List of Italian Army equipment in World War II

The following is a list of equipment used by the Royal Italian Army (Regio Esercito), Italian Air Force (Regia Aeronautica), and Royal Italian Navy (Regia Marina) during World War II.

Bayonets Model Type From: M91/38 folding bayonet Bayonet 1893 M91/38 standard bayonet Bayonet 1891

Small arms

Handguns

Image Type Maker Rounds Cartridge From: Weight Number built Comment Beretta Modello 1934 Beretta 7 (+1) .380 ACP 1935 23.28 oz (660 g) 1,080,000 Remained in service until 1991. Beretta Modello 1935 Beretta 8 (+1) .32 ACP 1937 23.5 oz (666 g) 525,000 Was a prized souvenir during the war. Remained in service until 1967. Glisenti Model 1910 Società Siderurgica Glisenti 7 (+1) 9mm Glisenti 1910 29,00 oz (820 g) 33,000 (5,000 Brixia 1913) Was originally chambered for a 7.65×22mm bottle-neck cartridge, but the Italian Army requested it to be chambered in 9mm. Bodeo Model 1889 Revolver Many manufacturers 6 10.35mm Ordinanza Italiana 1889 33.05 oz (950 g) ? Italian manufacturers include: Societa Siderurgica Glisenti, Castelli of Brescia, Metallurgica Bresciana, Vincenzo Bernardelli of Gardone Val Trompia. During World War I, Spanish manufacturers, Errasti and Arrostegui of Eibar produced the Bodeo for the Italian government. - M1942 Sosso Pistol FNA Brescia 21 9×19mm Parabellum 1942 ? ? Experimental design, was never fully adopted. Only five were manufactured, with four of them going to high-ranking Italian officials such as Vittorio Emanuele III and Benito Mussolini.

Rifles Type Base model Maker Rounds Cartridge From: Produced Weight Comment Carcano M1891 Carcano M1891 Carcano 6 6.5×52mm Mannlicher–Carcano 1891 2,063,750 3.9kg standard service rifle Carcano M1891 Moschetto da Cavalleria (Cavalry Carbine) Carcano M1891 Carcano 6 6.5×52mm Mannlicher–Carcano 1893 286,000 3.16kg integral, folding bayonet Carcano M1891TS Moschetto per Truppe Speciali (Special Troop Carbine) Carcano M1891 Carcano 6 6.5×52mm Mannlicher–Carcano 1897 590,000 2.9kg without bayonet Carcano M1891/24 Carcano M1891 Carcano 6 6.5×52mm Mannlicher–Carcano 1924 260,000 2.79kg Carcano M1891/28 Carcano M1891 Carcano 6 6.5×52mm Mannlicher–Carcano 1928 ? 2.9kg Carcano M1938 carbine Carcano M1938 carbine Carcano 6 7.35×51mm 1938 300,000 3.7kg converted to higher caliber cartridge Carcano 91/38 (Modello 91/38) short rifle Carcano M1938 carbine Carcano 6 6.5×52mm Mannlicher–Carcano 1940 620,000 3.7kg reverted to original cartridgeCarcano M1891/41Carcano 1891Carcano66.5x52mm Mannlicher-Carcano1941925,0003.72kg Steyr-Mannlicher M1895 Steyr-Mannlicher M1895 Mannlicher 5 8×50mmR Mannlicher ? +200,000 3.8 kg given by Austria as war reparations M1870/87/15 Vetterli-Vitali M1870 Italian Vetterli 6 6.5×52mm Mannlicher–Carcano 1916 700,000 4.2 kg issued to colonial troops in Italian East Africa Fucile Armaguerra Mod. 39 Fucile Armaguerra Mod. 39 6 6.5×52mm Mannlicher–Carcano, 7.35×51mm Carcano 1944 300 3.7 kg

Submachine guns

Type Maker Rounds Cartridge From: Rate of fire Produced Weight CommentRevelli Beretta M1918Beretta259mm Glisenti/9x19 Parabellum1918?5,0003.3kgSemi-automatic carbine Beretta M1918/30 Beretta 25 9mm Glisenti/ 9x19 Parabellum 1930s 900 rpm ? 7 lb 3 oz (3.3 kg) Semi-automatic carbine developed for police use. Issued in limited numbers to Guardia alla Frontiera and Milizia Forestale units. Beretta Model 38 Beretta 40 9×19mm Parabellum 1938 600 rpm 1,000,000 9 lb 4 oz (4.2 kg) Different box magazines had a capacity 10, 20 and 40 cartridges. FNAB-43 FNAB 40 9×19mm Parabellum 1944 600-837 rpm 7,000 8 lb 12 oz (3.9 kg) Magazines of 20 cartridges were also available. Was expensive to produce and so, only 7,000 were ever made. OVP 1918 Officine Villar Perosa 25 9 mm Glisenti 1918 900 rpm 500 8 lb 0 oz (3,6 kg) Was issued during the early 1920s; was mostly replaced by other models by the end of the war. TZ-45 Fabbrica Fratelli Giandoso 40 9×19mm Parabellum 1944 800 rpm 6,000 7 lb 0 oz (3.2 kg) Produced in small numbers (6,000 made between 1944 and 1945), design was later sold to the Burmese Army and produced as the BA-52.

Grenades TypeMakerFromWeightCommentSRCM Mod.35Società Romana Costruzioni Meccaniche1935240 gimpact fuse hand grenadeOTO Mod.35Odero Terni Orlando1935150 gimpact fuse hand grenadeOTO Mod.42Odero Terni Orlando19421100 gIncendiary grenadeBreda Mod.35Società Italiana Ernesto Breda1935200 gimpact fuse hand grenadeBreda Mod.42Società Italiana Ernesto Breda19421050 gAnti-tank grenadeL TypeOdero Terni Orlando19402040 gAnti-tank grenadeP BombImprovised Device19412000g or 1000gAnti-tank grenade

Flamethrowers Lanciafiamme Modello 35 Lanciafiamme Mod. 41 Lanciafiamme Mod. 41 d'assalto

Machine guns

+TypeMakerRoundsCartridgeFromRate of fireProducedWeightCommentBreda 30Breda206.5x52mm Mannlicher Carcano1930Theoretical:500 rpm Practical:150rpm30,000 by 194010.6kgMadsenDISA256.5x52mm Mannlicher Carcano1908450rpm?9.07kgMostly used by carabinieri Model 1908,1910,1925 and 1930Breda M37Breda208x59mm RB Breda1937450?19.4kg (without tripod)Fiat—Revelli Modello 1914FIAT50 and 1006.5x52mm Mannlicher Carcano1914250rpm37,50043.4kg (fully loaded)Fiat—Revelli Modello 1935FIAT508x59mm RB Breda1935600rpm?40.8kg (with tripod)FM 24/29MAC257.5x54mm French1940?450?8.9kgcaptured from France

Breda M31 (licensed copy of the 13.2 mm Hotchkiss machine gun) Breda 38 8 mm tank machine gun SIA Mod. 1918 6.5 mm light machine gun Breda-SAFAT 7.7 mm machine gun Breda-SAFAT 12.7 mm machine gun Scotti–Isotta Fraschini Modello 1933 12.7 mm machine gun

Artillery

Infantry mortars Model Caliber Max. range From Produced Weight, kg fire rate, RPM Comment Brixia Model 35 45mm 530 1935 ? 15.5 18 extremely accurate, 18 mortars per battalion (in 2 platoons) Mortaio da 81/14 Modello 35 81mm 1500 1935 ? 59.56 18 6 mortars per regiment, extended range (4 km) shell available

Field artillery Italian artillery was usually designated using the calibre and length of the barrel in number of calibre lengths, so "90/53" would mean a weapon with a 90 mm diameter barrel where the length of the barrel was approximately 53 calibre lengths (i.e. 53x90 mm, that is 4.77 m). Model Caliber Max. range From Numberproduced Weight(kg) fire rateRPM Comment Cannone da 47/32 M35 47mm 1935 ? 315 5 dual-role anti-tank/infantry gun, adopted for many vehicles, licensed version of Böhler gun Cannone da 65/17 modello 7 65mm 6800 1907 ? 650 5 mountain gun Cannone da 65/17 modello 13 65mm 6800 1913 ? 650 5 mountain gunŠkoda 7 cm K1066mm50001912 ?52010naval gun redeployed as coastal artillery Skoda 75 mm Model 15(Obice da 75/13) 75mm 8250 1918 ? 613 7 Austrian-built Cannone da 75/27 modello 06 75mm 10000 1906 ? 1080 5 licensed version of Krupp 1906M gun Cannone da 75/27 modello 11 75mm 10240 1912 ? 1076 5 French-designed Cannone da 75/27 modello 12 75mm 10000 1912 ? 900 5 modification of Cannone da 75/27 modello 06 Obice da 75/18 modello 34 75mm 9564 1934 ? 1832 5 mountain gun Obice da 75/18 modello 35 75mm 9564 1935 ? 1832 5 field gun version of the Obice da 75/18 modello 34 with different carriage 75mm 12500 1937 1 1250 5 prototype of 75/32 field gun, unmodified went on as tank gun Cannone da 75/32 modello 37 75mm 12500 1937 ? 1250 5 dual-role anti-tank/field gun Cannone da 77/28 modello 5/8 76.5mm 6100 1907 ? 1065 9 built in Austria-Hungary, bronze barrel Obice da 100/17 modello 14 100mm 8180 1914 ? 1417 6 Austrian-built, in NATO service until 1984 Obice da 100/17 modello 16 100mm 8180 1916 ? 1235 6 weight reduction of Obice da 100/17 modello 14 for use as mountain gunŠkoda 10 cm K10100mm152001910?202010dual-purpose gunCannon 102/45102mm93001917?23277naval gun converted to anti-aircraft gun Cannone da 105/28 modello 12 105mm 8000 (12000) 1917 854 2650 5 license-built, kept in reserve until 1939 Obice da 105/14 modello 17 105mm 6000 (8100) 1917 120 1400 5 used in self-propelled gun Cannone da 120/21 120mm 7700 1880 5 4050 5 fortress Krupp gun, used by Italian border guardsObice da 149/12149.1mm88001914150023443Licensed copy of the 15 cm sFH 13 Cannone da 149/23 149.1mm 9300 1882 ? 6050 1 fortress howitzer, most likely did not see combat in World War II Obice da 149/12 modello 14 149.1mm 6500 1915 ? 2700 1.5 Austrian-built Skoda howitzer Obice da 149/13 modello 14 149.1mm 8800 1915 490 2765 1.5 Obice da 149/12 modello 14 modified for new ammunition Cannone da 149/35 A 149.1mm 16500 1900 895 8220 1 No recoil absorber, zero traverseCannone da 149/40 modello 35149.1 mm (5.87 in)194063+?113401-2Replacement for Cannone da 149/35A but insufficient numbers built. Split trail Obice da 149/19 modello 37 149.1mm 14250 1939 230 5780 3 Italian replacement for all older howitzers 15 cm/50 K10 Skoda 149.1mm 15000 1912 12 ? 6 removed from Austrian battleship Tegetthoff and used in coastal defense Cannone da 152/45 152.4mm 19400 1910 53 16672 1 Naval gun used in counter-battery fire and siege Cannone da. 152/37 152.4mm 16000 1916 44 11900 1 built in Austria-Hungary 190/39 Skoda 190mm 20000 1904 29 12700 3 built in Austria-Hungary as naval gun, reused by Italians in coastal defenseCanon de 19 modèle 1870/93 TAZ194mm18300191512650002A French railroad gun in Italian service. 7.5"/45 model 1908 191mm 22000 1908 24 13770 2.6 naval gun reused in coastal defense 203/45 Mod. 1897 203.2mm 18000 1897 40 11900 2.4 built for Giuseppe Garibaldi-class cruisers, used in World War II as siege gun and coastal defense203/50 modello 24 203.2mm 30620 1924 26 11900 2.4 built for Trento-class cruisers, 1 turret used in coastal defence Obice da 210/22 modello 35 210mm 15400 1935 20 24000 1 Production continued by Germans after surrender of Italy Mortaio da 210/8 D.S. 210mm 8450 1900 ? 10930 0.4 In Italian fortresses only Mortario da 210/8 PIAT 210mm 8450 1900 ? 10930 0.4 Towed version of Mortaio da 210/8 D.S. Mortario da 210/8 FROM 210mm 8450 1900 ? 10930 0.4 Improved mobility version of Mortario da 210/8 PIAT Mortaio da 260/9 Modello 16 260mm 91001916?125601 roundevery 12 minutesItalian version of a Schneider design.Obice da 280 280mm 11600 1890 ? 34070 ?Coastal defense and siege howitzer Skoda 305 mm Model 1911 305mm 9600 1911 79 20839 0.18 Austro-Hungarian siege howitzer, received by Italy305 mm /46 Model 1909305mm240001909625002naval gun used as coastal artillery 305mm 19000 1909 6 199900 1 naval gun used as coastal artillery Škoda 30.5 cm /45 K10 305mm 20000 1911 65 620000 3 triple-mount Austrian naval gun used as coastal artillery Cannone navale da 381/40 (coastal) 381mm 27300 1912 10 95000 1.75 naval gun used as coastal artillery Cannone navale da 381/40 (railroad) 381mm 30000 1912 7 212000 1.75 naval gun used as railroad gun

See also: 203 mm /53 Italian naval gun - main gun on Italian cruisers

Anti-tank guns Before and during World War II, Italy designed most of their anti-aircraft guns and some its infantry guns to also serve in the anti-tank role. No dedicated anti-tank gun was produced. Listed below is just the guns used in anti-tank role most commonly.

Model Caliber Penetration100m (110yd) Penetration500m Muzzlevelocity Max. range From Produced Weightkg fire rate RPM Comment Cannone da 37/54 37mm ?? 1934 ? 277 120 dual-role anti-tank/anti-aircraft gunCannone controcarro da 37/4537mm??32713Italian imported Rheinmetall Pak 36 Cannone da 47/32 M35 47mm 1935 ? 315 5 dual-role anti-tank/infantry gun, licensed version of Böhler gunCannone da 90/53 mod. 193990mm1939539895019dual-role anti-tank/anti-aircraft gun

Infantry anti-tank weapons Fucile Controcarro 35(P) - Wz. 35 anti-tank rifle captured from Poland Solothurn S-18/100 anti-tank rifle Solothurn S-18/1000 anti-tank rifle Solothurn S-18/1100 anti-tank rifle Panzerfaust - one-shot disposable recoilless shaped charge launcher imported from Germany Lanciabombe Controcarro 60 mm - HEAT rifle grenade capable of penetrating 70 mm RHA at 80 m

Anti-aircraft weapons