List of artillery of Italy during the Second World War

The list included the artillery of the Kingdom of Italy , which was in service at the time of the country's entry into the Second World War , as well as being adopted during the war. Italy had its own system of designation of artillery systems, where the first was the type of gun, then its caliber and barrel length, as well as the designation of the model with the year of adoption. For example, Obice da 75/34 Mod.34 - where Obice is a howitzer, caliber 75 mm, long barrel 34 caliber model 1934. Moreover, such a system of symbols was assigned to artillery systems of foreign origin.

In the “country of origin” clause, two countries sometimes come across: / where the first is the developer, the second is the manufacturer (licensed).

Infantry support and anti-tank artillery

Type of	Adopted on armament	Country of origin	Notes
Cannone da 25/72	1942		Most captured guns, inherited during the North African operation.
Cannone da 37/45	1936		In addition to supplies from Germany, a small number of captured weapons, inherited from the Ethiopian army after the Italian-Ethiopian war of 1935-36.
Cannone da 47/32	1935	/	Italian licensed version of the Austrian 47-mm anti-tank gun Böhler M35. Later it served as the basis for the guns of the Italian medium tanks M13 / 40 and M14 / 41 .
Cannone da 50/60 Mod.38	1941		Used by Italian troops on the Eastern Front.
Cannone da 65/17 Mod.08 / 13	1913		Mountain tool. Used since the First World War.
Cannone da 75/32 Mod.37	1937
Cannone da 75/39	1942		The 9 divisions of the 8th Italian Army operating in the USSR had 6 Pak.97 / 38 gun batteries in their artillery regiments.
Cannone da 75/43	1943		Initially planned licensed production at OTO plants, in the amount of not less than 1000 units. However, the agreement was postponed, so in March 1943, 24 Pak 40 ready-made guns arrived in Italy.

Divisional: towed and loaded

Type of	Adopted on armament	Notes
Cannone da 75/27 Mod.1906	?	Mostly captured guns, inherited during the First World War and as reparations from the former Austro-Hungary.
Cannone da 75/27 Mod.1911	1911
Cannone da 77/28 Mod.5	?	Mostly captured guns, inherited during the First World War and as reparations from the former Austro-Hungary.
Cannone da 88/27	1941	Mostly few captured guns captured during the North African campaign.
Obice da 100/17 Mod. 1914	?	Mostly captured guns, inherited during the First World War and as reparations from the former Austro-Hungary.
Obice da 100/17 Mod. 1916	?	100 mm howitzer 10 cm Gebirgshaubitze M. 16 (10 cm FH 14). Mostly captured guns, inherited during the First World War and as reparations from the former Austro-Hungary.
Obice da 100/22 17 Mod. 14/19	1941	Were transferred to the Italians by the Germans. Used on the Eastern Front.
Obice da 105/14 Mod. 1917/1939	1917	105 mm howitzer.
Obice da 75/13 Mod. 1915	?	75-mm howitzer 7.5 cm Gebirgskanone M. 15. Mostly captured guns, inherited during the First World War and as reparations from the former Austria-Hungary.
Obice da 75-18 Mod. 34	1934	This howitzer served as the basis for self-propelled artillery gun Semovente da 75/18 .
Cannone da 105/11 Mod. 19/28	1940	Trophy tools inherited by the Italians during the French and Greek campaigns. Used on the Eastern Front.

Corps Artillery

Type of	Adopted on armament	Notes
Cannone de 105/28	1916
Cannone da 105/32	?	Mostly captured guns, inherited during the First World War and as reparations from the former Austro-Hungary.
Obice da 149/12 Mod. 14	?	Mostly captured guns, inherited during the First World War and as reparations from the former Austro-Hungary.
Obice da 149/13	?	Mostly captured guns, inherited during the First World War and as reparations from the former Austro-Hungary.
Obice da 149/19 Mod.37	1937

Army artillery

Type of	Adopted on armament	Notes
Obice da 149/28	1941
Cannone da 149/35 Mod.1901	1901
Cannone da 149/40 Mod.1935	1935	Were in service with the Italian army until 1969. The cost of one unit in 1939 is 250,000 lire. Served as the basis for the prototype self-propelled unit Semovente da 149/40 .
Obice da 152/13	1916	British howitzer. Delivered to Italy during the First World War.
Cannone da 152/37	?	Mostly captured guns, inherited during the First World War and as reparations from the former Austro-Hungary.
Obice da 210/22 Mod.1935	1935	210 mm howitzer. Used on the Eastern Front in August-December 1942.
Mortario da 305/8	?	305 mm mortar. Mostly captured guns, inherited during the First World War and as reparations from the former Austro-Hungary.

Anti-aircraft guns

Type of	Adopted on armament	Notes
Breda 20/65 Mod. 1935	1937
20/65 Mod. 30/38	1940
Cannone-mitragliera da 20/70 Oerlikon	1930	Swiss-made anti-aircraft gun. During the war years, Oerlikon supplied its products to Germany and Italy.
Scotti-Isotta-Fraschini 20/70	1941
Breda 37/54	1933
Cannone da 75/46 CA Mod. 1934	?
Cannone da 75/50	1940	After the occupation of Czechoslovakia in March 1939, its weapons were transferred to the German army. Some of these weapons were handed over to the German allies. In total, about 300 units of such anti-aircraft guns were delivered to Italy.
Cannone da 88/55	1940	German 88-mm anti-aircraft guns were delivered to Italy, while they were creating their analogue 90-mm anti-aircraft gun Cannone da 90/53 .
Cannone da 90/53	1940	Was in service with the Italian army until 1970. The cost of 1 unit in 1940 is 513400 lire. It became the basis for the self-propelled gun Semovente da 90/53 .

Fortress and coastal artillery

Type of	Adopted on armament	Country of origin	Notes
47/50 Mod. 37	1940		A certain amount of these instruments of the Italian army by the Germans, after the defeat of France in 1940, was transmitted.
Cannone da 70/15	1904
Cannone da 75/17	1941		Were captured during the invasion of Yugoslavia.
Cannone da 76/40 Mod. 1916 RM	1916	/
Cannone da 76/55	1943		A small number of guns captured during the Italian campaign.
Cannone da 102/35 Mod. 1914	1917		102 mm cannon. It was also used as a mobile artillery gun based on Lancia trucks (the so-called Autacannone).
Obice da 105/15	1940		105 mm howitzer. After the Italian occupation of France in 1940, 127 copies were seized.
Cannone da 105/28	?
Cannone da 120/25	?		Before the war in service in Italy were from 74 to 160 units. After the occupation of France, 59 more units were captured.
Cannone da 120/40	?
Cannone da 120/45 Mod. 1918	1918		The guns were used, including, on special artillery trains .
Cannone da 149/35 S.	1915	/	Tools for fortifications. They were stationary artillery systems installed in special armored domes. Until our time, such instruments were preserved at Fort Montecchio Nord in Colico .
Cannone da 149/37	?		After the outbreak of World War II, the Germans handed over some of these tools to the Italians.
Cannone da 149/43	?
Cannone da 152/40	?
Cannone da 152/45 S. Mod. 1911	1917
Obice da 155/14	?
Cannone da 155/25	1916
Cannone da 155/36	?
Cannone da 194/32	?		Self-propelled 194 mm gun. Italy delivered 2 copies.
Cannone da 203/45 Mod. 1897	1898
Mortaio da 210/8 DS	1900		210 mm mortar.
Cannone da 220/32 Mod. 1917	1941		4 captured guns delivered by the Germans.
Bombarda da 240/12	1916		240 mm super heavy mortar.
Obice da 280 mm	1884		280-mm howitzer fortress.
Obice da 305/17	1908
Obice da 380/15	?		380-mm fortress howitzer. Mostly captured guns, inherited during the First World War and as reparations from the former Austro-Hungary.
Cannone da 381/40 Mod. 1914	1916		381-mm serf gun. There was a railway version of such a tool.
Obice da 420/12	?		420 mm fortress howitzer. Mostly captured guns, inherited during the First World War and as reparations from the former Austro-Hungary.

Notes

A large number of foreign-made artillery in the armament of the Kingdom of Italy is explained by the fact that it was supplied to the Italians by the Allies in the Entente (Great Britain and France) during the First World War , was captured during the battles on the Italian front of the war , or got after the war, when Austria the state defeated in this war committed itself to pay reparations, including through the transfer of arms and other military property of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire . After the entry of Italy into the Second World War in June 1940 , the country's troops got a significant number of war trophies from France, Greece, Yugoslavia. Including some fortifications with their weapons in the border region of the Alps . In addition, the Germans, who became allies of the Italians , transferred a certain amount of artillery from both their own production and the countries they occupied: France, Czechoslovakia.