Fiat 3000
| Fiat 3000 | |
|---|---|
Fiat 3000 Model A |
|
| General properties | |
| crew | 2 |
| length | 4.33 m |
| width | 1.68 m |
| height | 2.22 m |
| Dimensions | 5.5 t |
| Armor and armament | |
| Armor | 6-16 mm |
| Main armament | On-board cannon 37 mm / L40 |
| Secondary armament | 2 machine guns 6.5 mm (8 mm) |
| agility | |
| drive | Fiat 4-cylinder 36 kW (50 PS) |
| Top speed | 21 km / h (road) |
| Power / weight | 6.7 kW / t (9.1 PS / t) |
| Range | 100 km |
The Fiat 3000 was an Italian light tank from between the two world wars .
It is a variant of the Renault FT used in Italy from 1918 . The Italian army planned to build a total of 1,400 Fiat 3000 units, but the project was stopped because the war ended. The first prototype was completed in 1920, the series production of model A (L5 / 21) began in 1921. In this version the tank had two machine guns cal. 6.5 mm in the rotating turret, in the later, somewhat heavier version B (L5 / 30) had a 37mm cannon and two 8mm machine guns. A total of about 150 Fiat 3000s were produced for the Italian army , a small number of which were still in service in 1940. Other tanks were exported, including a. also to Ethiopia , where they were used against their Italian counterparts in 1935 and 1936.
See also
Web links
- Tanks in Italian service until 1943 (English)
- Overview of Italian armored forces until 1943 (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Filippo Cappellano, Pier Paolo Battistelli: Italian Light Tanks, 1919–45 . Osprey Publishing, Oxford, New York 2012, pp. 7th f .