P26/40 tank | |
|---|---|
| Land | Italia |
| Roll | Tung tank |
| Produceras | 1943–44 |
| Byggd | 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).
Källkod: P26/40 tank på Wikipedia
| Carro Pesante P40 Walk Around | |
|---|---|
| Fotograf | Giorgio Briga, Gabriele Luciani |
| Lokalisering | Unknow |
| Bilder | 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 It was designed to replace the outdated M13/40 and M15/42 tanks, which were inferior to the Allied and Soviet tanks they faced.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-stridsvagnen tillverkades av Fiat-Ansaldo från 1943 till 1944, men endast 103 enheter färdigställdes innan Italien kapitulerade till de allierade i september 1943. De flesta av stridsvagnarna beslagtogs av tyskarna, som använde dem under beteckningen Panzerkampfwagen P40 737(i). Några av stridsvagnarna användes också av Italienska sociala republiken, en marionettstat till Nazityskland som fortsatte att kämpa mot de allierade. P26/40-stridsvagnen användes i begränsad utsträckning i Italien och Jugoslavien, där den visade sig vara en match för de allierade Sherman- och Cromwell-stridsvagnarna. Det var dock för få till antalet och för sent för att ändra krigets gång. P26/40-stridsvagnen var den sista och mest avancerade stridsvagnen som konstruerades av Italien under andra världskriget.
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