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According to Tallilo brothers: DLI - two-colour triangles facing downwards. With a white vertical stripe in 2nd battery. DLII - two-colour triangles facing upwards. The colours are switched in 2nd battery DLIV - red geometric figures DLVI - red circles with white numbers and white circles with...

Sorry, I have no skills nor knowledge necessary to distinguish a modern reproduction from a WWII original. Cheers DC

I don't know its value but I am fairly sure that this is a patch from a GNR (Guardia Nazionale Repubblicana) hat. These are not wings next to the fasces but heavily stylized letters "M".

A short addendum Book La Meccanizzazione Dell'esercito Italiano dalle Origini al 1943 vol 1 part 2 mentions an OKH document that listed vehicles acquired (acquisi - but it is not citation) to 31st October '44. Among them are 6 semoventi da 75/46.

Nothing of interest in Panzerwrecks. Just a caption that pictures are from spring/summer '44 and some speculation about unit of origin clarified in addenda linked by you.

Thanks for clarification Jeff

Hi Jeff Your wallet's sacrifice is much appreciated. Not much cleared indeed when it comes to the '45 production. Panzer Tracts' report speaks specifically about six 75/46 cannons produced in february/march, two of them fitted on chassises, so we would have to assume a mistake on the German side...

Bizzare. The 914th brigade did indeed have StuG m43 853(i) in spring/summer '44 - because that's German designation for semovente 105/25 (31 - full roster). They switched to German equipment in August/September when their semoventi had been worn down to just handfull in working condition. This...

For me the answear would be (excluding da 105/25 for a moment; did they still intend to produce it?): because without the 75/46 a chassis could still be easily modified to accomodate 75/34. This is how the m43 75/34 was created in the first place - they did not want the chssises wait for the...

Hi Jeff I completely agree with most of your observations on P-T 19. The Beutepanzer books are for sure the weakest in the series and a source of only supplementary information on Italian vehicles. However, I do believe that you are overly cautious when it comes to the production numbers of...

Yes, the German (Aufstellungsstab Sud) returns exist and are cited in Jentz/Regenberg Panzer-Tracks 19-02. They confirm that in addition to 7 semoventi produced in 1944, two were produced in January/February '45 and two in March with 4 more guns and 12 chassises avaiable as of March '45...