that’s typically an opinion. To say that the Beretta pistol is the best pistol of the war is a strongly supported FACT. Hell there are still plenty of people who would agree wholeheartedly that it's still the best pistol of all time. Light, cheap, accurate, easy to make and easy to maintain, this weapon was so beloved that everyone from frontline troops to the highest-ranking officers on both sides nicked one whenever they could, and they only stopped being manufactured in 1993 ... in Italy. Foreign versions are still being widely manufactured today! The only real issue it may have is that it's chambered for 9mm ammunition, but many [[Skub|argue that 10mm or .45 is overkill for a sidearm anyway]]. A ton of these were made, so they’re not exactly uncommon, and plenty of Allied veterans came home with one. 

[[File: M1942 Sosso Pistol.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Il Duce’s personal firearm.]]

* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iO3ZAuiq35k '''''Beretta M1942 Sosso Pistol'']:''' A prototype design that’s only here because it ''was'' produced, but only for literally the highest-ranking people in Italy. All five of them. Benito himself got one naturally, as did the King. Used a holster/stock hybrid along with a curved magazine which held 21 rounds! Pretty good for its size, all things considered. Still, the weapon was heavy, the holster/stock was naturally not a good holster OR stock and we can’t say much for performance since it was given to the people least likely to ever get into a serious firefight in all of Italy. 

[[File: Glisenti Model 1910.jpg|100px|thumb|left|]]

* '''''Glisenti Model 1910'':''' A leftover from WWI, it was commonly used at the very start of the war. A complex system that was so easy to break it actually needed special [[FAIL|low powered rounds that struggled to cause serious harm at anything but point-blank range.]] Even after this modification the left plate was prone to shaking loose after prolonged firing.

* '''''Bodeo Model 1889'':''' If you thought the Glisenti was outdated, this revolver which predates it was still in use in the Italian army, despite being a fixed-frame gate-loaded revolver. This means that the revolver's cartridges can only be loaded and unloaded one at a time; something that most revolvers had ditched long ago.

====Machine Guns====

[[File:Breda 30.jpg|250px|thumb|left|Holy shit is the FAIL link going to have to overcharge itself for this one…]]

* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFJI04ifSoM '''''Breda Modello 30'']:''' [[FAIL|Oh God here we go lads. You’re looking at one of the top five worst weapons of the war period. This thing ... this thing is barely good as a club. Every seemingly terrible idea you can think of when designing a weapon was shoved into this one. I mean, where to even begin? Okay, so first off, the weapon only had a 20-round magazine. Doesn’t seem too bad at first, and it was pretty typical for pre-war machine guns to have small magazines, except those weapons used either a top mounted magazine or side-inserted stripper clips. This allowed the reloader to quickly slap on a new magazine or slot in a new clip in just a couple of seconds, keeping up a rapid rate of fire. The Breda on the other hand had an in-built magazine, meaning that to reload you had to push the magazine forward, reload the magazine manually with two strips, lock it back into place, and cock the gun. The weapon’s primary mechanisms were also exposed to the air, which meant that the gun required constant care and maintenance. So much so, in fact, that the operator was expected to oil the firing mechanism BETWEEN RELOADS! It even had a little cover on top you could slide open before dribbling the oil in. This resulted in a very oily and greasy weapon that had got mud and dirt stuck to it constantly. Now, combine this with North African sand and you can imagine the clusterfuck that ensued. Even in the best conditions it wasn’t very accurate, had a slow rate of fire and would jam so often you sometimes couldn’t get a full magazine out without needing to unjam it multiple times. So you'd think this was some early war model, right? They learned from their mistakes and replaced it, right? NOPE! Because of resource shortages and the quantity of the weapon already produced it was decided to keep the model in use until the end of the war. Oh, and it also used the same round tipped bullets as the Carcano.]]

[[File: Breda 38.jpg|200px|thumb|right|]]

* '''''Breda 38'':''' Considering the state of the regular light machine gun, Italian vehicle crews were very glad to receive their own separate model. The Breda 38 was on the heavy side for an LMG, but its compact size better suited the cramped spaces of a tank and offered much better accuracy and reliability. While limited by a top mounted 24-round magazine, it was very simple and easy to maintain. Its heavier barrel allowed the weapon to fire much more often before overheating, which thanks to a quick-change barrel was remedied quickly. It was effective enough that tripod mounts were produced so the weapon could be deployed with the infantry. 

[[File:Fiat–Revelli Modello 1935.jpg|200px|thumb|left|]]

*'''''Fiat–Revelli Modello 1935'':''' Essentially just a Fiat–Revelli Modello 1914 taken out of storage and modified to take a belt feed and replace the water-cooled barrel with an air-cooled version. Probably the most traditional machine gun used by the Italians despite the barrel overheating, jamming issues and rounds cooking off in the chamber.

====Antitank Infantry Weapons====

[[What|Lol nope.]] 

Well, mostly. Italian infantry had access to antitank grenades (as talked about below) but their primary and really their only man-portable antitank weapon was the Solothurn series of rifles, which are already covered in the [[Nazi Equipment|Nazi equipment page.]] The RSI was gifted a number of Panzerfausts and Panzerschrecks, also covered on that page. Really, the primary anti-tank weapon for the Italians was the Elefantino, which is covered below, being an antitank gun and all.

====Misc====

[[File:Lanciabombe Controcarro 60 mm.png|200px|thumb|left|The original [[Meme|Noob Tube.]]]]

*'''''Model 1928 Tromboncino'':''' Essentially a rifle-mounted grenade. Of special note was that this model used a separate firing mechanism and barrel attached to the rifle, instead of launching it from the rifle itself. If that sounds familiar, it should: [[What|the Italians invented the underbarrel grenade launcher.]] Well, it was attached to the side, but you get the idea. Despite being way ahead of its time, the attachment [[wat|didn’t come with its own bolt]], [[Fail|requiring the user to manually remove the bolt from the rifle before inserting it into the attachment.]] Also of note was its primary purpose, as these fired antitank grenades rather than fragmentation. While not even close to as powerful compared to something like a bazooka or Panzerschreck, it did allow the user to arc their shots at the vehicle’s top where the armour was weak. Too bad the single-bolt issue was pretty hard to ignore, so unsurprisingly it was never used in combat.