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Vehicles · Italy · 1943-1945

P26/40

heavy tank

Intended as Italy's answer to Allied and German medium tanks, chronic delays meant the P26/40 arrived only after the September 1943 armistice, so almost the entire production run of around one hundred was completed under German control and used by German and Italian Social Republic forces rather than the Regio Esercito it was designed for.

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crew4
armourup to 60mm (turret front; 50mm hull front)
armament75mm L/34 main gun
producedapprox. 100

Mediterranean and North Africa

Heavy tank P26/40
Heavy tank P26/40Unknown authorUnknown author · Public domain · source
Italian heavy tank P26/40
Italian heavy tank P26/40Unknown authorUnknown author · Public domain · source
Army parade of Italy 2011
Army parade of Italy 2011Nicholas Gemini · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source