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Vehicles · Italy · 1939-1941

Carro Armato M11/39

medium tank

Italy's first tank of genuinely modern layout, the M11/39 was undone by a single flawed decision: its 37mm main gun was fixed in the hull with only 15 degrees of traverse, leaving the turret to carry just two machine guns. Of the 100 built, most went to North Africa and a smaller batch to East Africa, where they proved outgunned by British Matildas during Operation Compass and were quickly succeeded by the turreted M13/40.

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armament37mm gun (hull-mounted, 15deg traverse), 2x 8mm machine guns (turret)
crew3
armourup to 30mm
weight11.2 tonnes
produced100

Mediterranean and North Africa

<a href="http://www.catalog.slsa.sa.gov.au/record=b3019412" rel="nofollow">SRG 435/2/95</a> Three soldiers standing by a tank. Note on back: 'Wop tank MII captured near Sidi Barrani seen whilst on recce to Fw
<a href="http://www.catalog.slsa.sa.gov.au/record=b3019412" rel="nofollow">SRG 435/2/95</a> Three soldiers standing by a tank. Note on back: 'Wop tank MII captured near Sidi Barrani seen whilst on recce to FwState Library of South Australia from Australia · Public domain · source
Australian War Memorial (AWM) catalog number 005042. Captured Italian Armato M13/40 (far left) and M11/39 (middle and right) tanks being used by the Australian 6th Division Cavalry Regiment during the capture of Tobruk.
Australian War Memorial (AWM) catalog number 005042. Captured Italian Armato M13/40 (far left) and M11/39 (middle and right) tanks being used by the Australian 6th Division Cavalry Regiment during the capture of Tobruk.Frank Hurley · Public domain · source