Editing Fascist Italian Equipment (section)

====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.