Villa-Perosa light machine gun 1:16

[Der Schut]

I try it

Plaese excuse my rusty english.

The Villa-Perosa light machine gun was a developed at a plane weapon by the italians.
It was a twin machine gun in 9 mm short calibre an has a rate of fire from 1500 bullet/min.
The 9 mm short cartridge was to poor to make damage at range.
The Villa-Preosa is more a submachine pistol then a machine gun.
The italian army becomes this weapon und use it in the first world war.
The bigger part of this weapon get rebuild in submachine pistols by get a rifle stock in 1918.

I have build this weapon by use of 2 mm , 1,5 mm polystyrene tubes , fixing pins ,wood and brass nails.











regards Jens

[Der Schut]

here are photos from a example of this weapon of the Combat engineers museum, Rome



and from the Army museum of Brussels

[BREL]

a great looking model of the machine gun

[Ex_Pat_Tanker]

1500/min x 9mm - That thing must have been absolute murder close up!!
Your model looks excellent!
Mart

[Der Schut]

1500/min x 9mm - That thing must have been absolute murder close up!!
Mart

I know that the Swiss submachine pistol "Pistolengewehr W+F 1919" has a rate of fire from 1350 a minute as a single weapon. The twin version of this weapon called "Fliegergewehr W+F 1919" has a rate of fire from 2400 round a minute.
From the "Pistolengewehr W+F 1919" were 92 piece build from 1919-21. From the "Fliegergewehr W+F 1919" were 62 piece build from 1919-21. both weapon use the 7,65 mm Mauser cartridge.

regrads Jens