The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Breda Model 30 Light Machine Gun. Tubular blued steel receiver and an air cooled barrel that has disc fins for half the length near the breech and a cone muzzle. A 'T' bar handle is attached at the point of balance on the barrel. The receiver is marked with FUCILE MITR MOD.30 over the serial number and BREDA-ROMA-A.XVII. An oil pump is fitted to the top of the action to lubricate rounds prior to chambering. It has a slotted wooden butt with a spring loaded shoulder clip and wood pistol grip. Adjustable bipod legs fold back under the barrel. The gun feeds from a detachable box magazine on the right hand side that can be folded forward for reloading. A green leather sling is fitted to the weapon.
The Breda Modello 30 was the standard light machine gun of the Royal Italian Army (Regio Esercito) during the Second World War (1939-1945). This particular weapon was captured at Derna in Libya by members of the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) in January 1941 and brought to Australia for examination. After the war it was gifted to the Australian War Memorial collection by the Department of Defence.
Breda Model 30 Light Machine Gun. Tubular blued steel receiver and an air cooled barrel that has disc fins for half the length near the breech and a cone muzzle suppressor. A 'T' bar handle is attach
Breda Model 30 Light Machine Gun. Tubular blued steel receiver and an air cooled barrel that has disc fins for half the length near the breech and a cone muzzle suppressor. A 'T' bar handle is attach
Breda Model 38 Tank Machine Gun. The breech top is marked MITRAGL BREDA TIPO CA, the serial number and BRESCIA 41 XIX. The gun is an all metal construction apart from the wooden pistol grip and has a
Chicom Type 56 (RPD) Light Machine Gun. Machined steel receiver, air cooled barrel with a gas port underneath. A folding bipod is attached to the barrel near the muzzle. It has a wooden butt and pisto
Type 92 (Lewis) aircraft machine gun. The air cooled barrel does not have the tubular steel jacket and aluminium cooling fins. The receiver has a wooden pistol grip trigger assembly and there is a lea
The Type 96 light machine gun is an automatic gas operated weapon. All metal construction apart from the wooden butt, pistol grip and carry handle. The gas system utilises a long stroke piston located
The Type 96 light machine gun is an automatic gas operated weapon. All metal construction apart from the wooden butt, pistol grip and carry handle. The gas system utilises a long stroke piston located
