The following brief paragraph on the use of Italian pistol ammunition appeared in Tactical and Technical Trends, No. 22, April 8, 1943. [DISCLAIMER: The following text is taken from the U.S. War Department publication Tactical and Technical Trends. As with all wartime intelligence information, data may be incomplete or inaccurate. No attempt has been made to update or correct the text. Any views or opinions expressed do not necessarily represent those of the website.]

INTERCHANGEABILITY OF PISTOL AMMUNITION It is now known that ammunition of the 9-mm Italian pistol Model 910 (Glisenti) is interchangeable with all standard types of German Luger (Parabellum), pistol and submachine-gun ammunition. These Italian cartridges may be recognized by the bullet, shaped like a truncated cone. British 9-mm ammunition for the British Sten & Lanchester submachine gun will function in German and Italian 9-mm weapons that use the above ammunition.

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