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Anti-tank guided missile. 173. [ 37 ] first contract for Italian Army was in 2003 for 53.6 million Euros: 53 launchers and 510 missile (165 of which are MR) second contract in 2009, 120 million Euros: 90 launchers (84 for Italian Army, 6 for Italian Navy) and 990 missile LR, of which 110 for Navy: inside 21 launchers for the VTLM Lince, 20 LR ...
Italy was late on the radar development; At the date of the armistice in 1943, 84 of 85 radars in operation were German-built. Italian Army and Navy have deployed a network of radar detectors and jammers though. ARGO - domestically developed air warning radar in Pratica di Mare Air Base; FREYA - sold by Germans 1 July 1942, later transported to ...
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.
This is a list of all military equipment ever used by Italy. This list shall go in chronological order of newest military equipment of Italy to oldest.
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.
The military history of Italy chronicles a vast time period, lasting from the military conflicts fought by the ancient peoples of Italy, most notably the conquest of the Mediterranean world by the ancient Romans, through the expansion of the Italian city-states and maritime republics during the medieval period and the involvement of the historical Italian states in the Italian Wars and the ...
The Italian Royal Army's first real taste of modern warfare was during World War I. Most of the actions were fought in northern Italy, and the Royal Army suffered many casualties. This included over 700,000 dead. In particular, the frequency of the offensives in which Italian soldiers participated between May 1915 and August 1917, one every ...
The Carro Armato M13/40 was the Italian tank designed to replace the Fiat L3, the Fiat L6/40 and the Fiat M11/39 in the Italian Army at the start of World War II. The M13/40, weighing 13-14 tons, was fitted with a 47 mm gun, having armor-piercing capabilities, in the turret and a four-men crew.