Italy’s military equipment during World War II — Italy’s armaments and military equipment ( aircraft , armored vehicles , artillery , small arms , warships ) used from 1939 to 1945 (from the time of the German attack on Poland in September 1939 until the signing of the surrender Japan in September 1945).
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Armored vehicles
During the Second World War, Italian armored vehicles lagged behind the military equipment of Germany and the countries of the anti-Hitler coalition in their characteristics. It was represented mainly by CV-33 wedges, light tanks L6 / 40 and medium M13 / 40 [1] .
Aviation
Aviation at Regia Aeronautica was also weaker than that of opponents. In the initial period of the war, the Fiat CR.32 and Fiat CR.42 Falco biplanes were used as fighters, which were then replaced by the Macchi C.200 Saetta and Macchi C.202 Folgore [2] . Such aircraft as the SM.79 Sparviero [3] , SM.81 Pipistrello , Fiat BR.20 Cicogna and CANT Z.1007 Alcione were used as bombers .
Artillery
In Italian artillery, the cannon da 75/27 modello 11 [4] , the mountain howitzers Obice da 75/18 and Cannone da 149/35 A were used. The 20 mm anti-aircraft guns 20/60 Breda mod.35 and Cannone were used as anti-aircraft guns Mitragliera da 20/77, and as an anti - tank 47 mm Cannone da 47/32 .
Small arms
Carkano rifles and carbines , Beretta MAB 38 submachine guns, FIAT-Revelli M1914 machine guns and Breda 30 light machine guns, as well as Beretta M1934 and Beretta M1923 pistols [5] were used as small arms.
Naval technology
The Italian Navy included the battleships Andrea Doria , Giulio Cesare , Litttorio and Vittorio Veneto [6] , as well as a large number of cruisers, destroyers and submarines. But due to the lack of fuel in the fighting, these ships took part quite limitedly.
Notes
- ↑ Tank Fiat M13 / 40 . "Weapons of the world . " Archived March 1, 2012.
- ↑ MC.202 Folgore . "Corner of the sky . " Archived on April 20, 2013.
- ↑ Arena, Nino, Alberto Borgiotti and Cesare Gori. Savoia Marchetti SM 79 Sparviero (Italian) . Modena, Italy: Mucchi editore, (reprint) 1994.No ISBN.
- ↑ Chamberlain, Peter & Gander, Terry. Light and Medium Field Artillery . New York: Arco, 1975
- ↑ Zhuk A. B. Encyclopedia of small arms: revolvers, pistols, rifles, submachine guns, machine guns. - M .: AST, 2002 .-- 780 p. - ISBN 5-17-010819-2 .
- ↑ History of the creation and service of Italian battleships of the Second World War. . "Warships of the world . " Archived on April 20, 2013.