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[[File:Beretta Model 38.jpg|thumb|right|451px|Beretta Model 38 - 9x19mm Parabellum. It is worth noting that in some cases it was equipped not with a spike-bayonet, but (similarly to a folding) knife-bayonet.]]
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The Beretta Model 38, also known as ''Moschetto Automatico Beretta 38'' (literally "automatic rifle Beretta") or MAB, for short, was designed by Tullio Marengoni in 1935 and can trace it linage back to the [[Villar-Perosa M1915 SMG|Villar Perosa]] Machine Gun. The Beretta 38 was introduced in 1938 as the official sub machine gun of the Italian Army. It was a very robust weapon weighing in at 9 pounds 13 oz. fully machined forging and finely finished. The Model 38A was manufactured from 1938 to 1942 when the simplified Beretta Model 38/42 was introduced. The Model 38/42 was made from stampings and a rolled steel receiver to increase war time production. The Model 38/42 was produced from 1942 to 1944. The Beretta Model 38/44 was introduced in 1944 by the German controlled production line to German troops as a substitute standard. That model was in production from 1944 to 1949 and was issued to the Italian Army and Police after the war between 1945 and 1962.
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The '''Beretta Model 38''', also known as ''Moschetto Automatico Beretta 38'' (literally "automatic rifle Beretta"), or '''MAB 38''' for short, was designed by Tullio Marengoni in 1935-1937, and can trace it linage back to the [[Villar Perosa M1915|Villar Perosa]] Machine Gun, through the previous Beretta M1918 and M1918/30 models. Introduced in 1938, the Model 38 was originally used by the Italian police. The '''Beretta Model 38A''' was introduced in 1941 as the official submachine gun of the Italian Army. The changes was that the shape of the holes in the cooling jacket and the compensator was changed, the folding bayonet of the [[Carcano M91/38 Cavalry Carbine]] ​type was also removed. It is a very robust weapon weighing in at 9 pounds, 13 oz., fully machined forged, and finely finished. The Model 38 was well-liked by both Italian and German forces during World War II; captured examples also proved to be popular among Allied forces. A combination of hefty weight, a long barrel, and low rate of fire also makes the Model 38 extremely controllable in fully-automatic fire. An unusual feature is the presence of two triggers. The Model 38 lacks a fire selector, with the rear trigger for fully-automatic fire and the front trigger for single shots.
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The Model 38A was manufactured from 1941 to 1944, with the simplified Beretta Model 38/42 introduced in 1942. The Model 38/42 was made from stampings and a rolled steel receiver to increase war time production. The Model 38/42 was produced from 1942 to 1944. The Beretta Model 38/44 was introduced in 1944 by the German-controlled production line to German troops as a substitute standard. That model was in production from 1944 to 1949 and was issued to the Italian Army and Police after the war between 1945 and 1962, and to the force protection units of the Italian Air Force until the early '90s. Nowadays, the Italian Navy is the only user of the SMG. It is used in training, kept on board minor vessels as a "force protection and anti-mutiny weapon", and for ceremonial purposes, used only by the common sailors.
  
 
'''The Beretta Model 38 appears in the following movies, TV shows, and video games:'''
 
'''The Beretta Model 38 appears in the following movies, TV shows, and video games:'''
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==Beretta Model 38A==
 
==Beretta Model 38A==
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[[Image:Beretta Model 38A.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Beretta Model 38A - 9x19mm]]
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[[File:BerettaM38Aearly.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Early Beretta Model 38A - 9x19mm Parabellum. Note the folding bayonet and the large compensator.]]
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[[File:Beretta Model 38A.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Beretta Model 38A - 9x19mm]]
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[[File:BerettaM38A-20Rounds.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Beretta Model 38A with 20-round magazine - 9x19mm]]
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[[File:Beretta Mod.1.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Beretta Model 1 - 9x19mm Parabellum. An experimental version of the MAB 38A, developed in 1941. It did not go into production, but a number of elements were used in the subsequent MAB 38/42.]]
 
===Specifications===
 
===Specifications===
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(1938 - 1950)
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(1941 - 1944)
  
 
* '''Type:''' Submachine Gun
 
* '''Type:''' Submachine Gun
  
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* '''Caliber(s):''' 9×19mm
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* '''Caliber(s):''' 9×19mm Parabellum
  
 
* '''Weight:''' 9.26 lbs (4.2 kg)
 
* '''Weight:''' 9.26 lbs (4.2 kg)
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* '''Capacity:''' 10, 20, 30, or 40-Round Detachable Box Magazine
 
* '''Capacity:''' 10, 20, 30, or 40-Round Detachable Box Magazine
  
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* '''Fire Modes:''' ??
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* '''Fire Modes:''' Semi & Full auto
  
 
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| ''[[The Last Chance]]'' || || German soldiers and Italian partisans || with 20-round magazines || 1945
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| ''[[Rome, Open City (Roma città aperta)]]'' || || Italian ''Blackshirts'' and Resistance fighters || || 1945
 
|-
 
|-
 
| rowspan="3"|''[[Attention! Bandits! (Achtung! Banditi!)]]'' || [[Giuseppe Taffarel]] || Commander Vento || rowspan="3"| || rowspan="3"| 1951
 
| rowspan="3"|''[[Attention! Bandits! (Achtung! Banditi!)]]'' || [[Giuseppe Taffarel]] || Commander Vento || rowspan="3"| || rowspan="3"| 1951
 
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| [[Vittorio Duse]] ||  Domenico
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| [[Vittorio Duse]] ||  Domenico
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| || Italian  ''cacciatori'' and partisans
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| ''[[Soldier of Fortune (1955)|Soldier of Fortune]]'' || || || Seen in Hank Lee's cabin; without magazine || 1955
 
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|   || Italian ''cacciatori'' and partisans
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| ''[[The Law Is the Law]]'' || || || Italian ''Carabinieri'' || 1958
 
|-
 
|-
 
| rowspan="3"|''[[Everybody Go Home! (Tutti a casa)]]'' || [[Vincenzo Musolino]] || First fascist || rowspan="3"| || rowspan="3"| 1960
 
| rowspan="3"|''[[Everybody Go Home! (Tutti a casa)]]'' || [[Vincenzo Musolino]] || First fascist || rowspan="3"| || rowspan="3"| 1960
 
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| [[Mario Frera]] ||  Second fascist
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| [[Mario Frera]] ||  Second fascist
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| || Fascists and Italian partisans
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|rowspan="2"|''[[Five Branded Women]]''||  [[Alex Nicol]] || Svenko || rowspan=2| || rowspan="2"|1960
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|  || Italian partisans
 
|-
 
|-
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|   || Fascists and Italian partisans
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| ''[[Bandits of Orgosolo (Banditi a Orgosolo)]]'' || || Carabiniers || || 1961
 
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|-
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|rowspan="3"|''[[Five Branded Women]]''|| [[Silvana Mangano]] || Jovanka || rowspan=3| || rowspan="3"|1960
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| rowspan=2|''[[The Four Days of Naples (Le quattro giornate di Napoli)|The Four Days of Naples]]'' || [[Gian Maria Volontè]] || Capt. Enzo Stimolo || rowspan=2| || rowspan=2|1962
 
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|-
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| [[Alex Nicol]] || Svenko
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| || Resistance fighters
 
|-
 
|-
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| || Italian partisans
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| ''[[Attack and Retreat (Italiani brava gente)]]'' || || Italian soldiers || || 1964
 
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|-
 
| rowspan=2 | ''[[Our Man Flint]]'' || [[James Coburn]] || Derek Flint || With removed barrel shroud || rowspan=2 | 1965
 
| rowspan=2 | ''[[Our Man Flint]]'' || [[James Coburn]] || Derek Flint || With removed barrel shroud || rowspan=2 | 1965
 
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|-
 
| || Fake and real guards in Z.O.W.I.E. building || With removed barrel shroud
 
| || Fake and real guards in Z.O.W.I.E. building || With removed barrel shroud
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| ''[[What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?]]'' || || Italian soldier || || 1966
 
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|-
 
| ''[[In Like Flint]]'' |||| Z.O.W.I.E. guards at missile base|| With removed barrel shroud || 1967
 
| ''[[In Like Flint]]'' |||| Z.O.W.I.E. guards at missile base|| With removed barrel shroud || 1967
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|-
 
| ''[[Pasha (Le Pacha)]]'' || || Quinquin's henchmen || || 1968
 
| ''[[Pasha (Le Pacha)]]'' || || Quinquin's henchmen || || 1968
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|-
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| ''[[Don't Take God's Children for Wild Geese (Faut pas prendre les enfants du bon Dieu pour des canards sauvages)|Don't Take God's Children for Wild Geese]]'' || || Charles' henchman || || 1968
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|''[[Che!]]''||[[Rudy Diaz]]||Willy||||1969
 
|-
 
|-
 
| ''[[Battle of Neretva, The|The Battle of Neretva]]'' || || Italian troops, Ustasha and partisans ||  || 1969
 
| ''[[Battle of Neretva, The|The Battle of Neretva]]'' || || Italian troops, Ustasha and partisans ||  || 1969
 
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|-
 
| ''[[Pacifist, The (La pacifista)|The Pacifist (La pacifista)]]'' || || Italian ''Carabinieri'' || ||1970
 
| ''[[Pacifist, The (La pacifista)|The Pacifist (La pacifista)]]'' || || Italian ''Carabinieri'' || ||1970
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| ''[[Massacre in Rome]]'' || || Italian partisans || || 1973
 
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|-
 
| rowspan=2 | ''[[Borsalino and Co.]]''||[[Adolfo Lastretti]]||Luciano|| || rowspan=2 | 1974
 
| rowspan=2 | ''[[Borsalino and Co.]]''||[[Adolfo Lastretti]]||Luciano|| || rowspan=2 | 1974
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|-
 
| ''[[The Last Four Days]]'' || || Mussolini's guards and Italian partisans || || 1974
 
| ''[[The Last Four Days]]'' || || Mussolini's guards and Italian partisans || || 1974
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| ''[[Emergency Squad (Squadra volante)]]'' || || A criminal || || 1974
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| ''[[Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom]]'' || || Collaborators || || 1975
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| ''[[The Tree of Guernica (L'arbre de Guernica)]]'' || || Spanish Nationalists || || 1975
 
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|-
 
|''[[Cassandra Crossing, The|The Cassandra Crossing]]'' || || Soldiers || || 1976
 
|''[[Cassandra Crossing, The|The Cassandra Crossing]]'' || || Soldiers || || 1976
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|-
 
|  || Italian troops, Tito´s partisans
 
|  || Italian troops, Tito´s partisans
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| ''[[The Sicilian]]'' || || An outlaw || Two inverted Beretta M38A visually modified to resemble [[Villar-Perosa M1915 SMG|Villar-Perosa SMG]] || 1987
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
| rowspan=3 | ''[[Captain Corelli's Mandolin]]'' || [[Christian Bale]] || Mandras || || rowspan=3 | 2001
 
| rowspan=3 | ''[[Captain Corelli's Mandolin]]'' || [[Christian Bale]] || Mandras || || rowspan=3 | 2001
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|-
 
|''[[El Alamein - The Line of Fire]]'' ||  || Italian soldiers and officers || || 2002
 
|''[[El Alamein - The Line of Fire]]'' ||  || Italian soldiers and officers || || 2002
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| ''[[Senso '45]]'' || || Italian ''Blackshirts'' || || 2002
 
|-
 
|-
 
| rowspan=2 | ''[[Miracle at St. Anna]]'' || [[Sergio Albelli]] || Rodolfo || || rowspan=2 | 2008  
 
| rowspan=2 | ''[[Miracle at St. Anna]]'' || [[Sergio Albelli]] || Rodolfo || || rowspan=2 | 2008  
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|''[[Medal of Honor: Allied Assault|Medal of Honor Allied Assault: Breakthrough]]''|| || ||2002
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| ''[[Medal of Honor: Allied Assault|Medal of Honor Allied Assault: Breakthrough]]'' || || || 2002
 
|-
 
|-
 
| ''[[Forgotten Hope]]'' || || || 2003
 
| ''[[Forgotten Hope]]'' || || || 2003
 
|-
 
|-
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|''[[Forgotten Hope 2]]''|| || ||2005
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| ''[[Forgotten Hope 2]]'' || "Beretta M38A" || Misplaced magazine || 2007
 
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|-
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| ''[[Mare Nostrum]]'' || || ||  || 2008
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| ''[[Mare Nostrum]]'' || || || 2008
 
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|-
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|''[[Mafia II]]''||".38 SMG"|| ||2010
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| ''[[Mafia II]]'' || .38 SMG || || 2010
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| ''[[Sniper Elite III]]'' || MAB 38 || "Axis Weapons Pack" DLC || 2014
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| ''[[Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades]]'' || Model38 || || 2016
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| ''[[Sniper Elite 4]]'' || MAB 38 || || 2017
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| ''[[Call of Duty: WWII]]'' || "Orso" || || 2017
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| rowspan=2|''[[Strange Brigade]]'' || "Royce M33 Carbine" ||with 50 round magazine||rowspan=2|2018
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| "Twin Shooter" || with 150 round magazine
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| ''[[Battlefield V]]'' || "MAB 38" || "Trial By Fire" update (2019) || 2018
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| rowspan=3|''[[Enlisted]]'' ||||Beretta Model 1||rowspan=3|2021
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| ||Beretta Model 38A with 20 round mag
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| ||Beretta Model 38A with 40 round mag
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|''[[Lupin III: The Pursuit of Harimao's Treasure]]'' || Sir Archer || || 1995
 
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==Beretta Model 38/42==
 
==Beretta Model 38/42==
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[[Image:Beretta Model 38-42.jpg|thumb|right|451px|Beretta Model 38/42 - 9x19mm]]
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[[Image:Beretta Model 38-42.jpg|thumb|right|451px|Beretta Model 38/42 (aka MAB 38A42) - 9x19mm]]
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[[Image:Beretta Model 38-44.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Beretta Model 38/44 - 9x19mm. This model replaced the 38/42 and features an unfluted barrel and lacks the recoil spring extension from the back of the receiver.]]
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[[Image:Beretta Model 38-44.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Beretta Model 38/44 (aka MAB 38A44) - 9x19mm. This model replaced the 38/42 and features an unfluted barrel and lacks the recoil spring extension from the back of the receiver.]]
 
===Specifications===
 
===Specifications===
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MAB 38A42: (1942  - 1944), MAB 38A44: (1944  - 1949)
  
 
* '''Type:''' Submachine Gun
 
* '''Type:''' Submachine Gun
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* '''Capacity:''' 10, 20, 30, or 40-Round Detachable Box Magazine
 
* '''Capacity:''' 10, 20, 30, or 40-Round Detachable Box Magazine
  
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===Film===
 
===Film===
 
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| ''[[You are Attagirl, Anita! (Ty molodets, Anita!)]]'' || || Spanish (?) Soldiers || M38/42, M38/43 || 1957
 
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| ''[[Consider All Risks (Classe tous risques)]]'' || || Italian police || || 1960
 
| ''[[Consider All Risks (Classe tous risques)]]'' || || Italian police || || 1960
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|  || Italian partisans
 
|  || Italian partisans
 
|-
 
|-
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| rowspan=2 | ''[[Code Name: Tiger (Le Tigre aime la chair fraîche)]]'' || [[Roger Rudel]] || Mr. Benitez || || rowspan=2 | 1964
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| rowspan=2|''[[Bandits of Orgosolo (Banditi a Orgosolo)]]'' || Michele Cossu || Michele Iossu || M38/44 || rowspan=2|1961
 
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|-
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| || Benitez´s henchman ||
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| || A bandit || M38/42
 
|-
 
|-
 
| ''[[The Majordomo (Le majordome)]]'' || [[Paul Meurisse]] || Léopold || M38/44 || 1965
 
| ''[[The Majordomo (Le majordome)]]'' || [[Paul Meurisse]] || Léopold || M38/44 || 1965
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| ''[[Wake Up and Die (Svegliati e uccidi)]]'' || || Italian criminals and police || M38/44 || 1966
 
|-
 
|-
 
|''[[The Last Adventure]]''||[[Hans Meyer]]||The Mercenary|| ||1967
 
|''[[The Last Adventure]]''||[[Hans Meyer]]||The Mercenary|| ||1967
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| ''[[The Biggest Bundle of Them All]]'' || || Carabinieri, Polizia Stradale, guards || M38/44 || 1968
 
|-
 
|-
 
| ''[[OSS 117 - Double Agent (Niente rose per OSS 117)]]'' ||  || Tuaregs guard ||  || 1968
 
| ''[[OSS 117 - Double Agent (Niente rose per OSS 117)]]'' ||  || Tuaregs guard ||  || 1968
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|-
 
| ''[[Violent Four, The (Banditi a Milano)|The Violent Four (Banditi a Milano)]]''|| || Carabinieri || ||1968
 
| ''[[Violent Four, The (Banditi a Milano)|The Violent Four (Banditi a Milano)]]''|| || Carabinieri || ||1968
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|-
 
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| ''[[The Day of the Owl (Il giorno della civetta)]]'' || || Italian police || || 1968
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
| ''[[Battle of Neretva, The|The Battle of Neretva]]'' || || Italian troops, Serbian ''chetniks'' and partisans ||  M38/42 and M38/44 || 1969
 
| ''[[Battle of Neretva, The|The Battle of Neretva]]'' || || Italian troops, Serbian ''chetniks'' and partisans ||  M38/42 and M38/44 || 1969
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|  || Italian soldiers
 
|  || Italian soldiers
 
|-
 
|-
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| ''[[Confessions of a Police Captain]]'' || || Thugs || || 1971
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| rowspan="3"|''[[Legend of the Living Dead (Legenda o živých mrtvých)]]'' || [[Renáta Doleželová]] || Helenka || rowspan="3"| || rowspan="3"|1971
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|-
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| [[Stanislav Zindulka]] || Tony Adler
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|-
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|  || German and ''ROA'' troops 
 
|-
 
|-
 
| ''[[Execution Squad (La polizia ringrazia)]]'' || || Carabinieri || || 1972
 
| ''[[Execution Squad (La polizia ringrazia)]]'' || || Carabinieri || || 1972
 
|-
 
|-
−
| ''[[Black Turin]]'' || || Trotta || Carabinieri || 1972
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| ''[[Black Turin]]'' || || Carabiniers || M38/42 || 1972
 
|-
 
|-
 
| ''[[Gang War in Naples]]'' || || Police and criminals || M38/42 and M38/44 || 1972
 
| ''[[Gang War in Naples]]'' || || Police and criminals || M38/42 and M38/44 || 1972
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|-
 
| ''[[Flatfoot]]'' || || Police || || 1973
 
| ''[[Flatfoot]]'' || || Police || || 1973
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|-
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| ''[[We Want the Colonels (Vogliamo i colonnelli)]]'' || || Paramilitarians, soldiers, carabiniers || M38/42 and M38/44 || 1973
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|-
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| ''[[Massacre in Rome]]'' || || German soldiers || M38/44 || 1973
 
|-
 
|-
 
| ''[[Almost Human (1974)|Almost Human]]'' || || Italian Police || || 1974
 
| ''[[Almost Human (1974)|Almost Human]]'' || || Italian Police || || 1974
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| ''[[Rabid Dogs]]'' || || Police || || 1974
 
| ''[[Rabid Dogs]]'' || || Police || || 1974
 
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|-
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| ''[[Shoot First, Die Later (Il poliziotto è marcio)]]'' || [[Luc Merenda]] || Commissioner Malacarne || || 1974
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| rowspan=4 | ''[[Shoot First, Die Later (Il poliziotto è marcio)]]'' || [[Luc Merenda]] || Commissioner Malacarne || || rowspan=4 | 1974
 
|-
 
|-
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| ''[[Shoot First, Die Later (Il poliziotto è marcio)]]'' || [[Rosario Borelli]] || Garrito || || 1974
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| [[Rosario Borelli]] || Garrito ||  
 
|-
 
|-
−
| ''[[Shoot First, Die Later (Il poliziotto è marcio)]]'' || [[Sergio Ammirata]] || Curcetti || || 1974
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| [[Sergio Ammirata]] || Curcetti ||  
 
|-
 
|-
−
| ''[[Shoot First, Die Later (Il poliziotto è marcio)]]'' || || Police || || 1974
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| || Police ||  
 
|-
 
|-
−
| ''[[Emergency Squad (Squadra volante)]]'' || [[Tomás Milián]] || Commissioner Ravelli || || 1974
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| ''[[Street Law]]'' || || Italian police || || 1974
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|-
 
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| ''[[Emergency Squad (Squadra volante)]]'' || || Police || || 1974
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
| ''[[Silent Action]]'' || || Police and terrorists || || 1975
 
| ''[[Silent Action]]'' || || Police and terrorists || || 1975
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|-
 
| ''[[How to Kill a Judge (Perché si uccide un magistrato)]]'' || || Police || || 1975
 
| ''[[How to Kill a Judge (Perché si uccide un magistrato)]]'' || || Police || || 1975
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| ''[[Syndicate Sadists (Il giustiziere sfida la città)|Syndicate Sadists]]'' || || Paterno's henchman || M38/42 || 1975
 
|-
 
|-
 
| ''[[Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man]]'' || || Italian Police || || 1976
 
| ''[[Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man]]'' || || Italian Police || || 1976
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|-
 
−
| ''[[Rome Armed to the Teeth]]'' || || Italian Police || || 1976
 
−
|-
 
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| rowspan=2 | ''[[The Big Racket]]'' || [[Salvatore Borghese]] || Sgt. Salvatore Velasci || || rowspan=2 | 1976
 
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|-
 
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| || Italian Police ||
 
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|-
 
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| ''[[Free Hand for a Tough Cop]]'' || || Police || M38/44 || 1976
 
−
|-
 
−
| ''[[Crimebusters (Poliziotti violenti)]]'' || || Police || || 1976
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
| ''[[Bloody Payroll (Milano violenta)]]'' || || Police || M38/42, M38/44 || 1976
 
| ''[[Bloody Payroll (Milano violenta)]]'' || || Police || M38/42, M38/44 || 1976
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|  || Italian troops, Tito´s partisans
 
|  || Italian troops, Tito´s partisans
 
|-
 
|-
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|''[[Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade]]''||[[Sean Connery]]||Henry Jones, Sr.||mocked-up as a [[Villar-Perosa submachine gun|Villar-Perosa Mod 15]]||1989
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|''[[Tenet]]''||||||seen in a warehouse||2020
 
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===Television===
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===Video Game===
 
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|''[[Forgotten Hope 2]]'' || "Maschinenpistole 738(i)" ||Added in v2.64 "Compagnons" (2024)|| 2007
 
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| rowspan="3"|''[[Legend of the Living Dead (Legenda o živých mrtvých)]]'' || [[Renáta Doleželová]] || Helena || rowspan="3"| mocked-up as [[MP41]] || rowspan="3"|1971
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|''[[Enlisted]]'' || ||Beretta Model 38/42 with 40 round mag.|| 2021
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[Stanislav Zindulka]] || Tony Adler
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|}
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==Beretta Model 38/49==
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[[Image:Beretta38-49.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Beretta Model 38/49 - 9x19mm]]
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[[File:Beretta Modello 2.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Beretta Model 2, experimental folding stock version of Model 38/49 - 9x19mm]]
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[[Image:MAB 38-57.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Beretta Model 38/57 (also known as Model 5) - 9x19mm]]
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This version includes a crossbolt-type safety. Once the magazine is inserted, the safety is activated by pressing the crossbar from left to right. According to some sources, it was also later offered as the "Model 4"; this may cause some confusion as the original Beretta Model 4 was an experimental SMG, which had a folding stock and an attachable bayonet.
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In 1957, it was replaced by the '''MAB 38/57''', characterized by a new safety, located in the finger groove on the right side of the stock. This safety must be pushed inwards when grasping the stock for the weapon to fire. The MAB 38/57 was the last version, produced until 1961.
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|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
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|-
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| rowspan=2 | ''[[Code Name: Tiger (Le Tigre aime la chair fraîche)]]'' || [[Roger Rudel]] || Mr. Benitez ||  || rowspan=2 | 1964
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|-
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| || Benitez´s henchman ||
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|-
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| ''[[The Day of the Owl (Il giorno della civetta)]]'' || || Italian police || MAB 38/57 || 1968
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|-
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| ''[[Confessions of a Police Captain]]'' || || Thugs || || 1971
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|-
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| rowspan=2 | ''[[Emergency Squad (Squadra volante)]]'' || [[Tomás Milián]] || Commissioner Ravelli || || rowspan=2 | 1974
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|-
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| || Police ||
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|-
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| ''[[Street Law]]'' || || Italian police || MAB 38/57 || 1974
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|-
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| ''[[Crimebusters (Poliziotti violenti)]]'' || || Police || || 1976
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|-
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| ''[[Rome Armed to the Teeth]]'' || || Italian Police || || 1976
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|-
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| rowspan=2 | ''[[The Big Racket]]'' || [[Salvatore Borghese]] || Sgt. Salvatore Velasci || || rowspan=2 | 1976
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|-
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| || Italian Police || MAB 38/49 and MAB 38/57
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|-
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| ''[[Free Hand for a Tough Cop]]'' || || Police || || 1976
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| ''[[Convoy Busters (Un poliziotto scomodo)]]'' || || Police || MAB 38/57 || 1978
 
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| rowspan="3" | ''[[Lupin III: The Pursuit of Harimao's Treasure]]'' || Lupin || rowspan="3" | || rowspan="3" | 1995
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| Daisuke Jigen
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| ''[[Gunslinger Girl: Il Teatrino]]'' || Franco ||  || 2008
 
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[[Image:Fake Villar Perosa from The Sicilian.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Fake "Villar Perosa" SMG. Photo from [http://www.longmountain.com/just-for-fun/movie-guns/TheSicilian/ Long Mountain Outfitters] web site.]]
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[[Image:Fake Villar Perosa from The Sicilian.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Fake "Villar Perosa" SMG - 9x19mm Parabellum. Photo from [http://www.longmountain.com/just-for-fun/movie-guns/TheSicilian/ Long Mountain Outfitters] web site.]]
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Movie armorers often use Beretta Model 38 variants to mock-up [[Villar-Perosa M1915 SMG]]. The most known example is a hand-held variant made by movie armorer ''Bapty & Co.'' which was used in several productions.  
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Movie armorers often use Beretta Model 38 variants to mock-up the [[Villar Perosa M1915]] SMG. The most known example is a hand-held variant made by movie armorer ''Bapty & Co.'' which was used in several productions.  
  
 
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| ''[[Sicilian, The]]''||  || An outlaw || fitted with wooden stock for off-hand use; a Bapty & Co. mock-up made of: two visually modified inverted [[Beretta Model 38A|Beretta M38A]], [[Bren]] front grip and a trigger group from an [[MG42]].  || 1987
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| ''[[The Sicilian]]''||  || An outlaw || fitted with wooden stock for off-hand use; a Bapty & Co. mock-up made of: two visually modified inverted [[Beretta Model 38A|Beretta M38A]], [[Bren]] front grip and a trigger group from an [[MG42]] || 1987
 
|-  
 
|-  
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| ''[[Batman (1989)|Batman]]''||  || Joker's goon || fitted with wooden stock for off-hand use; a Bapty & Co. mock-up made of: two visually modified inverted [[Beretta Model 38A|Beretta M38A]], [[Bren]] front grip and a trigger group from an [[MG42]].  || 1987
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| ''[[Batman (1989)|Batman]]''||  || Joker's goon || fitted with wooden stock for off-hand use; a Bapty & Co. mock-up made of: two visually modified inverted [[Beretta Model 38A|Beretta M38A]], [[Bren]] front grip and a trigger group from an [[MG42]] || 1989
 
|-  
 
|-  
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| ''[[Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade]]''|| [[Sean Connery]]  || Prof. Henry Jones || Mounted on the biplane; a mock-up made of two upside-down [[Beretta Model 38|Beretta Model 38/42]] submachine guns.  || 1987
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| ''[[Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade]]''|| [[Sean Connery]]  || Prof. Henry Jones || Mounted on the biplane; a mock-up made of two upside-down [[Beretta Model 38|Beretta Model 38/42]] submachine guns || 1989
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|''[[Battlefield 1]]'' || Villar Perosa || || 2016
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Revision as of 18:44, 26 January 2024

Beretta Model 38 - 9x19mm Parabellum. It is worth noting that in some cases it was equipped not with a spike-bayonet, but (similarly to a folding) knife-bayonet.

The Beretta Model 38, also known as Moschetto Automatico Beretta 38 (literally "automatic rifle Beretta"), or MAB 38 for short, was designed by Tullio Marengoni in 1935-1937, and can trace it linage back to the Villar Perosa Machine Gun, through the previous Beretta M1918 and M1918/30 models. Introduced in 1938, the Model 38 was originally used by the Italian police. The Beretta Model 38A was introduced in 1941 as the official submachine gun of the Italian Army. The changes was that the shape of the holes in the cooling jacket and the compensator was changed, the folding bayonet of the Carcano M91/38 Cavalry Carbine ​type was also removed. It is a very robust weapon weighing in at 9 pounds, 13 oz., fully machined forged, and finely finished. The Model 38 was well-liked by both Italian and German forces during World War II; captured examples also proved to be popular among Allied forces. A combination of hefty weight, a long barrel, and low rate of fire also makes the Model 38 extremely controllable in fully-automatic fire. An unusual feature is the presence of two triggers. The Model 38 lacks a fire selector, with the rear trigger for fully-automatic fire and the front trigger for single shots.

The Model 38A was manufactured from 1941 to 1944, with the simplified Beretta Model 38/42 introduced in 1942. The Model 38/42 was made from stampings and a rolled steel receiver to increase war time production. The Model 38/42 was produced from 1942 to 1944. The Beretta Model 38/44 was introduced in 1944 by the German-controlled production line to German troops as a substitute standard. That model was in production from 1944 to 1949 and was issued to the Italian Army and Police after the war between 1945 and 1962, and to the force protection units of the Italian Air Force until the early '90s. Nowadays, the Italian Navy is the only user of the SMG. It is used in training, kept on board minor vessels as a "force protection and anti-mutiny weapon", and for ceremonial purposes, used only by the common sailors.

The Beretta Model 38 appears in the following movies, TV shows, and video games:


Beretta Model 38A

Early Beretta Model 38A - 9x19mm Parabellum. Note the folding bayonet and the large compensator.
Beretta Model 38A - 9x19mm
Beretta Model 38A with 20-round magazine - 9x19mm
Beretta Model 1 - 9x19mm Parabellum. An experimental version of the MAB 38A, developed in 1941. It did not go into production, but a number of elements were used in the subsequent MAB 38/42.

Specifications

(1941 - 1944)

  • Type: Submachine Gun
  • Caliber(s): 9×19mm Parabellum
  • Weight: 9.26 lbs (4.2 kg)
  • Length: 37.2 in (94.6 cm)
  • Barrel length(s): 12.4 in (31.5 cm)
  • Capacity: 10, 20, 30, or 40-Round Detachable Box Magazine
  • Fire Modes: Semi & Full auto

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
The Last Chance German soldiers and Italian partisans with 20-round magazines 1945
Rome, Open City (Roma città aperta) Italian Blackshirts and Resistance fighters 1945
Attention! Bandits! (Achtung! Banditi!) Giuseppe Taffarel Commander Vento 1951
Vittorio Duse Domenico
Italian cacciatori and partisans
Soldier of Fortune Seen in Hank Lee's cabin; without magazine 1955
The Law Is the Law Italian Carabinieri 1958
Everybody Go Home! (Tutti a casa) Vincenzo Musolino First fascist 1960
Mario Frera Second fascist
Fascists and Italian partisans
Five Branded Women Alex Nicol Svenko 1960
Italian partisans
Bandits of Orgosolo (Banditi a Orgosolo) Carabiniers 1961
The Four Days of Naples Gian Maria Volontè Capt. Enzo Stimolo 1962
Resistance fighters
Attack and Retreat (Italiani brava gente) Italian soldiers 1964
Our Man Flint James Coburn Derek Flint With removed barrel shroud 1965
Fake and real guards in Z.O.W.I.E. building With removed barrel shroud
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? Italian soldier 1966
In Like Flint Z.O.W.I.E. guards at missile base With removed barrel shroud 1967
The Violent Four (Banditi a Milano) Tomas Milian Commissioner Basevi 1968
Pasha (Le Pacha) Quinquin's henchmen 1968
Don't Take God's Children for Wild Geese Charles' henchman 1968
Che! Rudy Diaz Willy 1969
The Battle of Neretva Italian troops, Ustasha and partisans 1969
The Pacifist (La pacifista) Italian Carabinieri 1970
Massacre in Rome Italian partisans 1973
Borsalino and Co. Adolfo Lastretti Luciano 1974
Siffredi henchmen
The Last Four Days Mussolini's guards and Italian partisans 1974
Emergency Squad (Squadra volante) A criminal 1974
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom Collaborators 1975
The Tree of Guernica (L'arbre de Guernica) Spanish Nationalists 1975
The Cassandra Crossing Soldiers 1976
The Gods Must Be Crazy Terrorist leader Sam Boga 1980
The Fall of Italy (Pad Italije) Daniel Olbrychski Davorin 1981
Igor Hajdarhodzic Lovre
Italian troops, Tito´s partisans
Captain Corelli's Mandolin Christian Bale Mandras 2001
Nicolas Cage Captain Antonio Corelli
Italian infantry and Carabinieri
El Alamein - The Line of Fire Italian soldiers and officers 2002
Senso '45 Italian Blackshirts 2002
Miracle at St. Anna Sergio Albelli Rodolfo 2008
Italian partisans
New Kids Turbo Tim Haars Gerrie 2010

Video Game

Game Title Appears as Note Release Date
Medal of Honor Allied Assault: Breakthrough 2002
Forgotten Hope 2003
Forgotten Hope 2 "Beretta M38A" Misplaced magazine 2007
Mare Nostrum 2008
Mafia II .38 SMG 2010
Sniper Elite III MAB 38 "Axis Weapons Pack" DLC 2014
Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades Model38 2016
Sniper Elite 4 MAB 38 2017
Call of Duty: WWII "Orso" 2017
Strange Brigade "Royce M33 Carbine" with 50 round magazine 2018
"Twin Shooter" with 150 round magazine
Battlefield V "MAB 38" "Trial By Fire" update (2019) 2018
Enlisted Beretta Model 1 2021
Beretta Model 38A with 20 round mag
Beretta Model 38A with 40 round mag

Anime

Title Character Note Date
Lupin III: The Pursuit of Harimao's Treasure Sir Archer 1995


Beretta Model 38/42

Beretta Model 38/42 (aka MAB 38A42) - 9x19mm
Beretta Model 38/44 (aka MAB 38A44) - 9x19mm. This model replaced the 38/42 and features an unfluted barrel and lacks the recoil spring extension from the back of the receiver.

Specifications

MAB 38A42: (1942 - 1944), MAB 38A44: (1944 - 1949)

  • Type: Submachine Gun
  • Caliber(s): 9×19mm
  • Weight: 7.21 lbs (3.27 kg)
  • Length: 31.5 in (80 cm)
  • Barrel length(s): 8.39 in (21.3 cm)
  • Capacity: 10, 20, 30, or 40-Round Detachable Box Magazine
  • Fire Modes: Semi & Full auto


Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
You are Attagirl, Anita! (Ty molodets, Anita!) Spanish (?) Soldiers M38/42, M38/43 1957
Consider All Risks (Classe tous risques) Italian police 1960
Five Branded Women Silvana Mangano Jovanka 1960
Vera Miles Daniza
Italian partisans
Bandits of Orgosolo (Banditi a Orgosolo) Michele Cossu Michele Iossu M38/44 1961
A bandit M38/42
The Majordomo (Le majordome) Paul Meurisse Léopold M38/44 1965
Wake Up and Die (Svegliati e uccidi) Italian criminals and police M38/44 1966
The Last Adventure Hans Meyer The Mercenary 1967
The Biggest Bundle of Them All Carabinieri, Polizia Stradale, guards M38/44 1968
OSS 117 - Double Agent (Niente rose per OSS 117) Tuaregs guard 1968
Ho! Stéphane Fey Schwartz-younger M38/44 1968
Pasha (Le Pacha) Quinquin's henchmen M38/42 and M38/44 1968
The Violent Four (Banditi a Milano) Carabinieri 1968
The Battle of Neretva Italian troops, Serbian chetniks and partisans M38/42 and M38/44 1969
The Olsen Gang in a Fix Bavarian mobster 1969
How I Unleashed World War II Waclaw Kowalski Sgt. Kiedros 1970
Marian Kociniak Pvt Franek Dolas
Italian soldiers
Legend of the Living Dead (Legenda o živých mrtvých) Renáta Doleželová Helenka 1971
Stanislav Zindulka Tony Adler
German and ROA troops
Execution Squad (La polizia ringrazia) Carabinieri 1972
Black Turin Carabiniers M38/42 1972
Gang War in Naples Police and criminals M38/42 and M38/44 1972
The Violent Professionals Antonio Casale Casardi M38/42 and M38/44 1973
Luciano Rossi Cruciani M38/44
Carabiniers M38/42 and M38/44
Flatfoot Police 1973
We Want the Colonels (Vogliamo i colonnelli) Paramilitarians, soldiers, carabiniers M38/42 and M38/44 1973
Massacre in Rome German soldiers M38/44 1973
Almost Human Italian Police 1974
Rabid Dogs Police 1974
Shoot First, Die Later (Il poliziotto è marcio) Luc Merenda Commissioner Malacarne 1974
Rosario Borelli Garrito
Sergio Ammirata Curcetti
Police
Street Law Italian police 1974
Silent Action Police and terrorists 1975
Violent City (Roma violenta) Italian Police 1975
Flatfoot in Hong Kong Police 1975
Libera, My Love (Libera, amore mio ...) Claudia Cardinale Libera Valente handed to the partisans 1975
Italian partisans
How to Kill a Judge (Perché si uccide un magistrato) Police 1975
Syndicate Sadists Paterno's henchman M38/42 1975
Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man Italian Police 1976
Bloody Payroll (Milano violenta) Police M38/42, M38/44 1976
Illustrious Corpses (Cadaveri eccellenti) Italian police and soldiers M38/44 1976
Colt 38 Special Squad (Quelli della calibro 38) Police 1976
Weapons of Death (Napoli spara!) Police 1977
Blood and Diamonds (Diamanti Sporchi Di Sangue) Police M38/42 1977
Goodbye and Amen Italian SWAT 1978
Brothers Till We Die Guards 1978
Violent Province (Provincia violenta) Robbers M38/44 1978
Contraband Police and criminals M38/42 1980
Fracchia the Human Beast (Fracchia la belva umana) Carabinieri 1981
The Fall of Italy (Pad Italije) Daniel Olbrychski Davorin 1981
Miodrag Krivokapic Andro
Igor Hajdarhodzic Lovre
Italian troops, Tito´s partisans
Tenet seen in a warehouse 2020

Video Game

Game Title Appears as Note Release Date
Forgotten Hope 2 "Maschinenpistole 738(i)" Added in v2.64 "Compagnons" (2024) 2007
Enlisted Beretta Model 38/42 with 40 round mag. 2021

Beretta Model 38/49

Beretta Model 38/49 - 9x19mm
Beretta Model 2, experimental folding stock version of Model 38/49 - 9x19mm
Beretta Model 38/57 (also known as Model 5) - 9x19mm

This version includes a crossbolt-type safety. Once the magazine is inserted, the safety is activated by pressing the crossbar from left to right. According to some sources, it was also later offered as the "Model 4"; this may cause some confusion as the original Beretta Model 4 was an experimental SMG, which had a folding stock and an attachable bayonet.

In 1957, it was replaced by the MAB 38/57, characterized by a new safety, located in the finger groove on the right side of the stock. This safety must be pushed inwards when grasping the stock for the weapon to fire. The MAB 38/57 was the last version, produced until 1961.

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Code Name: Tiger (Le Tigre aime la chair fraîche) Roger Rudel Mr. Benitez 1964
Benitez´s henchman
The Day of the Owl (Il giorno della civetta) Italian police MAB 38/57 1968
Confessions of a Police Captain Thugs 1971
Emergency Squad (Squadra volante) Tomás Milián Commissioner Ravelli 1974
Police
Street Law Italian police MAB 38/57 1974
Crimebusters (Poliziotti violenti) Police 1976
Rome Armed to the Teeth Italian Police 1976
The Big Racket Salvatore Borghese Sgt. Salvatore Velasci 1976
Italian Police MAB 38/49 and MAB 38/57
Free Hand for a Tough Cop Police 1976
Convoy Busters (Un poliziotto scomodo) Police MAB 38/57 1978

Anime

Title Character Note Date
Lupin III: The Pursuit of Harimao's Treasure Lupin 1995
Daisuke Jigen
Malaysian soldiers
Gunslinger Girl: Il Teatrino Franco 2008

Fake Villar Perosa M1915 SMG

Fake "Villar Perosa" SMG - 9x19mm Parabellum. Photo from Long Mountain Outfitters web site.

Movie armorers often use Beretta Model 38 variants to mock-up the Villar Perosa M1915 SMG. The most known example is a hand-held variant made by movie armorer Bapty & Co. which was used in several productions.

Film

Title Actor Character Notation Date
The Sicilian An outlaw fitted with wooden stock for off-hand use; a Bapty & Co. mock-up made of: two visually modified inverted Beretta M38A, Bren front grip and a trigger group from an MG42 1987
Batman Joker's goon fitted with wooden stock for off-hand use; a Bapty & Co. mock-up made of: two visually modified inverted Beretta M38A, Bren front grip and a trigger group from an MG42 1989
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Sean Connery Prof. Henry Jones Mounted on the biplane; a mock-up made of two upside-down Beretta Model 38/42 submachine guns 1989

Video Game

Game Title Appears as Note Release Date
Battlefield 1 Villar Perosa 2016


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