Villar Perosa aircraft submachine gun

Villar Perosa
TypeLight machine gun
Aircraft machine gun
Place of originItaly
Service history
Used bySee users
WarsWorld War I
Production history
Designed1914
Specifications
Mass6.5 kg (14 lb)
Length533 mm (21.0 in)
Barrel length320 mm (13 in)

CartridgeGlisenti M.915 Per Mitragliatrici, 9x23mm Steyr (Sturm-Pistole), .455 Webley (Trials only)
Barrels2, side by side
ActionDelayed blowback
Rate of fire1200-1500 rounds/min per barrel, 2400-3000 total
Feed system2 25-round box magazines

The Pistola Mitragliatrice Fiat Mod. 1915,[1] commonly nicknamed the Villar Perosa,[1] was an Italian portable automatic weapon developed during World War I by the Officine di Villar Perosa.

As it was designed to use 9×19mm ammunition, it is said to be the first submachine gun, although not a true submachine gun by modern standards.[2] Due to its extremely high rate of fire, it was nicknamed Pernacchia (literally raspberry, in that context meaning something like fart gun[1]) by its operators.

  1. ^ a b c "Villar Perosa machine gun". firearms.96.lt. Retrieved 2023-06-02.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Italy was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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