The Pistola Mitragliatrice Fiat Mod. 1915, commonly nicknamed the Villar Perosa, was an Italian portable automatic weapon developed during World War I by ...

Villar Perosa is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 40 kilometres (25 mi) southwest of ...

The Villar Perosa mod.1915 was an Italian double-barrel automatic weapon produced during World War I. Introduced in 1915, it saw use by the Royal Italian Army ...

Aug 4, 2022 · Villar is a symbolic location for the Agnelli family as it was here that Giovanni Agnelli, the grandfather of Gianni and Umberto, was born in ...

Aug 19, 2014 · Adjacent to the original 1730s house, attributed to architect Filippo Juvarra, is the vine-covered children's wing, constructed in the 1920s.

The Villar Perosa was adopted by the Italian Army during World War I, and was the first pistol-caliber machine gun to ever see military service, though there is ...

This was the first submachine gun to be used by any military, adopted by the Italian Army in 1915 and used by them on a large scale throughout the First ...

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Apr 10, 2024 · The barrel is only 260 mm (10 inches) long. When loaded with a 25- or 32-round magazine of 9-mm pistol ammunition, the gun weighs about 4 kg (9 ...