BREDA M37

The Breda Modello 37 was an Italian heavy machine gun, adopted in 1937. It was the standard machine gun for the Italian Army during World War II. The M37 was meant as a replacement for the more troublesome M1930, and it proved by far more effective in combat. It still had many of the same problems like its predecessor. It used a larger cartridge than its rivals, the 8x59mm Breda. One of its drawbacks was that it was fed by 20-round strips, it could only be fired rapidly when a second crew member put in one strip after another.
Production ended in 1943. It was still used as a standard machine gun after the war, until it was replaced by more modern machine guns.
Today, it may be encountered in some battle zones. It is still produced, as a paintball machine gun.