More from Vollketten on the Somua S-35:
"From: 'Hitlers Great Panzer Heist' by Anthony Tucker Jones, Stackpole Books 2006
Page 169-170
Table of Italian tank, assault gun and armoured car production 1933-44
Model...................................................
Italian build 1933-43......................................
German build 1943-44
L3/33 & 35 tankette........................................2000....................................................................17 (+ 148 confiscated)
L6/4 light tank...................................................283......................................................................0 ( + ? confiscated)
M11/39 medium tank........................................100......................................................................0
M13/40 medium tank.........................................785....................................................................22
M14/41 medium tank.........................................895......................................................................1
M15/42 medium tank...........................................92....................................................................28 (+ 92 confiscated)
P26/40 heavy tank................................................5 (200 ordered).............................................100
M41/M42 command vehicle................................16......................................................................41 (+ 16 confiscated)
L40 da 47/32 light assault gun..........................300........................................................................0 (+ 78 confiscated)
da 75/18 assault gun........................................200.......................................................................55 (+ 123 confiscated)
da 75/34 assault gun..........................................90 (500 ordered)................................................80 (+ 36 confiscated)
da 105/25 assault howitzer.................................26 ( 495 ordered)...............................................91 (+ 26 confiscated)
Rearmed da 105/25 assault gun with
75/34 or 75/46....................................................0...........................................................................40
AB40 armoured car............................................24
AB41 armoured car...........................................500........................................................................87 (+ 23 confiscated)
AB41/43 armoured car........................................10.......................................................................120 (+ 37 confiscated)
Lancia Lincie Armoured Car..................................0.......................................................................250
Subtotal:...............................................................5326....................................................................932
Total.....................................................................5326...................................................................1511
Italian Tank and Assault Gun Imports from Germany 1940-43
Model....................................................................
No......................................................................
Delivered
Renault R-35/ PzKpfw 35-R 731(f)........................109.......................................................................1940
Somua S-35/ PzKpfw 35-s 739(f)............................32........................................................................1941
Panzerkamfwagen III...............................................12........................................................................1943
Panzerkamfwagen IV...............................................12........................................................................1943
Sturmgeschutz III.....................................................12........................................................................1943
Total..........................................................................177.....................................................................1940-43 "
The number he gives in his table is extremely close to 33, which is listed below from a different source- Italian number plates:
Translated by Imperator from here:
Guglielmo Evangelista
PLATES OF ARMORED VEHICLES AND ARMOURED
INTRODUCTION
Part of that vast list:
"1943-45 98
Renault R35 1935-40109 Former French war booty.
Delivered in 1941
Somua S.35 1935
33 Former French war booty.
Delivered in 1941
Former German PzKpfw IIIN 1943 12 returned 8/9/43
Former German PzKpfw IIIG 1943 12 returned 8/9/43
Former German PzKpfw IVH 1943 12 returned 9/8/43
T 34 1940-45 Former USSR war booty
Gettaponte Valentine 2 ^ GM Former British handed over 1946-47
M1 Tank mounting "
The list of plates is from this PDF file (follow the links)
On trial in Naples:
And the last tid- bit has allegedly the # of R-35s sent to Italy.
http://forum.worldoftanks.com/index...hicles/page__st__860__p__4674025#entry4674025
At the bottom of the list:
Tanks and Sturmgescutz
- 12 x Pzkfw III N,
- 12 x Pzkfw IV G,
- 12 x StuG III G
- French Somua R-35: Quantity 3 - 1942 (almost no spares)
- and a flak train which was a personal gift from Hitler to Mussolini in 1940.
I don't know anything about that website, so take it with a grain of whatever spice you're into.