Breda is a hardware factory located in Brescia, Italy. The company started producing parts for Fiat machine guns during the first world war; during the 1920s, Breda started producing a range of machine guns that were widely used by the Italian forces during World War 2.

The Breda machine gun family included infantry models, aircraft guns and 20 mm anti-aircraft guns. The two most common models were the infantry guns M30 and M37.

The M37 was a tripod mounted 8 mm heavy, crew served machine gun. It fired from feed clips similar to those of the French Hochkiss.

The 20/65 Modello 35 was a versatile belt-fed 20 mm machine gun that saw widespread use as an anti-tank and anti-aircraft gun during WW2. Large numbers of captured Modello 35s were also used by British forces in North Africa.