Comments by "" (@neutronalchemist3241) on "Forgotten Weapons"
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Nothing had been "screwed up". The weapon had been higly successful, so much that the Austrians copied it, double barrel, tripod and all. At the end of the conflict a total of 14.564 MGs had been produced (so, more than 29000 barrels, VS only about 5000 MP18), and 836 millions of 9mm Glisenti rounds for them.
Mind this. THERE WAS NOTHING BETTER AROUND.
When the guy with the Villar Perosa, after having thrown a couple of offensive grenades into the enemy trench to stun the enemies, came over the edge with the SMG in his hands to clear it, he didn’t find the guy with the MP18 waiting for him. Because there was not any MP18, or anything similar. What he had in his hands was incredibly better for that role than anything the enemy had.
After having adopted the Villar Perosa, the Italians took almos three years to develop the OVP18 and the MAB18 (that were nothing more than a single Villar Perosa barrel mounted on a Moschetto TS stock) not because the Villar Perosa was unsatisfactory, but because it was so satisfactory that none felt the urge to modify it.
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There had been two separate issues.
A pair of cases on the SEALs 92SB, and yes, that was due to very high round count and firing an unprecised mix of ammos.
Then on some Army M9, tested for endurance in 1988. 12 had been tested. Generally they reached a very high round count, but a pair of them had the slide cracked at low round count.
Initially the Army determined it was due to the steel alloy of the slide, requested it to be changed, and Beretta modified the slides so that even a cracked one could't be projected out of the gun. However Beretta technicians were not persuaded. They were selling 92 series guns to military and police forces all over the world, and only the M9 of the US Army seemed to have problems. They analysed the results of the test, and noticed all the low counts slide cracks happened only when a single batch of Federal Cartridge ammo was used. Once tested by independent labs, it was determined those rounds developed pressure in excess of proofloads (Beretta sued the US government at that point, and the lawsuit was settled with them receiving further $ 10m). Ironically, the 92 remained known for the "slide cracking" problem, while, at that time, its slides were arguably more robust than those of any Browning design competitor.
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All those pistols, like the Bernardelli P08, and this one, have the half-cock position. That's what was intended to replace the decocker, as, if you hold the hammer, pull the trigger, allowing the hammer to just slightly move forward, and release the trigger, the hammer will safely seat in half/cock even if you suddenly release it.
From half-cock, the first double trigger pull is more pleasant too (same weight, but shorter pull).
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