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P26/40 tank
Državi	Italia
Vlogo	Težka posoda
Proizvaja	1943–44
Zgrajena	103

V 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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V Rezervoar P26/40 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 It was designed to replace the outdated M13/40 and M15/42 tanks, which were inferior to the Allied and Soviet tanks they faced.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.
Tank P26/40 je proizvajal Fiat-Ansaldo od leta 1943 do 1944, vendar so bile dokončane le 103 enote, preden se je Italija septembra 1943 predala zaveznikom. Večino tankov so zasegli Nemci, ki so jih uporabljali pod oznako Panzerkampfwagen P40 737(i). Nekatere tanke je uporabljala tudi Italijanska socialna republika, marionetna država nacistične Nemčije, ki se je še naprej borila proti zaveznikom. Tank P26/40 je doživel omejeno akcijo v Italiji in Jugoslaviji, kjer se je izkazal za kos zavezniškim tankom Sherman in Cromwell. Vendar pa jih je bilo premalo in prepozno, da bi spremenili potek vojne. Tank P26/40 je bil zadnji in najnaprednejši tank, ki ga je Italija zasnovala med drugo svetovno vojno.