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Thanks, ok so nothing that is specifically in reference to Italian merchants only incidentally.

What are the two books on the Regis Marina’s auxiliary vessels That list the defensive weapons on the merchant ships that you have, Knowing what merchant ships had what guns and when would be a big help. Thanks.

Arming of Italian Merchants in WW 2 Does anyone know how this was undertaken? What service was responsible for doing so, I ask because it may not be as obvious as you might think, the IJA was for instance responsible for arming most of the merchants that Japan had at sea. But I have no idea...

Looking for details on the Type of Ammo it carried. And for a decent image of it's AA gun mounting.

HEAT rounds don’t care how fast they’re going all they have to do is hit the target, it is possible that it had a greater penetration, you can just look at the evolution of German 7.5 cm HEAT rounds performance during the war, early rounds did around 52 mm and later ones managed 115 mm as I...

It’s interesting that the 65/17 would have better armor penetration, presumably it’s a longer shell?

I am ok for now, worked past that hurdle :)

Interesting Find

That's a good one to be sure, Looking for a reference showing there production numbers, Makes models exc... And Allocations to various units.

There is, But they’re not easy to spot

There was, as I recall, a web sight that covered this, but as of yet, I cant seam to find it. Looking for info on Italian Fuel Tank trailers. And info on Italian Trailers used in North Africa. Primarily for logistics support over distance.

There was a website that had a ton of Italian Aircraft manuals that you could view for free, but I cant seam to find it now ?

Or possibly the twin Fiat equipped version, I don’t know if it had an optical sight, i’ve only seen the Breda Equipped with the site in a photo, it doesn’t necessarily mean that the Fiat Equipped variant didn’t have one, my assumption is that the switch to the Breda’s was because they were more...

If you scroll down about halfway, you can see the optical sight https://www.modellismopiu.it/modules/news/article.php?storyid=824 The assumption is that it looks out of the hole between the two gun barrels, the arrows indicate the traverse limitations

Thanks for that, and yes if you can find the reticle, that would be great!