P26/40 tank | |
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| Land | Italia |
| Rolle | Tung tank |
| Produceret | 1943–44 |
| Bygget | 103 |
Den P 26/40 was an Italian World War II heavy tank. It was armed with a 75 mm gun and an 8 mm Breda machine gun, plus another optional machine gun in an anti-aircraft mount. Design had started in 1940 but very few had been built by the time Italy signed the armistice with the Allies in September 1943 and the few produced afterwards were used by the Germans. The official Italian designation was carro armato (“armoured vehicle”) P 26/40. The designation means: P for pesante (“heavy”), the weight of 26 tonnes, and the year of adoption (1940).
Kilde: P26/40 tank på Wikipedia
| Carro Pesante P40 Walk Around | |
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| Fotograf | Giorgio Briga, Gabriele Luciani |
| Lokalisering | Unknow |
| Billeder | 16 |
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Den P26/40 tank was a heavy tank developed by Italy during World War II. It was designed to replace the outdated M13/40 and M15/42 tanks, which were inferior to the Allied and Soviet tanks they faced. The P26/40 tank had a 75 mm L/34 gun, which could fire armor-piercing and high-explosive shells, and two 8 mm Breda machine guns for anti-infantry and anti-aircraft defense. The tank had a four-man crew and a diesel engine that gave it a maximum speed of 40 km/h on roads and 25 km/h off-road. The tank had sloped armor plates that increased its protection against enemy fire. The P26/40 tank was inspired by the Soviet T-34 tank, which was captured by the Germans and studied by the Italians.
P26/40 kampvognen blev produceret af Fiat-Ansaldo fra 1943 til 1944, men kun 103 enheder blev færdiggjort, før Italien overgav sig til de allierede i september 1943. De fleste af kampvognene blev beslaglagt af tyskerne, som brugte dem under betegnelsen Panzerkampfwagen P40 737(i). Nogle af kampvognene blev også brugt af Den Italienske Sociale Republik, en marionetstat i Nazityskland, der fortsatte med at kæmpe mod de allierede. P26/40 kampvognen kom i begrænset kamp i Italien og Jugoslavien, hvor den viste sig at være en kamp for de allierede Sherman og Cromwell kampvogne. Men det var for få i antal og for sent til at ændre krigens gang. P26/40 kampvognen var den sidste og mest avancerede kampvogn designet af Italien under Anden Verdenskrig.
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