Mk1992 Posted December 19, 2024 Report Share Posted December 19, 2024 Hello, there are here some owners of the legendary Beretta M38A? It's my favorite one smg of the WW2 and I saw many of them in my country Italy, used here during the war from the both sides.... I really appreciate to see this model outside Italy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeRanger Posted December 19, 2024 Report Share Posted December 19, 2024 I've got a MAB38/42 (currently set up with a 38/44 bolt). I have several SMGs and the 38/42 is my favorite There are 2 more Beretta owners in my club, one with a 38A and one with a 38/44 but neither of them post on this board Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mk1992 Posted December 20, 2024 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2024 20 hours ago, StrangeRanger said: I've got a MAB38/42 (currently set up with a 38/44 bolt). I have several SMGs and the 38/42 is my favorite There are 2 more Beretta owners in my club, one with a 38A and one with a 38/44 but neither of them post on this board Nice, here in Italy I saw and shouted with the classic M38A, I saw many of them... Bu I never seen before the 38/42 and 38/44, I think its very rare to find one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeRanger Posted December 20, 2024 Report Share Posted December 20, 2024 There seems to be a fair number of 38/42s and 38/44s that show up on the auction sites here in the US but relatively fewer 38As Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranger1385 Posted December 21, 2024 Report Share Posted December 21, 2024 I have a 38/42 and really like it too! I also have the original paperwork from the WWII veteran who brought it back. I won't say I like it more than my Thompson, because that's sacrilegious around here:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mk1992 Posted December 21, 2024 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2024 6 minutes ago, ranger1385 said: I have a 38/42 and really like it too! I also have the original paperwork from the WWII veteran who brought it back. I won't say I like it more than my Thompson, because that's sacrilegious around here:) There are two smg's but in my opinion are completely different from each other. Beretta it's a classic 9mm submachine gun, the Tommy compared to the Beretta, looks like a little heavy machine gun, eavy weight, 90% of the parts machined and thick, it is indestructible 😅 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxfaxdude Posted December 29, 2024 Report Share Posted December 29, 2024 (edited) On 12/21/2024 at 11:05 AM, Mk1992 said: There are two smg's but in my opinion are completely different from each other. Beretta it's a classic 9mm submachine gun, the Tommy compared to the Beretta, looks like a little heavy machine gun, eavy weight, 90% of the parts machined and thick, it is indestructible 😅 I just recently bought this Beretta 38A at auction and will be posting a shooting video on Youtube once it is in my possession. It's the first one I've seen with an original bayonet. Edited December 29, 2024 by maxfaxdude 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeRanger Posted December 29, 2024 Report Share Posted December 29, 2024 Very nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mk1992 Posted December 29, 2024 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2024 14 hours ago, maxfaxdude said: I just recently bought this Beretta 38A at auction and will be posting a shooting video on Youtube once it is in my possession. It's the first one I've seen with an original bayonet. Really nice, on the top tube where is located the serial number, there are some writings or not? Recently I saw a M38A without any writings, only the serial number... I can't wait to see the video of shooting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeRanger Posted December 29, 2024 Report Share Posted December 29, 2024 The lack of markings is fairly common on 38/42s and 38/44s. The Germans had a fixation about not letting the Allies know where weapons were being produced so the Beretta information was often deleted. There may also have been receivers produced by sub-contractors which would not have carried the Beretta information Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mk1992 Posted December 30, 2024 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2024 21 hours ago, StrangeRanger said: The lack of markings is fairly common on 38/42s and 38/44s. The Germans had a fixation about not letting the Allies know where weapons were being produced so the Beretta information was often deleted. There may also have been receivers produced by sub-contractors which would not have carried the Beretta information I know this thing, especially for German firearms... but for the Italians firearms I never heard, maybe the M38A receivers was made without any letters since these lots of weapons was especially produced for a particular contract. I have some books about the Italian paramilitary division "DECIMA MAS" and this division have submitted to Beretta some lots of M38A's, 100% sure. I saw: "no lettered" M38A without any letter on the receiver but the serial number punched also on the barrel cover and compensator. "lettered" M38A with the serial number only on the receiver and barrel. I recenttly bought a Italian book about this Beretta smg, maybe there are written some infos... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeRanger Posted December 30, 2024 Report Share Posted December 30, 2024 The demand for MP40s on both the Eastern and Western Fronts rapidly increased in mid 1944. Some 38/42s and 38/44s were produced for German contracts since the production of MP40s could not also supply the demand on the Italian front. It's entirely possible that the un-marked guns were originally intended for the Wehrmacht Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rekraps Posted January 5 Report Share Posted January 5 On 12/28/2024 at 11:52 PM, maxfaxdude said: I just recently bought this Beretta 38A at auction and will be posting a shooting video on Youtube once it is in my possession. It's the first one I've seen with an original bayonet. You get all the good stuff. Do these guns take proprietary magazines? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeRanger Posted January 5 Report Share Posted January 5 All MAB38 series guns use the same readily available magazine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxfaxdude Posted January 13 Report Share Posted January 13 Yeah, they all take the same mags. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mk1992 Posted January 13 Author Report Share Posted January 13 On 1/5/2025 at 9:41 PM, Rekraps said: You get all the good stuff. Do these guns take proprietary magazines? 80% of the Italians ww2 smg's have the same type of magazine.... You can use a M38 magazine in a TZ45, FNAB43 ... Also the post war made Beretta M12 use this magazine, you can recognize a WW2 production between post war models from the finishing and shapes, there are also a parkerized magazines for the M12... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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