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Majority of those 22 tanks were most likely M14/41s of the XIII. Medium Tanks Battalion, as it was the only one, which wasn't declared lost immediately after the II Battale of El Alamein and survived (to some degree) as an organic unit up to early 1943.

Definitely Morris CS8

Some time ago I've noticed, that (as far as I know) there was no single and complete number plates listing for Regio Esercito armored vehicles, so I decided to make one on my own. I am aware, that partial listings are avaliable in some publications, but they are never comoplete and can be...

I didn't mean it in a bad way, just noticed, that for example this part (and some others): is pretty much the same, almost word for word (excluding translation brackets) as the section with the same title in this article: https://tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2/italy/carro_armato_l6_40.php I'm...

Thanks. I see, that you've used a lot of material from Tanks Encyclopedia articles. Personally, I wouldn't treat their texts as trustworthy sources. I've read most of their articles on Italian equipment and a lot of them contain crucial errors, mostly due to misinterpretation of the sources, or...

Edited, thanks.

Some time ago, in the thread talking about 31. Rgt. light tank battalions, Maurizio asked me to share informations about cavalry armored units, which operated L6 tanks and AB cars in the Balkans. It took me a while, but here's the list I was able to compile. I decided to expand it a little...

Thank you so much Maurizio. Could you just tell me what source(s) you've used? It's not like I don't trust you, just wanted to know where to look in the future and what to cite if needed. Do you have any guesses why the II. Battalion, despite being disbanded in August 1941, appears as an...

You've mistaken two different IV. battalions. At the time 31. had IV/31. Btg. L with L3/35 and IV. Btg. M with M13/40. I'm talking about the first one. What's the source you've used?

Some time ago, while doing research on 31. Reggimento Fanteria Carrista I've stumbled upon an issue, that I still haven't managed to resolve. That issue being the history of the regiment's light tank battalions after the conquest of Greece and Yugoslavia. During those campaigns 31. Rgt. fielded...

Oh, good to know then, thank you. Somehow I never noticed that's the same list...

I think you were right, Maurizio. I checked my sources and indeed, Pignato & Cappellano mentioned formation of 8 independent 75/18 companies in August 1942. According to them, such company was made of 1 Carro Comando and 3 platoons of 3 Semoventi, so 10 vehicles in total, which matches perfectly...

The only Semoventi da 75/18 unit I am aware of in Sicily was the DLX. Gruppo. The book you mentioned states, that the crews of the „IV. Compagnia” were absent, which applies to the DLX. Gruppo, as it's personnel was taken back to mainland Italy and assigned to the newly formed DCI. Gruppo...

I wouldn't be surprised if the „IV. company” was actually referring to IV. Btg. Smv. CC of the „Livorno”, just got mistaken. Notice, that the „compagnia" is specifically an infantry unit, which would apply to the IV Btg., while artillery equivalent of the same rank would be called a „batteria”...

Some photos of 25 pdr in service with 132. Rgt. Art.

It's a Spanish version of the helmet. Italian had slightly different overall shape, vents with mesh and brown, leather liner. Not sure about the year of production.

It's a post war helmet, manufacturer's stamp makes it clear. There should be another stamp with the date of production, but it was cut off. Sadly, it's a common practice among sellers to remove the flap of the liner with this stamp to hide actual date of production and sell it as more expensive...

Recently I got curious again. Where did this info come from? The described structure cannot be true, as we know, that M11/39 battalions had distinct company commanders, just like any other unit. One such commander was well known Giuseppe Locatelli (1 cp. I Btg.). In addition there are no...

Recently, when looking for informations about Italian armored units at Sidi Nsir in Northern Tunisia someone linked me a thread with German documents about Unternehmen Ochsenkopf (attack towards Beja town through Sidi Nsir valley, launched on 26 February 1943) . When looking through them I...

What's the book you mentioned? Driver and commander had telegraph-like system at their positions. It consisted of 4 lights, which commander could light up to give orders to driver. The round thing left to machine guns is driver's telegraph board. Here you can see where the telegraph parts...