- Beretta Model 3
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caption=
name=Beretta Model 3
type=sub-machine gun
origin=flagcountry|Italy
era=
design_date=1956
production_date=1956 to 1959
service=1956 to ??
used_by=
wars=
spec_type=
caliber=9 mm
part_length=200
cartridge=9 mm Para
feed=20 or 40 round
action=blowback
rate=550 round/min
velocity=
weight=3.47 kg (empty)
length=711/508 mm (stock extended/folded)
variants=none
number=The 9
millimeter Beretta Model 3 was an Italiansubmachine gun produced from 1956 to 1959. It was essentially theWorld War II -eraBeretta 38/42 redesigned for more efficient production. The wooden stock of the 38/42 was replaced with a steel folding stock. A pistol grip was provided at the trigger guard and the magazine receiver was lengthened to provide a foregrip.Fully-automatic or single-shot fire is selectable by the use of two triggers, and it fires from an open bolt. Its relatively slow cyclic rate of fire, 550 shots per minute, and low recoil make it highly accurate during full automatic or selective fire. It is accurate to 200 meters. The Model 3 weighs 3.5
kilogram s empty (about 7.7 lb) and is 711 mm) in length with stock extended (508 mm when retracted). Rifling: 6 grooves, rh.20-round and 40-round box magazines are available for the Model 3. The weapon is chambered for the 9 mm
Parabellum cartridge.The Model 3 was succeeded by the
Beretta Model 12 in 1959.ee also
*
List of Italian submachine guns
*List of firearms
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