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Hi all, wonder if anyone can help. I know the Italians and Hungarians tested a prototype of the L3/35 tankette with a smoke generator, I think trailer mounted. Has anyone got a photo or drawing of the prototype that they can share?

http://tankarchives.blogspot.com/2019/01/pziv-penetration-trials.html Interestingly, the article states that the British 2pdr in France 1940 was using only APHE, not solid AP. Despite the explosive filler of the APHE, it actually had less penetration than the AP shot. I do know from an Axis...

Looking at 1942 OOBs, it seems some of the GAF 77/28 field guns were issued as anti-tank guns to infantry divisions in North Africa. I haven't come across an AP round for this old gun, so did they have to suffer the indignity of only having HE rounds, or was an APHE or HEAT (EP) round issued? Mark

I am sure I read somewhere (older version of this forum or Tanknet?) that the 90/53 on Lancias first deployed to North Africa in 1942 were only supplied with HE proximity rounds, for AA use. The article stated that to operate in the ground role, the crews modified proximity fuses to impact...

On this website it shows the armour of the Semovente as "42mm" maximum. Ralph Riccio's book Italian Tanks & Fighting Vehicles of WW2 states the armour as the same as M15/42, ie 45mm turret front, 42mm hull front, 25mm hull side and rear. The Encyclopedia of German Tanks of WW2 by Chamberlain and...