Perino Model 1908

Perino Model 1908

Austro-Hungarian capture Perino MG.
Type Machine gun
Place of origin Kingdom of Italy
Service history
Used by Kingdom of Italy
Austria-Hungary
Wars World War I
Production history
Designer Giuseppe Perino
Designed 1901
Specifications
Weight 27kg

Cartridge 6.5x52mm Carcano
Action Recoil
Rate of fire 450RPM
Feed system 25 round strip
Sights Iron

The Perino Model 1908 was an early machine gun of Italian origin designed earlier in 1901 by Giuseppe Perino, an engineer (Tecnico dell'Artiglieria). Perino's design apparently was the first Italian-designed machine gun, and in its original configuration weighed in at a heavy 27 kilograms (60 lb), which made it largely unsuitable to field utilization and apt only for fortifications; a lightened 1910 version brought the weight down to 34 pounds (15 kg). The gun was nonetheless adopted by the Regio Esercito and saw some use alongside the Fiat-Revelli Modello 14 and the Maxim guns.

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