SIA Modello 1918

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SIA/Fiat model 1918


This machine gun was created before the end of WWI. It is a heavy machine gun r. 6.5 mm. This machine gun took a model for later produced Italian machine guns in the 20th century (eg FIAT model 1924, FIAT model 1927). The designers used a functional movement of the cartridge case with an unlocked unbraked breech for automation. The barrel of the machine gun is therefore stationary. It is interesting that the end rotates by about 40 ° at the end of its path.


TTD:
SIA model 1918/FIAT model 1924


Caliber: 6.5 mm
Mass :
-machine gun without base: 11.0 kg/11.5 kg
- heavy base: 8.0 kg/-
- light base: 5.3 kg/2.5 kg
Machine gun length: 1186 mm
Muzzle velocity: 700 m/s/650 m/s
Firing rate: 600 rounds/min/400 rounds/min
Magazine: 20.50 rounds/25 rounds
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