The Model 1918 was issued to the Ardite regiments of the Italian Army early in 1918 and thus became the first sub machine gun to be standard issue, predating the German Bergmann by a few weeks.
Semovente L.40 da 47/32
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The main combat version, the L.6/40 soon proved to be of little value against the British armor then in use in North Africa and was obviously ripe for the usual limited traverse anti-tank gun treatment. It was not long in coming when Fiat-SPA and Ansaldo combined to use the chassis for the basis of a tank destroyer.
Semovente da 149/40
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The Semovente da 149/40 was a completely unprotected weapon as the long gun barrel was placed on an open mounting carried on the turretless tank chassis. The gun crew stood in the open to serve the gun that had is trunnions mounted right to the rear to absorb some of the recoil forces produced on firing.
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