A brand of Italian firearms, particularly handguns, known for reliability and used by military and police forces worldwide.
From the Beretta family, Italian gunmakers since 1526. The family name possibly derives from 'berrettaio' meaning 'hat maker,' though this etymology is uncertain; their weapons became renowned across centuries.
Beretta is one of the world's oldest continuously operating family businesses—nearly 500 years old, making firearms the entire time, and the brand became so synonymous with quality that 'Beretta' became a generic term for handguns in some contexts.
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