• aluminium@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Oh it was an absolute dumpsterfire. A M1 Garand probably had a higher sustained rate of fire.

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      1 year ago

      According to the article it is very much comparable:

      “When considering all of the gun’s deficiencies, taken during combat when it was at its worst, the practical rate of fire of the Breda 30 could even have been comparable to a semi-automatic weapon’s practical rate of fire, as the standard American rifle was (the M1 Garand and M1 Carbine) and the later German Gewehr 43.”

      Really a fun read.