PugJesus
Villar Perosa Hours!
Mar 16 at 3:13pmWeb
Show threadPugJesus1d ago

Explanation: In WW1, the Kingdom of Italy introduced an infantry-portable automatic weapon known as the Villar Perosa, consisting of two light automatic firearms literally combined into one. Twice the barrels, twice the firepower? At this early and experimental point in portable automatic weapons, the Villar Perosa was surprisingly effective in its role as what-we-would-recognize-as a submachinegun.

The opposing Austro-Hungarian Empire realized it needed a response to this weapon, so created the Sturmpistole, which was… two fully-automatic pistols slapped together. It was not as effective as the Villar Perosa, so generally Austro-Hungarian forces preferred to use captured Italian submachineguns instead of their own, lmao.

Villar Perosa submachine gun - Wikipedia

Show threadedinbruh1d ago
If our gun was so good, why did we get beat up so bad for most of the war? And don’t tell me it was nepotism and connections among higher officials.
Show threadPugJesus1d ago

Luigi just wanted to see the Isonzo River run red with Italian blood.

Also, and this may be controversial, but gun alone not win war 😔

Also also, the Mannlicher was a superior rifle to the Carcano, fite me

… it’s also a bit bizarre how the Italian government initially tried to suppress specialist assault troops, out of fear that having an elite would ‘demoralize’ or create quarrelsome competition with regional regiments. Despite the fact that the Arditi were utter lunatics who could pull of just the kind of stunts that were needed to break trench stalemates… and that the Germans, Austrians, Brits, and French had all already proven that assault troops were invaluable in trench warfare, and were expanding their use at that same time.

Show threadedinbruh1d ago

gun alone not win war

nooooooo 😥

What about gun and medieval armour used as bulletproof vest?