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P26/40 tank
Land	Tilbud på hoteller i Italia
Rolle	Tung tank
Produsert	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).

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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 It was designed to replace the outdated M13/40 and M15/42 tanks, which were inferior to the Allied and Soviet tanks they faced.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-stridsvognen ble produsert av Fiat-Ansaldo fra 1943 til 1944, men bare 103 enheter ble ferdigstilt før Italia overga seg til de allierte i september 1943. De fleste stridsvognene ble beslaglagt av tyskerne, som brukte dem under betegnelsen Panzerkampfwagen P40 737(i). Noen av stridsvognene ble også brukt av den italienske sosialrepublikken, en marionettstat for Nazi-Tyskland som fortsatte å kjempe mot de allierte. P26/40-stridsvognen var i begrenset aksjon i Italia og Jugoslavia, hvor den viste seg å være en match for de allierte Sherman- og Cromwell-stridsvognene. Det var imidlertid for få i antall og for sent å endre krigens gang. P26/40-stridsvognen var den siste og mest avanserte stridsvognen designet av Italia under andre verdenskrig.