Beretta Model 38

The Beretta Model 38, also known as Moschetto Automatico Beretta 38 (literally "automatic rifle Beretta"), or MAB 38 for short, was designed by Tullio Marengoni in 1935-1937, and can trace it linage back to the Villar Perosa Machine Gun, through the previous Beretta M1918 and M1918/30 models. Introduced in 1938, the Model 38 was originally used by the Italian police. The Beretta Model 38A was introduced in 1941 as the official submachine gun of the Italian Army. The changes was that the shape of the holes in the cooling jacket and the compensator was changed, the folding bayonet of the Carcano M91/38 Cavalry Carbine ​type was also removed. It is a very robust weapon weighing in at 9 pounds, 13 oz., fully machined forged, and finely finished. The Model 38 was well-liked by both Italian and German forces during World War II; captured examples also proved to be popular among Allied forces. A combination of hefty weight, a long barrel, and low rate of fire also makes the Model 38 extremely controllable in fully-automatic fire. An unusual feature is the presence of two triggers. The Model 38 lacks a fire selector, with the rear trigger for fully-automatic fire and the front trigger for single shots.
The Model 38A was manufactured from 1941 to 1944, with the simplified Beretta Model 38/42 introduced in 1942. The Model 38/42 was made from stampings and a rolled steel receiver to increase war time production. The Model 38/42 was produced from 1942 to 1944. The Beretta Model 38/44 was introduced in 1944 by the German-controlled production line to German troops as a substitute standard. That model was in production from 1944 to 1949 and was issued to the Italian Army and Police after the war between 1945 and 1962, and to the force protection units of the Italian Air Force until the early '90s. Nowadays, the Italian Navy is the only user of the SMG. It is used in training, kept on board minor vessels as a "force protection and anti-mutiny weapon", and for ceremonial purposes, used only by the common sailors.
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==Beretta Model 38A==
===Specifications===
(1941 - 1944)
* Type: Submachine Gun
* Caliber(s): 9×19mm Parabellum
* Weight: 9.26 lbs (4.2 kg)
* Length: 37.2 in (94.6 cm)
* Barrel length(s): 12.4 in (31.5 cm)
* Capacity: 10, 20, 30, or 40-Round Detachable Box Magazine
* Fire Modes: Semi & Full auto
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===Film===
Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note 	Date
The Last Chance 	 	German soldiers and Italian partisans 	with 20-round magazines 	1945
Rome, Open City (Roma città aperta) 	 	Italian Blackshirts and Resistance fighters	 	1945
Attention! Bandits! (Achtung! Banditi!) 	Giuseppe Taffarel 	Commander Vento 	 	1951
Attention! Bandits! (Achtung! Banditi!) 	Vittorio Duse 	Domenico 	 	1951
Attention! Bandits! (Achtung! Banditi!) 	 	Italian cacciatori and partisans 	 	1951
Soldier of Fortune 	 	 	Seen in Hank Lee's cabin; without magazine	1955
The Law Is the Law 	 	 	Italian Carabinieri 	1958
Everybody Go Home! (Tutti a casa) 	Vincenzo Musolino 	First fascist 	 	1960
Everybody Go Home! (Tutti a casa) 	Mario Frera 	Second fascist 	 	1960
Everybody Go Home! (Tutti a casa) 	 	Fascists and Italian partisans 	 	1960
Five Branded Women 	Alex Nicol 	Svenko 	 	1960
Five Branded Women 	 	Italian partisans 	 	1960
Bandits of Orgosolo (Banditi a Orgosolo) 	 	Carabiniers 	 	1961
The Four Days of Naples 	Gian Maria Volontè	Capt. Enzo Stimolo 	 	1962
The Four Days of Naples 	 	Resistance fighters 	 	1962
Attack and Retreat (Italiani brava gente) 	 	Italian soldiers 	 	1964
Our Man Flint 	James Coburn 	Derek Flint 	With removed barrel shroud 	1965
Our Man Flint 	 	Fake and real guards in Z.O.W.I.E. building	With removed barrel shroud 	1965
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? 	 	Italian soldier 	 	1966
In Like Flint 	 	Z.O.W.I.E. guards at missile base 	With removed barrel shroud 	1967
The Violent Four (Banditi a Milano) 	Tomas Milian 	Commissioner Basevi 	 	1968
Pasha (Le Pacha) 	 	Quinquin's henchmen 	 	1968
Don't Take God's Children for Wild Geese 	 	Charles' henchman 	 	1968
Che! 	Rudy Diaz 	Willy 	 	1969
The Battle of Neretva 	 	Italian troops, Ustasha and partisans 	 	1969
The Pacifist (La pacifista) 	 	Italian Carabinieri 	 	1970
Massacre in Rome 	 	Italian partisans 	 	1973
Borsalino and Co. 	Adolfo Lastretti 	Luciano 	 	1974
Borsalino and Co. 	 	Siffredi henchmen 	 	1974
The Last Four Days 	 	Mussolini's guards and Italian partisans 	 	1974
Emergency Squad (Squadra volante) 	 	A criminal 	 	1974
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom 	 	Collaborators 	 	1975
The Tree of Guernica (L'arbre de Guernica)	 	Spanish Nationalists 	 	1975
The Cassandra Crossing 	 	Soldiers 	 	1976
The Gods Must Be Crazy 	 	Terrorist leader Sam Boga 	 	1980
The Fall of Italy (Pad Italije) 	Daniel Olbrychski 	Davorin 	 	1981
The Fall of Italy (Pad Italije) 	Igor Hajdarhodzic 	Lovre 	 	1981
The Fall of Italy (Pad Italije) 	 	Italian troops, Tito´s partisans 	 	1981
Captain Corelli's Mandolin 	Christian Bale 	Mandras 	 	2001
Captain Corelli's Mandolin 	Nicolas Cage 	Captain Antonio Corelli 	 	2001
Captain Corelli's Mandolin 	 	Italian infantry and Carabinieri 	 	2001
El Alamein - The Line of Fire 	 	Italian soldiers and officers 	 	2002
Senso '45 	 	Italian Blackshirts 	 	2002
Miracle at St. Anna 	Sergio Albelli 	Rodolfo 	 	2008
Miracle at St. Anna 	 	Italian partisans 	 	2008
New Kids Turbo 	Tim Haars 	Gerrie 	 	2010
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare 	 	Italian Navy 	 	2024
===Video Game===
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| Medal of Honor: Allied Assault || || || ||2002
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| Forgotten Hope || || || ||2003
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| rowspan=2|Forgotten Hope 2 || "Beretta M38" || 20-round mag || Beretta Model 38A (Early) || rowspan=2| 2007
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| "Beretta M38A" || 20 / 40 - round mag || Beretta Model 38A
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| Darkest Hour: Europe '44-'45 || "MAB 38" || || Added with the 2020 update v9.5.0 || 2008
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| Mare Nostrum || "MAB38A SMG" || || ||2008
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| Mafia II || ".38 SMG" || || ||2010
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| Sniper Elite III || "MAB 38" || ||"Axis Weapons Pack" DLC || 2014
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| Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades || "Model38" || || ||2016
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| Sniper Elite 4 || "MAB 38" || || ||2017
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| Call of Duty: WWII || "Orso" || || ||2017
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| rowspan=2|Strange Brigade || "Royce M33 Carbine" ||with 50 round magazine||||rowspan=2|2018
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| "Twin Shooter" || with 150 round magazine||
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| Battlefield V || "MAB 38" || ||"Trial By Fire" update (2019) || 2018
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| rowspan=4|Enlisted || "Beretta M38 Early" || 20 round mag and a bayonet || Beretta Model 38A Early||rowspan=4|2021
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| "Beretta M38A" || 20 round mag || Beretta Model 38A
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| "Beretta M38A (40 rounds)" || 40 round mag|| Beretta Model 38A
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| "Beretta M1" || 40 round mag || Beretta Model 1
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===Anime===
Title 	Character 	Note	Date
Lupin III: The Pursuit of Harimao's Treasure	Sir Archer	 	1995
==Beretta Model 38/42==
===Specifications===
MAB 38A42: (1942 - 1944), MAB 38A44: (1944 - 1949)
* Type: Submachine Gun
* Caliber(s): 9×19mm
* Weight: 7.21 lbs (3.27 kg)
* Length: 31.5 in (80 cm)
* Barrel length(s): 8.39 in (21.3 cm)
* Capacity: 10, 20, 30, or 40-Round Detachable Box Magazine
* Fire Modes: Semi & Full auto
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===Film===
Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note 	Date
You are Attagirl, Anita! (Ty molodets, Anita!) 	 	Spanish (?) Soldiers 	M38/42, M38/43 	1957
Consider All Risks (Classe tous risques) 	 	Italian police 	 	1960
Five Branded Women 	Silvana Mangano 	Jovanka 	 	1960
Five Branded Women 	Vera Miles 	Daniza 	 	1960
Five Branded Women 	 	Italian partisans 	 	1960
Bandits of Orgosolo (Banditi a Orgosolo) 	Michele Cossu 	Michele Iossu 	M38/44 	1961
Bandits of Orgosolo (Banditi a Orgosolo) 	 	A bandit 	M38/42 	1961
The Majordomo (Le majordome) 	Paul Meurisse 	Léopold 	M38/44 	1965
Wake Up and Die (Svegliati e uccidi) 	 	Italian criminals and police 	M38/44 	1966
The Last Adventure 	Hans Meyer 	The Mercenary 	 	1967
The Biggest Bundle of Them All 	 	Carabinieri, Polizia Stradale, guards 	M38/44 	1968
OSS 117 - Double Agent (Niente rose per OSS 117) 	 	Tuaregs guard 	 	1968
Ho! 	Stéphane Fey 	Schwartz-younger 	M38/44 	1968
Pasha (Le Pacha) 	 	Quinquin's henchmen 	M38/42 and M38/44 	1968
The Violent Four (Banditi a Milano) 	 	Carabinieri 	 	1968
The Battle of Neretva 	 	Italian troops, Serbian chetniks and partisans	M38/42 and M38/44 	1969
The Olsen Gang in a Fix 	 	Bavarian mobster 	 	1969
How I Unleashed World War II 	Waclaw Kowalski 	Sgt. Kiedros 	 	1970
How I Unleashed World War II 	Marian Kociniak 	Pvt Franek Dolas 	 	1970
How I Unleashed World War II 	 	Italian soldiers 	 	1970
Legend of the Living Dead (Legenda o živých mrtvých)	Renáta Doleželová 	Helenka 	 	1971
Legend of the Living Dead (Legenda o živých mrtvých)	Stanislav Zindulka	Tony Adler 	 	1971
Legend of the Living Dead (Legenda o živých mrtvých)	 	German and ROA troops 	 	1971
Execution Squad (La polizia ringrazia) 	 	Carabinieri 	 	1972
Black Turin 	 	Carabiniers 	M38/42 	1972
Gang War in Naples 	 	Police and criminals 	M38/42 and M38/44 	1972
The Violent Professionals 	Antonio Casale 	Casardi 	M38/42 and M38/44 	1973
The Violent Professionals 	Luciano Rossi 	Cruciani 	M38/44 	1973
The Violent Professionals 	 	Carabiniers 	M38/42 and M38/44 	1973
Flatfoot 	 	Police 	 	1973
We Want the Colonels (Vogliamo i colonnelli) 	 	Paramilitarians, soldiers, carabiniers 	M38/42 and M38/44 	1973
Massacre in Rome 	 	German soldiers 	M38/44 	1973
Almost Human 	 	Italian Police 	 	1974
Rabid Dogs 	 	Police 	 	1974
Shoot First, Die Later (Il poliziotto è marcio) 	Luc Merenda 	Commissioner Malacarne 	 	1974
Shoot First, Die Later (Il poliziotto è marcio) 	Rosario Borelli 	Garrito 	 	1974
Shoot First, Die Later (Il poliziotto è marcio) 	Sergio Ammirata 	Curcetti 	 	1974
Shoot First, Die Later (Il poliziotto è marcio) 	 	Police 	 	1974
Street Law 	 	Italian police 	 	1974
Silent Action 	 	Police and terrorists 	 	1975
Violent City (Roma violenta) 	 	Italian Police 	 	1975
Flatfoot in Hong Kong 	 	Police 	 	1975
Libera, My Love (Libera, amore mio ...) 	Claudia Cardinale 	Libera Valente 	handed to the partisans	1975
Libera, My Love (Libera, amore mio ...) 	 	Italian partisans 	 	1975
How to Kill a Judge (Perché si uccide un magistrato)	 	Police 	 	1975
Syndicate Sadists 	 	Paterno's henchman 	M38/42 	1975
Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man 	 	Italian Police 	 	1976
Bloody Payroll (Milano violenta) 	 	Police 	M38/42, M38/44 	1976
Illustrious Corpses (Cadaveri eccellenti) 	 	Italian police and soldiers 	M38/44 	1976
Colt 38 Special Squad (Quelli della calibro 38) 	 	Police 	 	1976
Weapons of Death (Napoli spara!) 	 	Police 	 	1977
Blood and Diamonds (Diamanti Sporchi Di Sangue) 	 	Police 	M38/42 	1977
Goodbye and Amen 	 	Italian SWAT 	 	1978
Brothers Till We Die 	 	Guards 	 	1978
Violent Province (Provincia violenta) 	 	Robbers 	M38/44 	1978
Contraband 	 	Police and criminals 	M38/42 	1980
Fracchia the Human Beast (Fracchia la belva umana) 	 	Carabinieri 	 	1981
The Fall of Italy (Pad Italije) 	Daniel Olbrychski 	Davorin 	 	1981
The Fall of Italy (Pad Italije) 	Miodrag Krivokapic	Andro 	 	1981
The Fall of Italy (Pad Italije) 	Igor Hajdarhodzic 	Lovre 	 	1981
The Fall of Italy (Pad Italije) 	 	Italian troops, Tito´s partisans 	 	1981
Tenet 	 	 	seen in a warehouse 	2020
===Video Game===
Game Title 	Appears as 	Note 	Release Date
Forgotten Hope 2	"Maschinenpistole 738(i)"	Added in v2.64 "Compagnons" (2024) 	2007
Enlisted 	"Beretta M38/42" 	Beretta Model 38/42 with 40 round mag	2021
==Beretta Model 38/49==
This version includes a crossbolt-type safety. Once the magazine is inserted, the safety is activated by pressing the crossbar from left to right. According to some sources, it was also later offered as the "Model 4"; this may cause some confusion as the original Beretta Model 4 was an experimental SMG, which had a folding stock and an attachable bayonet.
In 1957, it was replaced by the MAB 38/57, characterized by a new safety, located in the finger groove on the right side of the stock. This safety must be pushed inwards when grasping the stock for the weapon to fire. The MAB 38/57 was the last version, produced until 1961.
===Film===
Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note 	Date
Code Name: Tiger (Le Tigre aime la chair fraîche)	Roger Rudel 	Mr. Benitez 	 	1964
Code Name: Tiger (Le Tigre aime la chair fraîche)	 	Benitez´s henchman 	 	1964
The Day of the Owl (Il giorno della civetta) 	 	Italian police 	MAB 38/57 	1968
Confessions of a Police Captain 	 	Thugs 	 	1971
Emergency Squad (Squadra volante) 	Tomás Milián 	Commissioner Ravelli 	 	1974
Emergency Squad (Squadra volante) 	 	Police 	 	1974
Street Law 	 	Italian police 	MAB 38/57 	1974
Crimebusters (Poliziotti violenti) 	 	Police 	 	1976
Rome Armed to the Teeth 	 	Italian Police 	 	1976
The Big Racket 	Salvatore Borghese	Sgt. Salvatore Velasci	 	1976
The Big Racket 	 	Italian Police 	MAB 38/49 and MAB 38/57	1976
Free Hand for a Tough Cop 	 	Police 	 	1976
Convoy Busters (Un poliziotto scomodo) 	 	Police 	MAB 38/57 	1978
=== Anime ===
Title 	Character 	Note	Date
Lupin III: The Pursuit of Harimao's Treasure	Lupin 	 	1995
Lupin III: The Pursuit of Harimao's Treasure	Daisuke Jigen 	 	1995
Lupin III: The Pursuit of Harimao's Treasure	Malaysian soldiers	 	1995
Gunslinger Girl: Il Teatrino 	Franco 	 	2008
== Fake Villar Perosa M1915 SMG ==
Movie armorers often use Beretta Model 38 variants to mock-up the Villar Perosa M1915 SMG. The most known example is a hand-held variant made by movie armorer Bapty & Co. which was used in several productions. 
=== Film === 	 
Title 	Actor 	Character 	Notation 	Date
The Sicilian 	 	An outlaw 	fitted with wooden stock for off-hand use; a Bapty & Co. mock-up made of: two visually modified inverted Beretta M38A, Bren front grip and a trigger group from an MG42	1987
Batman 	 	Joker's goon 	fitted with wooden stock for off-hand use; a Bapty & Co. mock-up made of: two visually modified inverted Beretta M38A, Bren front grip and a trigger group from an MG42	1989
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade	Sean Connery	Prof. Henry Jones	Mounted on the biplane; a mock-up made of two upside-down Beretta Model 38/42 submachine guns 	1989
===Video Game===
Game Title 	Appears as 	Note	Release Date
Battlefield 1	"Villar Perosa"	 	2016
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