"Italian M 42M 75/34" Topic

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Tango01	11 Jun 2018 3:44 p.m. PST
"Crew – 3 Weight – 15 t Dimensions – lenght 5.04m, width 2.23m, height 1.8m, ground clearance 0.41m Armour – 15-60mm Armament – 75mm gun (44 rounds) and 8mm anti-aircraft machine gun Breda 38 (1104 rounds). Maximum speed – road: 40 km/h, off-road: 20 km/h Range – road: 220 km, off-road: 145 km Capacity of fuel tanks – 351 l Engine – 8-cylinder, petrol, water cooled, type SPA 15TB M42, 198 hp. Negotiated obstacles – gradient: 40o, vertical obstacles: 0.8m, trench: 2.1m, fording: 1m Ground pressure – 0.94 kg/cm2…" Main page link Amicalement Armand
Legion 4	12 Jun 2018 10:31 a.m. PST
I've even seen pics of those the Germans borrowed/took from the Italian. With iron crosses painted on them …
Tango01	13 Jun 2018 11:35 a.m. PST
Agree! Amicalement Armand
Thomas Thomas	13 Jun 2018 12:00 p.m. PST
The Germans used a fair number of them in the "STGIII" role. Built some after collapse of Fascist Italy. TomT

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