Italian Light Tanks: 1919-45

by Pier Paolo Battistelli

The Italian army, unlike those of the British and French, did not use tanks in combat during World War I and, by November 1918, only one training unit equipped with French Schneider and Renault tanks had been formed. Consequently, during the 1920s the Italian army had just one single tank type in its armored inventory--the Fiat 3000. Only in 1927 was the first tank unit formed as a branch of the infantry and not as an independent organization, while...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1849087776
• ISBN13: 9781849087773
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 7.1" x 9.6"