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The Italian Breda Model 1930 and the 1937 had to have oiled cartridges in order to avoid cases sticking in the chamber. Not a good thing to require when fighting in Libya and elsewhere in North Africa with all that talcum powder like sand. Then again the Italians were speed bumps for the British anyway so I don't think it much mattered...the Afrika Korps on the other hand...
Could you imagine if the M240 & 249 required oiled cartridges?
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