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Carro armato

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Carro Armato (armored vehicle) was the Italian Army's designation for tanks from 1938. This would be followed by a letter and a series of numbers. The letter would be either L, M or P meaning light, medium, and heavy tank respectively. The official Italian military tank classification differed from contemporary classifications in other countries. The numbers would follow the pattern of X/Y where X would be the weight in tonnes and Y the year of adoption (i.e. the L6/40 weighs 6 tonnes and was adopted in the year 1940).[1] The following are some Carro Armatos that entered service:

NOTE: The L3/33 and the L3/35 tankettes were designated "Fast Tank" (Carro Veloce) and were initially known as the CV-33 and the CV-35.

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Citations

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  1. ^ Riccio, p. 13

Bibliography

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  • Riccio, Ralph A. (2010). Italian Tanks and Combat Vehicles of World War II. Fidenza: Roadrunner. ISBN 97-88-6261-141-1.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: ignored ISBN errors (link)
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