Breda Mod. 42

Breda Mod. 42

Type	Anti-tank grenade
Place of origin	Kingdom of Italy
Service history
Used by	Royal Italian Army
Wars	WWII
Production history
Manufacturer	Breda Meccanica Bresciana
Number built	10000
Specifications
Weight	1050 g
Height	290 mm
Diameter	115 mm

Filling	TNT
Detonation mechanism	Percussion

The Breda Mod. 42 was an anti-tank grenade supplied to the Royal Italian Army during World War II.

History

The Royal Italian Army had entered World War II war without an anti-tank grenade of domestic production. Only in 1942 were two models built: the OTO Mod. 42 and the Breda Mod. 42. This was achieved by modifying the Breda Mod. 40. In June 1942, the Breda Brescia produced 10.000 copies to be submitted to the high rank of the military, but the explosive device, due to numerous missing activations, did not pass the test carried out in April 1943.^[1]

Technique

The bomb adopted the spool and the handle from Breda Mod. 40. To this it was added a spherical body bomb containing 574 grams of TNT. According to the manufacturer, the charge of TNT was able to pierce armor of 20 mm and chipping internally plates of 30 mm. It had to be launched at no less than 14–15 meters to allow the slipping of the safety of the trajectory that occurred after 10–12 meters. The final model instead adopted a bucket in sheet instead of the headphone retraction, thus reducing the time of the slipping of the automatic safety.^[2]

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Related items

SRCM Mod. 35

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. 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

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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