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Encyclopedia > Beretta Model 12
Beretta Model 12

Beretta M12
Type submachine gun
Place of origin Italy
Service history
Used by Italian Army
Specifications
Weight 3.48 kg (7.66 lb) empty
3.82 kg (8.4 lb) loaded
Length 66 cm

Cartridge 9 mm Luger Parabellum
Rate of fire 550 shots/minute
Muzzle velocity 380 metres/second
Effective range 200 metres

Beretta Model 12 is a 9 mm Luger Parabellum caliber submachine gun. It is the official submachine gun of the Italian Army. It was introduced in 1959. Image File history File links Submachine_gun_Beretta_M12. ... Ariete Tanks of the Italian Ariete Tank Brigade on exercise Three Bersaglieri ride in a Dardo The Italian Army has recently become a professional all-volunteer force of 112,000 active duty personnel. ... The international prototype, made of platinum-iridium, which is kept at the BIPM under conditions specified by the 1st CGPM in 1889. ... The pound is the name of a number of units of mass, all in the range of 300 to 600 grams. ... The international prototype, made of platinum-iridium, which is kept at the BIPM under conditions specified by the 1st CGPM in 1889. ... The pound is the name of a number of units of mass, all in the range of 300 to 600 grams. ... It has been suggested that Firearm brass and Casing (ammunition) be merged into this article or section. ... Ball and hollowpoint 9 mm Luger rounds The 9 mm Parabellum pistol cartridge (9 x 19 mm Luger, 9 x 19 mm NATO) was introduced in the late 1890s by the German weapons manufacturer Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken (DWM) for their Pistole Parabellum. ... The Rate of fire is the speed at which a specific firearm or artillery piece can operate. ... A guns muzzle velocity is the speed at which the projectile leaves the muzzle of the gun. ... Ball and hollowpoint 9 mm Luger rounds The 9 mm Parabellum pistol cartridge (9 x 19 mm Luger, 9 x 19 mm NATO) was introduced in the late 1890s by the German weapons manufacturer Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken (DWM) for their Pistole Parabellum. ... An MP5A4 (fixed stock and 3-round burst trigger group), a popular modern submachine gun A submachine gun is a firearm that combines the automatic fire of a machine gun with the cartridge of a pistol, and is usually between the two in weight and size. ... Ariete Tanks of the Italian Ariete Tank Brigade on exercise Three Bersaglieri ride in a Dardo The Italian Army has recently become a professional all-volunteer force of 112,000 active duty personnel. ...


The Beretta Model 12 was officially adopted by the Italian government in 1961. It is also the official submachine gun of some South American and African countries. It is made under licence in Brazil and Indonesia. This article or section should be merged with Italian Government Italy has been a democratic republic since June 2, 1946, when the monarchy was abolished by popular referendum (see Birth of the Italian Republic). ...


The Model 3 weighs 3.48 kilograms empty (about 3.820 kg loaded) and is 660 millimeters in length with stock extended (418 mm when retracted). It fires from an open bolt. Its cyclic rate of fire is 550 shots per minute and it has a muzzle velocity of 380 meters per second. It is accurate to 200 meters. The international prototype, made of platinum-iridium, which is kept at the BIPM under conditions specified by the 1st CGPM in 1889. ... A millimetre (American spelling: millimeter), symbol mm is an SI unit of length that is equal to one thousandth of a metre. ... The velocity of an object is simply its speed in a particular direction. ...


The barrel and rifling are chromium-plated to prevent fouling. General Name, Symbol, Number chromium, Cr, 24 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 6, 4, d Appearance silvery metallic Atomic mass 51. ...


The weapon has a selective-fire option allowing a choice of single shot or fully automatic fire.


The weapon has 3 safeties: a manual safety which blocks the trigger; an automatic safety on the rear grip which immobilizes the trigger and blocks the bolt in a closed position; and a safety on the cocking handle locking the bolt in case it does not retract sufficiently.


The weapon is provided with a front sight (adjustable for elevation and windage) and a rear sight with a 2-position flip aperture (up to 100 m and up to 200 m). Basic Definition In geography, the elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or some other fixed point). ... Windage is a force created on an object by friction when there is relative movement between air and the object. ...


20, 30, and 40-round box magazines were available for the original Model 12, which was chambered for the 9 mm Parabellum cartridge. for the French rock group see Parabellum (band) The term parabellum comes from the Latin for prepare for war. The term is often heard in relation to ammunition – for example, nine millimeter parabellum. Parabellum ammunition is designed to be legal under international law; usually this means that rounds are full...


Beretta Model 12S

The Model 12 was redesigned as the Beretta Model 12s in 1978 and was styled as "the Ultimate Submachine Gun" when released. The Model 12s uses a 32-round box magazine, and is chambered for the 9 mm x 19 NATO cartridge. It utilizes the blowback principle, and is capable of either semi- or full-automatic fire. NATO 2002 Summit in Prague The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation[1] (NATO), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, the Atlantic Alliance or the Western Alliance, is an international organisation for collective security established in 1949, in support of the North Atlantic Treaty signed in Washington, DC, on 4 April 1949. ...


A novel feature is the grip safety, which locks the trigger and the bolt in the closed position, thus safeguarding against accidental firing if the grip is not held firmly or if the gun is dropped. The fixed firing pin on the face of the bolt can strike the primer only when the cartridge is chambered fully, and this also avoids accidental firing, according to its designers.


The PM12S was also designed with easy field-stripping and reassembly in mind, which has been simplified and can be accomplished without tools. It can be equipped with a silencer, but this requires a slight modification of the barrel by a competent gunsmith. The word silencer can mean:- A noise-suppressor on the end of a guns barrel. ... A gunsmith is a person who designs, builds, repairs or modifies firearms to blueprint and customer specifications, using hand tools and machine tools such as grinders, lathes, and milling machines. ...


Minus the silencer and other optional features, the Beretta PM12S is made up of 84 discrete components.


External links

  • http://www.gunsworld.com/beretta/12a_us.html
  • http://world.guns.ru/smg/smg20-e.htm

See also


  Results from FactBites:
 
Beretta Model 12 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (463 words)
Beretta Model 12 is a 9 mm Luger Parabellum caliber submachine gun.
The Beretta Model 12 was officially adopted by the Italian government in 1961.
The Model 12s uses a 32-round box magazine, and is chambered for the 9 mm x 19 NATO cartridge.
Beretta Model 1918 Sub-Machine Gun (342 words)
Beretta was approached at the same time as OVP with the request to convert the cumbersome VP into a more practical weapon.
The Model 1918 was issued to the Ardite regiments of the Italian Army early in 1918 and thus became the first submachine gun to be standard issue, predating the German Bergmann by a few weeks.
Numbers of the Model 1918 were used during the Spanish Civil War and the Abyssian war and were frequently encountered in the early phases of the Libyan campaign in 1941.
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