Perino Model 1908

0:0:0 The Perino Model 1908 was an Italian machine gun designed by engineer Giuseppe Perino in 1901. It was strip-fed, water-cooled, and simultaneously recoil- and gas-operated. It also permitted fast setup and teardown, and could potentially be fired nonstop. A heavy weapon at 60 pounds, a 1910 redesign reduced the weight to 33 pounds.

The weapon was unusual in that it could be fitted with a magazine for its 20-round ammunition strips, topped off as room permitted. Although fed by a strip (like the M1909 Benét-Mercié, its spent cartridges were reattached to the strip as it was eliminated from the weapon, preventing loose cartridges from littering the battlefield.

Fearing that its design might be copied, the Italian government classified the weapon as "top secret". Thus, it was not refined as much, and used only sparingly during World War I. However, some of its design would reappear in the Breda M37 machine gun used during World War II.

Battlefield 1
The Perino Model 1908 will be added as part of the Battlefield 1: In the Name of the Tsar expansion.