Live stream preview
Bicycle mounted MGs weren't as crazy as you think: The British Villar Perosa
Italy
•
7m 24s
Developed in Italy as a take on the Light Machine Gun, the British Villar Perosa was chambered in .455 Webley and was considered to be mounted on an unusual form of transport.
Up Next in Italy
-
Fascist Italy's desperate version of ...
As the war began to turn against Mussollini's Italy in the Second World War, they turned to the cheap, easy to produce TZ45.
-
The *really* weird legal loophole pis...
Why would you want a pair of pistols joined by a single barrel? The answer is a nuanced legal workaround to avoid restrictions on concealed weapons in 19th century Italy.
-
The world's first shoulder fired infa...
This remarkably well made weapon was purchased by Henry VIII from Italy to arm his forces 500 years ago. The arquebus is similar to examples found on the Mary Rose and can trace its roots back to a gun making region of Italy with high repute.
