Breda Mod. 5C

Breda Mod.5C
Breda Mod. 5 version C
Type	Medium Machine gun
Place of origin	Kingdom of Italy
Service history
Used by	Royal Italian Army
Wars	First Italo-Ethiopian War, World War II
Production history
Manufacturer	Breda Meccanica Bresciana
Number built	2.000
Variants	Breda Mod.5G
Specifications
Weight	9,220 Kg
Length	940 mm
Barrel length	barrel 450 mm

Cartridge	6.5×52mm Carcano
Caliber	6.5 mm
Rate of fire	teoric: 450-500 shots/min; pratice:150-180 shots/min
Effective firing range	400 m
Feed system	non detachable Magazine with 20 rounds, stripper clip with 20 rounds

The Breda 5C was an Italian medium machine gun, which was adopted by the Royal Italian Army and used in the First Italo-Ethiopian War and in World War II.

History

Breda 5C, together with Fiat Mod. 26, was designed by the Italian Society Ernesto Breda Costruzioni Meccaniche to replace the machine gun SIA Mod. 1918. Despite the unsatisfactory results of both arms during the tests, however, they were adopted by the Royal Italian Army for to address the critical shortage of automatic weapons. Assigned to the troops of Tripoli, a few dozen unit were used by meharists during World War II. It also armed the armored cars Fiat 611.^[1]

Description

The weapon had many features that will then be taken in the machine gun Breda Mod. 30. The barrel was quick change and, through a handle in asbestos, was pulled away, with a half rotation, from the barrel holder sleeve. The functioning was blowback operation of the barrel with locking of the bolt through wing and with oil lubrication of bullets. Shooting with bolt closed. The rear of the receiver ended with two knobs with the firing button and a false wooden stock. The feeding was through a magazine on the right side, front-hinged. For charging, it was front rotated, you could insert the plate with 20 rounds, then this was withdrown leaving the rounds in the magazine, which was then closed by rotating to the rear. The iron sights was elevated through a cursor. To be fired the weapon necessitated for a 2,860 kg tripod, which doubled as a saddle for the transport of the weapon.^[2]

Other Versions

Light machine gun Breda Mod.5G

Breda 5G

This version is essentially the same weapon, with the same operation, but adapted to machine gun size. The knobs are replaced by a stock with a lower removable tip and pistol grip with wooden grips and a trigger. The tripod is eliminated and replaced by a bipod attached to the barrel holder sleeve.

Bibliography

Mitragliatrice Breda Mod 5C e 5G, Società Ernesto Breda Costruzioni Meccaniche, 1930.
Nicola Pignato, Armi della fanteria italiana nella seconda guerra mondiale, Ermanno Albertelli Editore, 1979.

Note

↑ Pignato, Nicola (1979). Armi della fanteria italiana nella seconda guerra mondiale. Ermanno Albertelli Editore.
↑ "Official Manual of the weapon".

Italian firearms and light weapons of World War II

Side arms	Beretta M1923 Beretta M1934 Beretta M1935 Roth–Steyr M1907 Steyr M1912 Glisenti M1910 Bodeo Model 1889

Rifles and carbines (fucili e moschetti)	Fucile da Fanteria Mod. 1891 Moschetto Mod. 91 da Cavalleria Moschetto per Truppe Speciali Mod. 91 Fucile Mod. 1938 Fucile Armaguerra Mod. 39

Submachine guns	Beretta 1918 MAB 38 Onorati OVP FNAB-43 OG-43 TZ-45

Machine guns and other larger weapons	Fiat-Revelli Mod. 1914 Fiat Revelli Mod. 1935 SAFAT M1926 Breda-SAFAT Breda Mod. 1930 Breda Mod. 5C Breda Mod. 1937 Breda Mod. 1938 Solothurn S-18/1000

Grenades	OTO Mod. 35 OTO Mod. 42 SRCM Mod. 35 Breda Mod. 35 Breda Mod. 42 L Type P Bomb

Mortars (mortai)	Mortaio Brixia Mod. 35 Mortaio da 81/14 Mod. 35

Cartridge	.32 ACP .380 ACP 6.5×52mm Mannlicher-Carcano 7.35×51mm Carcano 8×57mm IS 8×59mm RB Breda 9×19mm Glisenti 9×19mm Parabellum 20×138mmB

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