Editing Fascist Italian Equipment (section)

====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 Unlike other rifles, the Carcano used round-headed bullets, a type of ammunition that was already outdated in World War I. While the Italians attempted to produce a more traditional rifle with the Carcano M38, they struggled to keep up with ammunition demands and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.