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Fiat 2000 tank Fiat 3000 tank, model 21. Italy first built a heavy tank called the Fiat 2000 during World War I with a powerful gun, a 65/17 howitzer (of 65mm caliber with a barrel 17 calibers long), with the first prototype being partially finished in 1917, but just two were built.
Main battle tank Germany Italy: Main Battle Tank: 132 In October 2023, the parliament confirmed the intention to purchase new main battle tanks. A budget of €100 million is forecasted for 2024, and up to €4 billion until 2037, and €8.25 billion over its lifetime. [235] [224]
The C1 Ariete (English: battering ram, ram) is a 3rd generation main battle tank of the Italian Army, developed by Consorzio Iveco Oto Melara (CIO), a consortium formed by IVECO and OTO Melara. The chassis and engine were produced by Iveco, while the turret and fire-control system were supplied by OTO Melara.
An Italian parliamentary committee approved on Tuesday a government plan worth some 8.2 billion euros ($8.86 billion) to buy new-generation tanks and revamp the army's ground forces, two sources ...
Rumors are flying that Rome may be “secretly” delivering some of its retiring B1 Centauro tank-destroyers to Ukraine.
In service 54 SK-105 Kürassier light tanks. Bosnia and Herzegovina: M-84: 71 Yugoslavia: AMX-30S: 50 France: M60A3: 85 United States: T-55: 142 Soviet Union: Botswana: Only SK-105 Kürassier light tanks. Brazil [8] EE-T1 Osório: 2 Brazil: Two operational tanks with the Centro de Instrução de Blindados of the Brazilian Army [9] M60A3 TTS: 91 ...
According to Defence Industry Europe on January 16, 2025, the Italian Ministry of Defence announced plans to procure up to 380 new tanks based on the German KF51 Panther main battle tanks (MBTs), including recovery, rescue, and engineering variants, to improve the lethality, mobility, and survivability of its mechanized forces at the IAV 2025 ...
As a replacement, the brigade received units from brigades disbanded during the army's drawdown of forces after the end of the Cold War in 1991: from the disbanded Armored Brigade "Mameli" came the 3rd Tank Battalion "M.O. Galas", the 5th Tank Battalion "M.O. Chiamenti" and the 23rd Bersaglieri Battalion "Castel di Borgo" and from the 8th ...