Breda 37

Breda Modello 37 MG 259(i)
General Historical Information
Place of origin	Italy
Manufacturer	Breda Meccanica Bresciana
Produced In	1934–1945
Type	Machine gun
Effective range	1000 m
Rate of Fire	480 rounds/min
Magazine	20 round strip
Ammunition
General Ingame Information
Used by	Italy Germany
Used in vehicles	Sahariana Semovente 75/18 Semovente 75/34

Effective, though not without limitations, the Breda 37 represented perhaps the best of the various infantry weapons available to the Italian Army, outside of their excellent submachine guns. The use of lubricated ammunition invited stoppages, especially when introduced to the desert environment of North Africa. The Breda 37 typified the overall problems experienced by the Italian infantry. Every weapon outside of the submachine gun class included several unwelcome features. The Breda 37 is quite similar to the Mle 1914 Hotchkiss that has four more bullets per strip and slightly less rate of fire. Both guns can be deployed in the same types of tripods for anti-aircraft use, prone and crouched positions. In the map Sand Storm many of the German bunkers have this machine gun.

Breda 38

Breda Modello 38 Kpfw-MG 350(i)
General Historical Information
Place of origin	Italy
Manufacturer	Breda Meccanica Bresciana
Produced In	1938–1945
Type	Machine gun
Effective range	1000 m
Rate of Fire	600 rounds/min
Magazine	24 round magazine
Ammunition
General Ingame Information
Used by	Italy Germany
Used in vehicles	L3/33 L6/40 M13/40 P26/40

The M38 is a deriative of the Breda 37. It has significantly higher rate of fire and a slightly more bullets in a top mounted magazine. Uniquely hull mounted guns are paired which means that the relatively low magazine capacity can be compensated by firing one machine gun at a time while the other is reloaded.