The 1915/17 would also omit the rather unnecessary hammer safety. 32 ACP (7.65mm) was introduced which would be produced in much larger numbers. This proved a bit redundant, and the gun overall was rather large and heavy. One of their most interesting mechanical features is a pair of manual safeties – one on the back of the frame to lock the hammer and one on the left side to block the trigger. Only 15,300 of the Model 1915 pistol were made, because even they proved to be a bit more than the military really needed. In response to a need for something cheaper, Tulio Marengoni of the Beretta company designed the Model 1915, a simple blowback handgun chambered for the 9mm Glisenti cartridge. However, the 1910 Glisenti was a very complex design, and much too expensive to be practical for the needs of the global cataclysm that was the Great War. The Italian military went into WWI having already adopted a semiautomatic sidearm – the Model 1910 Glisenti (and its somewhat simplified Brixia cousin).
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