Download or read book Italian Armoured Reconnaissance Cars 1911 45 written by Filippo Cappellano and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-07-26 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first Italian armoured cars were used in the war in Libya in 1911-12 against the Ottoman Empire. With few tanks being developed, the Italians relied instead on the development of more mobile armoured cars like the Ansaldo Lancia 1 Z, during World War I, but post-war the army, focusing on the Alpine battlegrounds of Italy's northern borders, did not consider armoured cars suitable for reconnaissance duties. The experience of the Spanish Civil War would provide the much needed last push for the Italians to develop modern armoured cars. The result were the famous AB 41-43 models, which fought against the British in North Africa and Marshall Tito's forces in Yugoslavia, along with other vehicles such as the AS 36 light armoured car. Using detailed colour plates and contemporary photographs, this book examines the development of the Italian armoured car in the two world wars and the inter-war years, from the deserts of North Africa to the slopes of the Alps.
Download or read book Italian Fighting Vehicles in Focus 1916 1945 written by Ray Merriam and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-01-13 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Merriam Press Armored Warfare 8. Second Edition (2014). Pictorial history of Italian tanks, tankettes, armored cars, self-propelled guns, reconnaissance vehicles and trucks, from World War I through the end of World War II. Chapters with history, data and photographs and drawings on the following: Tanks of Italy Fiat 2000 Heavy Tank Fiat 3000 Light Tank Lancia IZM Armored Car Carro Veloce CV33 and L3/33 Tankettes Carro Veloce L3/35 Tankette Fiat L6/40 Light Tank Fiat M11/39 Medium Tank Fiat M13/40 Medium Tank Fiat M14/41 Medium Tank Fiat M16/43 Medium Tank M15/42 Medium Tank Carro Armato P26/40 Heavy Tank Semovente 47/32 Self-Propelled Gun Semovente 75/18 Self-Propelled Gun Semovente 75/34 Self-Propelled Gun Semovente 90/53 Self-Propelled Gun Semovente 105/25 Self-Propelled Gun Semovente da 149/40 Self-Propelled Gun Autoblinda AB40 / AB41 / AB42 / AB43 Armored Cars Autoblinda Lince Armored Car SPA-Viberti AS42 Reconnaissance Vehicle SPA AS37 Light Truck Lancia 3 Ro Heavy Truck TL37 Light Truck Autocarro Blindato Fiat 626 NM Medium Truck 511 photos (21 color and 486 B&W) and 4 drawings This second edition has more pages and improved format. This edition also breaks down each vehicle type into separate chapters with added history and data which was not in the first edition.
Download or read book World War 2 In Review No 25 Italian Fighting Vehicles quot quot written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Italian Fighting Vehicles written by Ray Merriam and published by Merriam Press. This book was released on 2015-09-22 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Merriam Press World War 2 Album 20 First Edition, 2015. Pictorial album of Italian tanks, tankettes, armored cars, self-propelled guns, reconnaissance vehicles and trucks. Sections with photographs and brief descriptions and data of the following: Fiat 2000 Heavy Tank Fiat 3000 Light Tank Lancia IZM Armored Car Carro Veloce CV33 and L3/33 Tankettes Carro Veloce L3/35 Tankette Fiat L6/40 Light Tank Fiat M11/39 Medium Tank Fiat M13/40 Medium Tank Fiat M14/41 Medium Tank Fiat M16/43 Medium Tank M15/42 Medium Tank Carro Armato P26/40 Heavy Tank Semovente 47/32 Self-Propelled Gun Semovente 75/18 Self-Propelled Gun Semovente 75/34 Self-Propelled Gun Semovente 90/53 Self-Propelled Gun Semovente 105/25 Self-Propelled Gun Semovente da 149/40 Self-Propelled Gun Autoblinda AB40 / AB41 / AB42 / AB43 Armored Cars Autoblinda Lince Armored Car SPA-Viberti AS42 Reconnaissance Vehicle SPA AS37 Light Truck Lancia 3 Ro Heavy Truck TL37 Light Truck Autocarro Blindato Fiat 626 NM Medium Truck 498 photos 5 illustrations 2 side views 2 sectioned view
Download or read book Italian Fighting Vehicles in Focus 1916 1945 written by Ray Merriam and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2011-12-25 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Merriam Press In Focus 8. First Edition (December 2011). Extensive pictorial of Italian tanks, tankettes, self-propelled guns, armored cars, and other vehicles, from 1916 through the end of World War II, including the Fiat 3000, L3/33, L3/35, Fiat L6/40, Fiat M11/39, Fiat M13/40, Fiat M14/41, M15/42, Carro Armato P40, Semovente da 47/32, Semovente da 75/18, Semovente da 75/34, Semovente da 90/53, Semovente da 105/25, Semovente da 149/40, Lancia IZM, Autoblinda AB40, Autoblinda AB41, Lince, and more. 437 photos printed on quality paper in color for superior reproduction.
Download or read book Italian Tanks and Fighting Vehicles of World War 2 written by Ralph Riccio and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book World War II Album Volume 20 written by Ray Merriam and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-08-02 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Merriam Press World War II Album WA20 First Edition (2014). Pictorial album of Italian tanks, tankettes, armored cars, self-propelled guns, reconnaissance vehicles and trucks. Sections with photographs of the following: Fiat 2000 Heavy Tank Fiat 3000 Light Tank Lancia IZM Armored Car Carro Veloce CV33 and L3/33 Tankettes Carro Veloce L3/35 Tankette Fiat L6/40 Light Tank Fiat M11/39 Medium Tank Fiat M13/40 Medium Tank Fiat M14/41 Medium Tank Fiat M16/43 Medium Tank M15/42 Medium Tank Carro Armato P26/40 Heavy Tank Semovente 47/32 Self-Propelled Gun Semovente 75/18 Self-Propelled Gun Semovente 75/34 Self-Propelled Gun Semovente 90/53 Self-Propelled Gun Semovente 105/25 Self-Propelled Gun Semovente da 149/40 Self-Propelled Gun Autoblinda AB40 / AB41 / AB42 / AB43 Armored Cars Autoblinda Lince Armored Car SPA-Viberti AS42 Reconnaissance Vehicle SPA AS37 Light Truck Lancia 3 Ro Heavy Truck TL37 Light Truck Autocarro Blindato Fiat 626 NM Medium Truck 478 B&W photos 20 color photos 5 illustrations 2 side views 2 sectioned views
Download or read book Italian Armored Vehicles of World War Two written by Nicola Pignato and published by . This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Italian Light Tanks written by Filippo Cappellano and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-06-20 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Italian army, unlike those of the British and French, did not use tanks in combat during World War I and, by November 1918, only one training unit equipped with French Schneider and Renault tanks had been formed. Consequently, during the 1920s the Italian army had just one single tank type in its armoured inventory – the Fiat 3000. Only in 1927 was the first tank unit formed as a branch of the infantry and not as an independent organization, while the cavalry rejected the idea of both tanks and armoured cars and decided to stand by the use of horses for its mounted units. Between 1933 and March 1939, a further 2,724 CV 33 / L 3 tanks were built, 1,216 of which were exported all over the world. By the time Italy entered the war in June 1940, the army had 1,284 light tanks, 855 of which were in combat units, including three armoured divisions. Variants of the CV 33 / L 3 tanks included flame-throwers, bridge-layers, recovery vehicles, and a radio command tank. Some L 3 tanks were still in use in 1945, by both the Germans and the German-allied Italian units of the Repubblica Sociale.
Download or read book Italian Armored Units in the Balkans 1941 1945 written by PAOLO. CUCUT CRIPPA (CARLO.) and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-06 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume analyzes the history of the armored units engaged in the Balkans by the Royal Army and, after 8 September 1943, by the units of the Italian Social Republic, by the German, Croatian, Slovenian and partisan units, which after the Armistice recovered a large part of the abandoned armored vehicles of Italian Army.
Download or read book Italian armored vehicles in Russia 1941 1944 written by Paolo Crippa and published by Soldiershop Publishing. This book was released on 2022-12-27 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The disastrous campaign on the Eastern Front conducted by the Royal Army saw very little participation by armoured units and they could only achieve results of little practical value. In all, there were four units, three of Cavalry and one of Bersaglieri (the III Armoured Squadron Group "San Giorgio", the XIII Self-propelled Squadron Group "Cavalleggeri di Alessandria" and the Autoblinde Platoon of the "Nizza Cavalry" Regiment) and one of Bersaglieri (LXVII Bersaglieri Motorised Battalion), all equipped with light vehicles that could in no way compete with the Soviet tanks, which, moreover, were greatly outnumbered and therefore inadequate in any case for the comparison, in the grandiose conflict that was taking place. After the Armistice, a group of former Arditi del X fought on Russian soil on board AS42 Metropolitan trucks, in support of the German 2nd Parachute Division, making themselves appreciated for their courage and determination, even in the difficult situation of the German troops on the eastern front.
Download or read book Italian Light Tanks written by Filippo Cappellano and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-06-20 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Italian army, unlike those of the British and French, did not use tanks in combat during World War I and, by November 1918, only one training unit equipped with French Schneider and Renault tanks had been formed. Consequently, during the 1920s the Italian army had just one single tank type in its armoured inventory – the Fiat 3000. Only in 1927 was the first tank unit formed as a branch of the infantry and not as an independent organization, while the cavalry rejected the idea of both tanks and armoured cars and decided to stand by the use of horses for its mounted units. Between 1933 and March 1939, a further 2,724 CV 33 / L 3 tanks were built, 1,216 of which were exported all over the world. By the time Italy entered the war in June 1940, the army had 1,284 light tanks, 855 of which were in combat units, including three armoured divisions. Variants of the CV 33 / L 3 tanks included flame-throwers, bridge-layers, recovery vehicles, and a radio command tank. Some L 3 tanks were still in use in 1945, by both the Germans and the German-allied Italian units of the Repubblica Sociale.
Download or read book Italian Tanks and Fighting Vehicles of World War Two written by and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Italian Medium Tanks written by Filippo Cappellano and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-12-20 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Several factors delayed and greatly hampered the development of an Italian medium tank during World War II. The first was the strategic stance of the country, focussed on a war against neighbouring countries such as France and Yugoslavia, and ill-prepared for a war in the Western Desert. Since these European countries bordered with Italy in mountainous areas, light tanks were preferred as these were deemed much more suitable for the narrow roads and bridges of the Alps. Furthermore, development was hampered by the limited number of Italian industries, whose production was also heavily fragmented. All these factors delayed the development of the first prototype of an Italian medium tank – the M 11 – which would only appear in 1937 and did not enter production until 1939. Although technically inferior to their German and Allied counterparts in 1941–43, the Italian M tanks proved to be quite effective when used by experienced crews with adequate combat tactics. In fact, their major shortcoming actually proved to be their limited production figures. While production was limited, innovation was not and, between 1941 and 1943, several experiments were carried out on the Italian tanks that produced interesting prototypes such as the anti-aircraft semovente.
Download or read book Italian Soft Skinned Vehicles of the Second World War Motorcycles Cars Trucks Artillery Tractors 1935 1945 written by Daniele Guglielmi and published by Helion. This book was released on 2023-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The importance of land transport vehicles within an armed force is often underestimated by the average reader, attracted by more 'martial' subjects such as tanks and artillery. Nevertheless, it was thanks to motorcycles, cars, trucks and tractors that - since the early years of the twentieth century - men, weapons, ammunition, provisions, fuel, equipment, orders were transported, all elements without which AFVs, guns and infantry are unable to fight. In this book we focus on the means of transport in force in the Italian Royal Army (and, in some cases, also in the Italian Royal Air Force and Navy) from the 1930s to the end of the Second World War. Little has been said about them in recent years, even in Italy, with some exceptions such as the Guzzi Alce motorcycle, the Fiat 508 CM car, the Fiat 626/666 and Lancia 3Ro trucks, and a few light and medium tractors. It is common opinion that the Italian Army was beaten above all because of the poor quality of its combat vehicles. Actually, impartial and in-depth studies made since shortly after the end of the war, have revealed that the main problem was the shortage of vehicles, as well as an entirely insufficient logistics chain. The tank crews were able to compensate with bravery and experience for the fact that their tanks were, from a certain point on, inferior to those of their enemies, but the inadequate number of AFVs and other material was impossible to remedy. The same problem plagued the entire sector of military soft-skinned vehicles, a sign of Italy's limited industrial capacity (and rather of procurement of raw materials and components) compared, for example, to its ally Germany. There were too few factories, too few skilled workers and poor management skills within the armed forces. However, if quantity was lacking, the same cannot be said for quality. Many models of efficient, robust and resistant vehicles were produced, especially in the sector of the so-called 'standardized' motor vehicles, such as those mentioned at the beginning and others that we will see. These vehicles allowed the Italian troops to move and fight in the large and difficult territories of North Africa, the Balkans and the Soviet Union and which brought home what was left of the defeated soldiers. This is the first English-language study describing the soft-skinned vehicles of the Italian Armed Forces, starting from the 1930s, in which Mussolini's Italy faced some colonial conflicts and participated - albeit unofficially - in the Spanish Civil War, until throughout the Second World War. For each vehicle there is a file describing its evolution and the main technical aspects, accompanied by one or more photographs and, for the most significant examples, line drawings. The work is enriched by a historical introduction, various appendices and color profiles.
Download or read book Bolt Action Campaign Italy Soft Underbelly written by Warlord Games and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-10-28 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the Axis Powers ejected from North Africa, the Western Allies look to take the fight across the Mediterranean and into Mussolini's Italy. This supplement for Bolt Action focuses on Operation Husky, the airborne and naval invasion of Sicily, the hard-fought battles in the villages and rugged mountain passes of that island, and the advance up the Italian Peninsula towards Rome. With a host of scenarios, new units, special rules, and Theatre Selectors this book contains everything players need to refight these important battles in defence of the Regno d'Italia or to strike at the underbelly of Axis-controlled Europe.
Download or read book Light Trucks of the Italian Army in WWII written by Enrico Finazzer and published by MMP. This book was released on 2016-11-19 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a detailed account of specialized light gun trucks produced by Italian industry in response to a specific request of the Regio Esercito between mid-1942 and mid-1943, known as the AS42 and the AS43, AS standing for Autocarro Speciale or Automezzo Speciale (Special truck), or, more currently, camionette. These vehicles were meant to be used in desert warfare, issued to the unit called the Raggruppamento Sahariano, (Saharan Group), to be used in action against the British Long Range Desert Group, or for special operations behind enemy lines, in force to the Italian special forces designated the X Reggimento Arditi. In point of fact, they came too late and in too small a number to make a real impact in that theater, and after the fall of Africa into Allied hands they were diverted to several different units, as anti-paratroopers companies or anti-bridgehead mobile battalions either in Sicily or in the Italian mainland. After the Italian Armistice, furthermore, they served both with German troops and with the armed forces of the Repubblica Sociale Italiana.."
