Italian Truck-Mounted Artillery-Op

by Ralph A. Riccio and Nicola Pignato

Italian military planners saw the need for highly mobile artillery early in the 20th Century. Accordingly, Italy began mounting anti-aircraft weapons on truck chassis prior to WWI, giving birth to the autocannone, a weapon concept that soldiered through WWI and WWII. Inspired by the German half-tracks equipped with 88mm guns, the Italians reprised the autocannone with their 90/53 guns on a heavy truck chassis. Other vehicles, some captured, were mated with a wide variety of weapons, often in the field.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0897476018
• ISBN13: 9780897476010
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: MMD-Squadron Signal
• Length: 56 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.0" x 10.9"