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The L6/40 light tank was developed prior to World War II and used by the Italian army from 1940 and on and was adopted by the Italian Army when officials learned of the design and expressed interest. A one-man turret in the center mounted a single Breda Modello 35 20 mm main gun and a Breda Modello 38 8 mm coaxial machine gun.
Based on Leopard 1 tank chassis Germany Italy: Armoured engineer vehicle: 40 28 license built by OTO Melara, since 1985 Bergepanzer. Based on Leopard 1 tank chassis Germany Italy: Armoured recovery vehicle: 136 67 license built by OTO Melara, since 1971 Biber. Based on Leopard 1 tank chassis Germany Italy: Armoured vehicle-launched bridge: 59
M26 Pershing- used immediately post World War II as frontline tank; M46 Patton- used temporarily until M47 Patton could be sent; M47 Patton-Main Italian MBT from 1952 to 1970. M60 tank-Replaced M47 saw service till end of Cold War; Leopard 1- used alongside M60.
Italian Army Cavalry School Ariete C2 main battle tank during an exercise In the early 2000s, the Italian Army was interested in developing a new version of Ariete (C2 Ariete or Ariete Mk. 2 designations were considered) which would enter service over the following years with the planned acquisition of 300 units. [ 5 ]
The 4th Tank Regiment (Italian: 4° Reggimento Carri) is a tank regiment of the Italian Army based in Persano in Campania. The regiment is equipped with Ariete main battle tanks and assigned to the Bersaglieri Brigade "Garibaldi". [3] The regiment was formed in 1936 as a training and administrative formation.
Chariot anti-tank gun or self-propelled L3 47/32 - prototype self-propelled gun armed with a 47/32 mm; trying "desperately" to adapt to the new demands of war the L3 Chariot had a very similar design to the Panzerjäger I (which was also derived from the most common light tank in the army of adoption, the Panzer I). The hull, superstructure ...
The Italian Army (Italian: Esercito Italiano ... two or three tank battalions with Leopard 1A2 tanks, one mechanized infantry battalion with M113 APCs, ...
The M1 Abrams is in service in large numbers with the US army and the Leopard 2 is in widespread service throughout NATO, making these tank types the bulk of NATO's armoured strength. Other tanks, in much smaller numbers, are the Challenger 2, Leclerc, and Ariete. These tanks are only used in NATO by their respective countries.