MITRAGLIATRICE MODELLO 14

MITRAGLIATRICE MODELLO 14
Image: Mitragliatrice Modello 14 (Wikipedia)
Year1915
Weapon TypeMedium Machine Gun
Origin & DesignerItaly/Fiat-Revelli
Numbers Produced47.000
Crew5
Calibre6.5mm (6.5x52)
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Round Weight162gr (10.5g)
Barrel Length654mm
Overall Length1.180mm
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MountTri-Pod
Combat WeightGun: 17 kg
Mount: 22.4 kg
Water: 3 kg
Total: 43.4 kg
OperationDelayed Blowback
Cooling SystemWater
SightsFront Blade & Adjustable Rear Leaf
Feed50 Round Multi-Compartment Magazine
Practical Rate of Fire250 r.p.m.
Maximum Rate of Fire500 r.p.m.
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Muzzle Velocity800 m/s
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Minimum Range[@minimum_range]
Effective Range1000m
Maximum Range3000m
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NotesThe Modello 14 was an old weapon and developed before the First World War. It the standard heavy machine gun and was saw service right through the Great War. It had many faults and one of them the feed, as the rounds had to be oiled before firing. The ammunition was fed from a large box magazine, which could hold 50 rounds and fired the same 6.5mm round issued to the Infantry. Like many machine guns of that period, it was water cooled and cumbersome. It served through the interwar period and even into World War Two, but around the early 1930s, many were up-dated and these were called Modello 35.