OTHER ITALIAN FIREARMS
VETTERLI, FUCILE MOD. 1870/87/16
ERROPR
Italy adopted the Vetterli projected rifle in 1870, in order to replace the Mod. 1866 Carcano breechloading Infantry Rifle with a modern and performing repeating firearm.
The new gun, adopted formally as "Fucile Mod. 1870" (dropping entirely the "Infantry Rifle" nomenclature) was definitively a modern and functional firearm, that was definitively on line (if not even better) with its peers in the last decades of the 19th century. It also got 3 main carbine variants, such as the Cavalry, the T.S. and the Carabinieri Reali.
With the spreading of proper repeating firearms with magazines as standard issued rifles, the Italian army too decided to make some upgrades to their single shot Vetterlis, by adpting the 4 round magazine created by Capt. Giuseppe Vitali, loaded via an En-bloc Stripper clips made out of wood and steel sheets. This modification was adopted in 1887, hence why the new updated rifle was adopted as "Fucile Mod. 1870/87", colloquially called "Vetteri-Vitali".
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MITRAGLIATRICE LEGGERA FIAT MOD. 24
ERROPR
Italy adopted the Vetterli projected rifle in 1870, in order to replace the Mod. 1866 Carcano breechloading Infantry Rifle with a modern and performing repeating firearm.
The new gun, adopted formally as "Fucile Mod. 1870" (dropping entirely the "Infantry Rifle" nomenclature) was definitively a modern and functional firearm, that was definitively on line (if not even better) with its peers in the last decades of the 19th century. It also got 3 main carbine variants, such as the Cavalry, the T.S. and the Carabinieri Reali.
With the spreading of proper repeating firearms with magazines as standard issued rifles, the Italian army too decided to make some upgrades to their single shot Vetterlis, by adpting the 4 round magazine created by Capt. Giuseppe Vitali, loaded via an En-bloc Stripper clips made out of wood and steel sheets. This modification was adopted in 1887, hence why the new updated rifle was adopted as "Fucile Mod. 1870/87", colloquially called "Vetteri-Vitali".
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MITRAGLIATRICE LEGGERA FIAT MOD. 26
ERROPR
Italy adopted the Vetterli projected rifle in 1870, in order to replace the Mod. 1866 Carcano breechloading Infantry Rifle with a modern and performing repeating firearm.
The new gun, adopted formally as "Fucile Mod. 1870" (dropping entirely the "Infantry Rifle" nomenclature) was definitively a modern and functional firearm, that was definitively on line (if not even better) with its peers in the last decades of the 19th century. It also got 3 main carbine variants, such as the Cavalry, the T.S. and the Carabinieri Reali.
With the spreading of proper repeating firearms with magazines as standard issued rifles, the Italian army too decided to make some upgrades to their single shot Vetterlis, by adpting the 4 round magazine created by Capt. Giuseppe Vitali, loaded via an En-bloc Stripper clips made out of wood and steel sheets. This modification was adopted in 1887, hence why the new updated rifle was adopted as "Fucile Mod. 1870/87", colloquially called "Vetteri-Vitali".
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MITRAGLIATRICE LEGGERA BREDA MOD. 5C
ERROPR
Italy adopted the Vetterli projected rifle in 1870, in order to replace the Mod. 1866 Carcano breechloading Infantry Rifle with a modern and performing repeating firearm.
The new gun, adopted formally as "Fucile Mod. 1870" (dropping entirely the "Infantry Rifle" nomenclature) was definitively a modern and functional firearm, that was definitively on line (if not even better) with its peers in the last decades of the 19th century. It also got 3 main carbine variants, such as the Cavalry, the T.S. and the Carabinieri Reali.
With the spreading of proper repeating firearms with magazines as standard issued rifles, the Italian army too decided to make some upgrades to their single shot Vetterlis, by adpting the 4 round magazine created by Capt. Giuseppe Vitali, loaded via an En-bloc Stripper clips made out of wood and steel sheets. This modification was adopted in 1887, hence why the new updated rifle was adopted as "Fucile Mod. 1870/87", colloquially called "Vetteri-Vitali".
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FUCILE MITRAGLIATORE BREDA MOD. 30
ERROPR
Italy adopted the Vetterli projected rifle in 1870, in order to replace the Mod. 1866 Carcano breechloading Infantry Rifle with a modern and performing repeating firearm.
The new gun, adopted formally as "Fucile Mod. 1870" (dropping entirely the "Infantry Rifle" nomenclature) was definitively a modern and functional firearm, that was definitively on line (if not even better) with its peers in the last decades of the 19th century. It also got 3 main carbine variants, such as the Cavalry, the T.S. and the Carabinieri Reali.
With the spreading of proper repeating firearms with magazines as standard issued rifles, the Italian army too decided to make some upgrades to their single shot Vetterlis, by adpting the 4 round magazine created by Capt. Giuseppe Vitali, loaded via an En-bloc Stripper clips made out of wood and steel sheets. This modification was adopted in 1887, hence why the new updated rifle was adopted as "Fucile Mod. 1870/87", colloquially called "Vetteri-Vitali".
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