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[-] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de 35 points 10 months ago

Spastico

They had a self-aware name

[-] Akasazh@feddit.nl 43 points 10 months ago

Luigi Pessario, Pietro Bastardo.

It's almost like OP made something up and is a blatant homosexual

[-] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de 9 points 10 months ago

Yeah, they did and I fell for it

[-] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago

I progettisti avevano il senso dell'umorismo

[-] magnetosphere@kbin.social 20 points 10 months ago

Okay, I’ll admit that the wing turrets could have been a good idea if done well. Maybe.

[-] aluminium@lemmy.world 18 points 10 months ago

Nothing however beats the Breda M30 LMG.

[-] magnetosphere@kbin.social 20 points 10 months ago

Damn. The Wikipedia page reads like an article on how not to design a machine gun.

[-] aluminium@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Oh it was an absolute dumpsterfire. A M1 Garand probably had a higher sustained rate of fire.

[-] Bademantel@feddit.de 8 points 10 months ago

According to the article it is very much comparable:

"When considering all of the gun's deficiencies, taken during combat when it was at its worst, the practical rate of fire of the Breda 30 could even have been comparable to a semi-automatic weapon's practical rate of fire, as the standard American rifle was (the M1 Garand and M1 Carbine) and the later German Gewehr 43."

Really a fun read.

[-] aluminium@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

yeah, and if you check out the forgotten weapons video on the gun you can actually see that on top of all that they were probably really expensive to make!

[-] Bademantel@feddit.de 2 points 10 months ago

Amazing, I had hoped there would be a video from him but didn't look for some reason. Thanks for the link!

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