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Submachine gun
Beretta Model 38 is a submachine gun originating in Kingdom of Italy. Reported operators include Argentina, Albania, Algeria, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Cyprus, Empire of Japan, Egypt, Ethiopia, Finland, Greece, Nazi Germany, West Germany, Hungary, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Italian Social Republic, Italian Resistance, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Syria, Syrian National Coalition, Thailand, Tunisia, Yemen, Yugoslavia.
Submachine gun
Kingdom of Italy
1938–present
See Users
World War II Reprisal operations Algerian War 1958 Lebanon Crisis Portuguese Colonial War Dominican Civil War Bangladesh Liberation War Congo Crisis Ogaden War
1935
1938–1975
1,000,000
1938A 1938/42 1938/43 1938/44 1938/44 Special - Model 1 1938/49 - M2, M3 & M4 Model 5
MAB 38A: 4.2 kilograms (9.3 lb) (empty) MAB 38/42: 3.27 kilograms (7.2 lb) (empty) MAB 38/49: 3.25 kilograms (7.2 lb) (empty)
MAB 38A: 946 millimetres (37.2 in) MAB 38/42: 800 millimetres (31 in) MAB 38/49: 798 millimetres (31.4 in)
MAB 38A: 315 millimetres (12.4 in) MAB 38/42: 213 millimetres (8.4 in) MAB 38/49: 210 millimetres (8.3 in)
9x19mm Parabellum
9 mm (0.35 in)
Blowback
MAB 38A: 600 rpm MAS 38/42 and 38/49: 550 rpm
MAB 38A: 420 metres per second (1,378 ft/s) MAS 38/42 and 38/49: 380 metres per second (1,247 ft/s)
200 m (219 yd)
10, 20, 30, or 40-round detachable box magazine
Argentina
Albania : captured by the Albanian Partisans in vast quantities during the war
Algeria : Used by Armée de Libération Nationale
Bangladesh : Used by Mukti Bahini .
Bulgaria : MAB38A
Costa Rica : Models 38/44 and 38/49
Dominican Republic : Model 38/49
Cyprus
Empire of Japan : 350 ordered and 50 MP38/43 delivered in 1943; some were captured by Allied forces in the South Pacific.
Egypt : Models 38/42 and 38/49.
Ethiopia
Finland : Italian surplus MP38s bought in 1958.
Greece
Nazi Germany
West Germany : MP38/49 (Model 4) and Model 5, identified as the MP1. Used by Bundeswehr (until 1959) and Bundesgrenzschutz (replaced at the end of the 1960s).
Hungary : after Italy exited WW2.
Indonesia : MP1938/49 variant. Deployed during the United Nations Operation in the Congo .
Iran
Iraq : Model 38/44
Italy Italian Social Republic Italian Resistance Italian Co-belligerent Army
Italian Social Republic
Italian Resistance
Lebanon : Used by the Lebanese Army , Lebanese Gendarmerie and rebel pan-Arabist militias during the 1958 Lebanon Crisis .
Libya
Morocco
Pakistan : Model 38/44.
Poland : 128 pieces delivered in 1944 to the Home Army by Allied aviation from Italy.
Romania : 5,000 ordered in 1941, which were received during 1942. Those bought included both the Model 38A and the Model 38/42.
Saudi Arabia
Somalia : Used by Western Somali Liberation Front rebels during Ogaden War .
Syria Syrian National Coalition
Syrian National Coalition
Thailand : Model 38/49.
Tunisia : Model 38/49
Yemen : Model 38/49.
Yugoslavia : Captured in vast quantities.
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Beretta Model 38 equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
Albania
Algeria
Argentina
Bangladesh
Bulgaria
Costa Rica
Cyprus
Dominican Republic
Egypt
Ethiopia
Finland
Greece
Hungary
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Italy
Lebanon
Libya
Morocco
Pakistan
Poland
Romania
Saudi Arabia
Somalia
Syria
Thailand
Tunisia
YemenArgentina, Albania, Algeria, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Cyprus, Empire of Japan, Egypt, Ethiopia, Finland, Greece, Nazi Germany, West Germany, Hungary, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Italian Social Republic, Italian Resistance, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Syria, Syrian National Coalition, Thailand, Tunisia, Yemen, Yugoslavia
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