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Vehicles · Italy · 1942-1943

SPA-Viberti AS.42 Sahariana

desert raiding / reconnaissance car

Built on the AB41 armoured car's chassis but with a simpler drivetrain suited to open desert, the AS.42 was Italy's answer to the British Long Range Desert Group's raiding trucks, carrying extra fuel for a range of up to 1,500km. Variants mounted a 20mm cannon, a Solothurn anti-tank rifle or a 47mm gun, and small AS.42 detachments supported Italian and German commando parties operating deep behind Allied lines in Egypt and Libya before the North African campaign ended.

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crew3-6
armament20mm Breda cannon or Solothurn AT rifle or 47mm gun, 1-3x 8mm machine guns
weight4.5 tonnes
top speed84 km/h
produced~100

Mediterranean and North Africa

A Sahariana in North Africa, March 1943, crewed by the PAI. It is part of the "103rd Compagnie Arditi Camionettisti", half of which fought on the Tunisian Front and the other half on the Libyan Front.
A Sahariana in North Africa, March 1943, crewed by the PAI. It is part of the "103rd Compagnie Arditi Camionettisti", half of which fought on the Tunisian Front and the other half on the Libyan Front.The original uploader was Ikeinthemed at English Wikipedia. · Public domain · source
pezzi
pezzihttp://www.italie1935-45.com/RE/photoscopes/automitrailleuses/as42sahariana.html · Public domain · source
AS.42 /Cannone da 47/32 M35
AS.42 /Cannone da 47/32 M35http://www.italie1935-45.com/RE/photoscopes/automitrailleuses/as42sahariana.html · Public domain · source
roma armistizio
roma armistiziohttp://www.italie1935-45.com/RE/photoscopes/automitrailleuses/as42sahariana.html · Public domain · source