Breda 13.2mm Modello 31
Breda 13.2mm Modello 31
Hi, anyone got a nice picture of the Italian Breda 13.2mm Modello 31 gun, I have the stats but no photo.
Breda 13.2mm Modello 31
SPECIFICATIONS.
TYPE = Heavy Machine Gun
CALIBRE = 13.2mm
ELEVATION = 0 to +90.
TRAVERSE = 360.
WEIGHT = 370 kg.
RATE OF FIRE = 500 r.p.m.
MUZZEL VELOCITY = 790 m/s.
AMMUNITION = 0.125 kg (30 round magazine).
CREW = 3.
MAXIMUM RANGE (GROUND TARGETS) = 2.500m
MAXIMUM CEILING = 1.600m
ARMOUR PENETRATION = 29mm @ 100m.
Thanks Yan.
Breda 13.2mm Modello 31
SPECIFICATIONS.
TYPE = Heavy Machine Gun
CALIBRE = 13.2mm
ELEVATION = 0 to +90.
TRAVERSE = 360.
WEIGHT = 370 kg.
RATE OF FIRE = 500 r.p.m.
MUZZEL VELOCITY = 790 m/s.
AMMUNITION = 0.125 kg (30 round magazine).
CREW = 3.
MAXIMUM RANGE (GROUND TARGETS) = 2.500m
MAXIMUM CEILING = 1.600m
ARMOUR PENETRATION = 29mm @ 100m.
Thanks Yan.
Re: Breda 13.2mm Modello 31
Hello, Yan!
I have found two interesting pictures: the double-barrelled Breda M31 in the AA version used on the torpedo-boats "Classe Navigatori" (1) and the normal version for infantry used by the Regio Esercito (2)
(1)
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Breda ... o-1976.jpg
(2)
http://www.williammaloney.com/Aviation/ ... 1Machi.htm
Greetings
Andrea
I have found two interesting pictures: the double-barrelled Breda M31 in the AA version used on the torpedo-boats "Classe Navigatori" (1) and the normal version for infantry used by the Regio Esercito (2)
(1)
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Breda ... o-1976.jpg
(2)
http://www.williammaloney.com/Aviation/ ... 1Machi.htm
Greetings
Andrea
Re: Breda 13.2mm Modello 31
I am not aware of 13.2 employed by Regio Esercito, link doesn0t work. It was employed by Navy in ships and naval base defenses.
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Dili,
the Breda M31 was used principally on the torpedo-boats "Classe Navigatori", but it was also used from the Regio Esercito on the tanks M14-41 and in some cases by the infantry as a heavy machine gun (you can read this information on the book "Armi portatili artiglierie e semoventi del Regio Esercito Italiano 1900-1943", G. Benussi, Intergest, Milano, 1975).
the Breda M31 was used principally on the torpedo-boats "Classe Navigatori", but it was also used from the Regio Esercito on the tanks M14-41 and in some cases by the infantry as a heavy machine gun (you can read this information on the book "Armi portatili artiglierie e semoventi del Regio Esercito Italiano 1900-1943", G. Benussi, Intergest, Milano, 1975).
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Command tank yes. I forgot about that.
Does the book says in what Infantry unit TOE was it employed? I am not aware of any.
Does the book says in what Infantry unit TOE was it employed? I am not aware of any.
Re: Breda 13.2mm Modello 31
Thank you for the links Andrea, so was this weapon a rare site when used by Italian troops in a AA/AT role.
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Dili,
as I wrote, the Breda M31 was also employed in the Regio Esercito by some patrol units (in slang called "camionettisti") that operated in the Lybic desert to contrasting the Long Range Desert Group's actions.
In fact, the fast Fiat-SPA 43 AS42 "Sahariana" was armed with the Breda M31 (13,2 mm) or with the Breda M35 (20mm).
Greetings,
Andrea
as I wrote, the Breda M31 was also employed in the Regio Esercito by some patrol units (in slang called "camionettisti") that operated in the Lybic desert to contrasting the Long Range Desert Group's actions.
In fact, the fast Fiat-SPA 43 AS42 "Sahariana" was armed with the Breda M31 (13,2 mm) or with the Breda M35 (20mm).
Greetings,
Andrea
Re: Breda 13.2mm Modello 31
Ok but that is not infantry.
Re: Breda 13.2mm Modello 31
Dili,
I disagree: the units employed in patrol operations in the Lybic desert to contrasting the Long Range Desert Group's actions and equipped with the Fiat "Sahariana" (vehicle armed with the Breda M31) were infantry units.
I disagree: the units employed in patrol operations in the Lybic desert to contrasting the Long Range Desert Group's actions and equipped with the Fiat "Sahariana" (vehicle armed with the Breda M31) were infantry units.
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I have tried to pin down all the different types of guns & howitzers the Italian army used on all the various trucks ect, and it was a daunting task.
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Good luck, Yan!
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We have to agree to disagree for me it is Cavalry, Scouting.
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I think these were the more common ones,
Autocannone Fiat SPA 35 with Breda 20/65 A.A.
Autocannone 65/17 on Morris CS 8
Autocannone Ceirano 50 with 75 C.K.
Autocannone 75/27 on SPA TL 37
Autocannone 76/30 on Lancia RO
Autocannone 90/53 on Lancia 3 RO
Autocannone 100/17 on Lancia 3 RO
I think the crews were smaller then there ground fired cousins but the mounts were the same (I think) so the ranges are the same.
Autocannone Fiat SPA 35 with Breda 20/65 A.A.
Autocannone 65/17 on Morris CS 8
Autocannone Ceirano 50 with 75 C.K.
Autocannone 75/27 on SPA TL 37
Autocannone 76/30 on Lancia RO
Autocannone 90/53 on Lancia 3 RO
Autocannone 100/17 on Lancia 3 RO
I think the crews were smaller then there ground fired cousins but the mounts were the same (I think) so the ranges are the same.
Re: Breda 13.2mm Modello 31
Dili, you can’t say that the “Camionettisti” units employed to contrasting the Long Range Desert Group's actions in the desert and equipped with the fast Fiat "Sahariana" armed with the Breda M31, in your opinion, were not Infantry units, but Cavalry units: it isn’t historically correct…Dili wrote:We have to agree to disagree for me it is Cavalry, Scouting.
In fact, Dili, the “Camionettisti” units were grouped in the “X° Reggimento Arditi” that was an Infantry unit: in particular, the actual 9th Regiment “Col Moschin” (an Infantry paratrooper regiment), is the direct descendent of the 1st Battalion “Incursori” (Raiders) of the “X° Reggimento Arditi” that grouped the “Camionettisti” units and that was an Infantry unit and not a Cavalry unit.
Greetings,
Andrea
Re: Breda 13.2mm Modello 31
X Regg. Arditi was special force assault/recon unit. It had a swimmer, and parachutist and a truck raider/patrol “Camionettisti" company in each of battalions, the last one made combat mounted in their vehicles. Like i said we have to agree to disagree.