Beretta Model 38

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 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.

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

Beretta Model 38A

Beretta Model 38A - 9x19mm

Specifications

(1938 - 1950)

• Type: Submachine Gun

• Caliber(s): 9×19mm

• 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: ??

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Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
The Battle of Neretva		Italian troops, Ustasha and partisans		1969
The Pacifist (La pacifista)		Italian Carabinieri		1970
Borsalino and Co.	Adolfo Lastretti	Luciano		1974
Borsalino and Co.		Siffredi henchmen		1974
The Cassandra Crossing		Soldiers		1976
Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man		Italian Carabinieri		1976
The Gods Must Be Crazy		Terrorist leader Sam Boga		1980
The Fall of Italy (Pad Italije)	Daniel Olbrychski	Davorin		1981
The Fall of Italy (Pad Italije)		Fascist Blackshirts and partisans		1981
The Sicilian		An outlaw	Two inverted Beretta M38A visually modified to resemble Villar-Perosa SMG	1987
Captain Corelli's Mandolin	Christian Bale	Mandras		2001
Captain Corelli's Mandolin	Nicolas Cage	Captain Antonio Corelli		2001
Captain Corelli's Mandolin		Italian infantry and Carabinieri		2001
El Alamein - The Line of Fire		Italian soldiers and officers		2002
Miracle at St. Anna	Sergio Albelli	Rodolfo		2008
Miracle at St. Anna		Italian partisans		2008
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
Silent Storm			2003
Forgotten Hope 2			2005
Mafia II	".38 SMG"		2010

Beretta Model 38/42

Beretta Model 38/42 - 9x19mm

Specifications

(1942 - 1945)

• 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: ??

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Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
The Last Adventure	Hans Meyer	The Mercenary		1967
The Battle of Neretva		Italian troops, Serbian chetniks and partisans		1969
How I Unleashed World War II	Waclaw Kowalski	Sgt. Kiedros		1970
	Marian Kociniak	Pvt Franek Dolas
		Italian soldiers
The Fall of Italy (Pad Italije)	Daniel Olbrychski	Davorin		1981
The Fall of Italy (Pad Italije)		Partisans		1981
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade	Sean Connery	Henry Jones, Sr.	mocked-up as a Villar-Perosa Mod 15	1989

Video Game

Game Title	Appears as	Note	Release Date
Silent Storm		Suppressed & Unsuppressed	2003
Call of Duty 2: Big Red One			2005