An now, for something completely different: Italian Breda 7.7 MG Fired Mk VII .303

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Maybe everybody in the world already knows this, but I just came across a 1943 US Ninth Air Force report discussing the aero machine guns used by the Axis that included the page below on the Breda 7.7 MG. This report is irrelevant to the project I'm researching at the moment, but skimming it this sentence really jumped out at me:

"British standard .303 inch Mark VII ammunition functions satisfactorily in this weapon."

Coincidence, or by design?



(Sorry about the poor quality, but this is a scan of a microfilm reel frame cleaned up in Photoshop. Best I can do considering the original page appeared almost totally white on the microfilm...)

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