Glisenti Model 1910

The Model 1910 has a complex and weak firing system which mandates that the pistol ought to use a weaker version of the widespread 9x19 Parabellum.

The creation of a service pistol to supplant the Bodeo Model 1889 began to be rumored in late 1903, and several arms designers began developing new models for the trials. The future M1910 pistol was designed by Italian Army officer and inventor Bethel Abiel Revelli, with the collaboration of army chief technician Virgilio Stefano. Revelli spent multiple years developing a working prototype before patenting his design to Società Siderurgica Glisenti of Carcina, near Brescia. In 1906 the Glisenti company acquired new machineries from the United Kingdom to start the production, but in 1907, after the death of Alfredo Glisenti, the board of directors sold the Company's arms manufacturing and patent rights to Metallurgica Brescia già Tempini. The Glisenti pistol was originally designed to fire a 7.65×22mm bottle-neck cartridge. The pistol being known as the Model 1906 began production in 1908. The Model 1906 failed to impress the Royal Italian Army and was requested to fire a round similar to the German 9×19mm Parabellum. The redesign was named the Model 1910 and was formally adopted by the Royal Italian Army as the Pistola Automatica Modello 1910. To reduce recoil and because of the pistol's weak locking design, the Model 1910 had to fire the 9mm Glisenti. The 9mm Glisenti is structurally similar to the 9×19mm Parabellum but has a reduced charge and muzzle velocity.

Metallurgica Bresciana già Tempini in 1912 attempted to improve the design of the Model 1910. The improved pistol, referred to as the 'Brixia' (as all M.B.T. prototypes were) mod. 1912, was submitted to the Royal Italian Army for approval. The Brixia had a strengthened frame and removed the grip safety but was not a big enough improvement to make a change in the Royal Italian Army. The Brixia was later to be sold to the civilian market but the outbreak of World War I led to the cancellation of the project. This variant got adopted by the Italian Royal Navy as Pistola Automatica Mod. 1913 tipo "Regia Marina", produced from 1913 to 1914 in 5,000 units. The mod. 1910 remained in production just for two years, 1909 and 1910, with about 33,000 units produced. The mod. 1910 pistol was the most widespread automatic pistol in use by Italian Army officers, until it began to be phased out by the Spanish produced Ruby pistol and Beretta M1915. The Glisenti was declared obsolete once replaced by the Beretta Mod. 34, but saw limited service in World War II.