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Bolt action sniper rifle. 8.6×70mm. —. Issue with special forces. Schmidt & Bender 5-25×56 optics [6] In use in the Col Moschin 9º Reggimento d'Assalto Paracadutisti (9th Parachute Assault Regiment) Accuracy International Arctic Warfare. United Kingdom. Bolt action sniper rifle.
Tanks. 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.
7,000 m (7,700 yd) The Cannone da 47/32 mod. 1935 was an Italian artillery piece that saw service during World War II. It was originally designed by Austrian firm Böhler, and produced in Italy under license. The Cannone da 47/32 was used both as an infantry gun and an anti-tank gun at which it was effective against light to medium armored tanks.
Breda M37. The Mitragliatrice Breda calibro 8 modello 37 (commonly known as the Breda mod. 37 or simply Breda 37 / M37 and also just M37) was an Italian Medium machine gun produced by Breda and adopted in 1937 by the Royal Italian Army. [2] It was the standard heavy machine gun for the Royal Italian Army during World War II, and continued to be ...
LF-57 is mainly constructed of pressed-metal. The LF-57 uses a recessed bolt head similar to the Beretta Model 12 's as a method of reducing the weapon's length, although on the LF57 the bolt's mass is carried above the barrel rather than around it. This allows manufacture to be simplified to a degree. Most parts are made of stampings and ...
During World War II, Italy regularly mounted cannons on portee trucks. Also, permanent installation of guns on trucks and armored cars were done on ad-hoc basis, therefore many self-propelled guns had no official name besides descriptive type of truck plus type of cannon. Below is the grossly incomplete list of these self-propelled weapons.
List of military weapons of Italy. This is a list of all weapons ever used by the Italian Army. This list will go in chronological order so from earliest weapons to the present ones used by the Italian Army.
There were too few anti-aircraft weapons, obsolete anti-tank guns, and too few trucks. The Italian Expeditionary Corps in Russia fought under General Giovanni Messe , who acknowledged the limitations of his Corps in material and equipment and thus was relieved of his command on November 1, 1942.