Nightcrawler
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I'm pretty familliar with the gamut of German weapons of the 2nd world war, and there's plenty of info on the 'net about them (though a search will bring you many pages regarding Medal of Honor, Battlefield: 1942, Return to Castle Woflenstein/Enemy Territory, the great Call of Duty, and the other plethora of World War II games out there.
However, finding stuff on Japanese and Italian small arms has proved challenging. I mean good, detailed information, preferably with pictures. Does anybody know of an online resource? If not, can anybody go over the basics?
I know the Italians had the Beretta SMG that they used in a different 9mm cartridge (though 9x19 ones were made for the Germans). They had the Carcarno (sp?) rifle, but I know nothing about it. What machine guns did they have? Pistols? Did they use the Beretta 1934? Sniper rifles?
The Japanese had a top-feeding automatic rifle that looks like a Bren (sort of). They had another hopper-fed automatic rifle that feed from stripper clips. They had Arisaka rifles in at least two different calibers, and a couple submachine guns based on the Bergmann family (from the MP-18 on). What Japanese pistols were common? Which Nambu pistol was the one with the exposed sear? What machine guns did they use? Sniper rifles?
Thanks for any help, everyone.
However, finding stuff on Japanese and Italian small arms has proved challenging. I mean good, detailed information, preferably with pictures. Does anybody know of an online resource? If not, can anybody go over the basics?
I know the Italians had the Beretta SMG that they used in a different 9mm cartridge (though 9x19 ones were made for the Germans). They had the Carcarno (sp?) rifle, but I know nothing about it. What machine guns did they have? Pistols? Did they use the Beretta 1934? Sniper rifles?
The Japanese had a top-feeding automatic rifle that looks like a Bren (sort of). They had another hopper-fed automatic rifle that feed from stripper clips. They had Arisaka rifles in at least two different calibers, and a couple submachine guns based on the Bergmann family (from the MP-18 on). What Japanese pistols were common? Which Nambu pistol was the one with the exposed sear? What machine guns did they use? Sniper rifles?
Thanks for any help, everyone.