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Italian Light Tanks - 1919-45 (Paperback)
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Italian Light Tanks - 1919-45 (Paperback)
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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.
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