![]() The Beretta "look" was already adopted by the time of the Model 1934 though there still proved some similarities with the now-archaic Model 1915 of decades prior. Internally, the Model 1934 featured a modernized and improved action based on the original Model 1915 of World War 1. Heading into World War 2, the Italian Army standardized on the Beretta Model 1934 and adopted this version in considerable numbers - production spanned from 1934 into 1991 with some 1,080,000 units manufactured. Regardless, this design paved the way for generations of Berettas that flooded the growing market for semi-automatic offerings throughout the 1920s and 1930s - producing the Model 1915/19, Model 1922, Model 1931 marks and others in time. While issued to Italian Army troops, the sidearm was not standardized nor formally adopted. ![]() ![]() Beretta - founded as far back as 1526 in Brescia, Italy - introduced their first semi-automatic pistol during World War 1 through the Model 1915.
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