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Oct 3rd 2010 at 2:57:01 AM
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I've read about the Glisenti; it was really only issued to clerks.
I think the Type 94 (already described in the article) is the worst, though. Jammed easily and had an exposed sear on the side of the gun that would fire the gun if you pressed it. I pity the soldier who tried to catch one.
About the "Italian bolt-action rifle". I think that the author of this entry merged two weapons: the American M-60 machine gun (with gas piston that could be inserted backwards changing the machine gun into large repeater rifle) and the Italian Glisenti pistol that had weak frame and there were cases that shooter was hit in the forehead or face with the slide that broke off the frame. This was however, most likely due to the fact that it was possible to load the gun with 9x19 Parabellum ammo instead of 9x19 Glisenti. Both cartridges had very similar dimensions but the load of Glisenti ammo was much weaker.
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