P26/40 tank | |
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Zemlja | Italia |
Ulogu | Težak tenk |
Proizvodi | 1943–44 |
Izgradio | 103 |
Čaj 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).
Izvor: Tenk P26/40 na Vikipediji
Carro Pesante P40 Walk Around | |
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Fotograf | Giorgio Briga, Gabriele Luciani |
Lokalizacija | Nepoznato |
Fotografije | 16 |
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The 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 It was designed to replace the outdated M13/40 and M15/42 tanks, which were inferior to the Allied and Soviet tanks they faced.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.
Tenk P26/40 proizveo je Fijat-Ansaldo od 1943. Većinu tenkova zaplenili su Nemci, koji su ih koristili pod oznakom Panzerkampfwagen P40 737(i). Neke od tenkova koristila je i Italijanska socijalna Republika, marionetska država nacističke Nemačke koja je nastavila da se bori protiv saveznika. Tenk P26/40 video je ograničenu akciju u Italiji i Jugoslaviji, gde se pokazao kao podusak savezničkim tenkovima Šerman i Kromvel. Međutim, bilo je premalo broja i prekasno da se promeni tok rata. Tenk P26/40 bio je poslednji i najnapredniji tenk koji je Italija projektovala tokom Drugog svetskog rata.
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