Rome will give the Kurds the Beretta MG 42/59 machine gun. It is a weapon abundantly exceeded the German project then updated and developed by the Italian company. Currently used by our police in patrolling coastal mounted on vehicles and vessels. The Italian army instead replaced it with the handy "Minimal" consequently our arsenals have many MG to dispose of. In addition, our government will send a lot of material subject to a seizure that includes old weapons from the Balkans in which there should be systems' weapon ground / air to be used to strike helicopters. This is the actual picture of the available material.
Data Sheet "MG 42/59" (machine gun)
Weapon department 7.62mm caliber NATO.
Features and main performance
Length: 1,22 m
Weight: 13 Kg
Power supply: modular belts
Rate of fire: 800 b/mi.
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