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Small armsIn service
Assault rifle
Beretta AR70/90 is a assault rifle originating in Italy. It was built by Beretta.
Technical data
True scale
Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
Points represent sourced observations, including revisions. Revisions on the same effective date are not separate inventory events. Ranges appear in the table and are not plotted as exact points.
| Observation / report period | Value | Source | Claim state |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Sept 2026 | 0.998 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
Assault rifle
Italy
AR70/223: 1972–1990 AR70/90: 1990–present
See Users
War in Afghanistan Iraq War Mexican drug war Syrian Civil War
Beretta
AR70/223: 1972 AR70/90: 1985
Beretta
See Variants
3.99 kg (8.80 lb) (varies slightly)
998 mm (39.3 in) (varies slightly)
5.56×45mm NATO
Gas-operated
650 RPM (varies slightly)
950 m/s (3,100 ft/s)
500 m (1,600 ft)
30-round STANAG Magazine 100-round C-Mag drum magazine
Iron/grenade sights
Albania
Burkina Faso
Egypt
Honduras
Italy
Jordan
Lesotho
Malaysia
Mexico
Morocco
Nigeria
Paraguay
Ukraine
Zimbabwe
Lunghezza canna 450 mm
Reference text from Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Beretta AR70/90 equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
Reported count for Beretta 70/90. Service scope: Italian Army; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Excludes retired/reserve/on-order rows. Count column(s): quantity: 120,000. Origin: Italy. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
Albania, Burkina Faso, Egypt, Honduras, Italy, Jordan, Lesotho, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Nigeria, Paraguay, Ukraine, Zimbabwe
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