Based on the Villar Perosa from WW1,the Beretta M38 was a cheap, reliable, accurate and durable gun that's generally regarded as the best Italian weapon of the war, and is an strong contender for the best smg of WW2. Until 1943 it's use was only by

Designed in 1941 to be one of the new simplified Soviet anti tank rifles, Simonov's anti tank rifle was a gas operated semi automated rifle. It was more complex than the PTRD, and thus harder to manufacture, being produced in smaller numbers. It