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Italian medium tank Fiat M14/41
Productions started in 1941 but ended in 1942. Around 800 Carro Armato M14/41 tanks were produced but they were obsolete by the time they arrived on the field of battle. They could not compete with the upgraded and newer British and American Lend-lease tanks that were sent against them.
The tank was cramped, hot and caught fire very easily. It had a crew of four and its protective armour ranged from 6 mm to a maximum of 42mm. It had a slow top road speed of 20 mph (32km/h). Cross country it was a lot slower. At these speeds it was more like a slow infantry support tank than a fast medium tank. It was armed with1 × 47 mm cannone da 47/32 AT gun 87 round and twin-Breda 7.9 mm (0.31 in) hull-mounted machine-guns, a coaxial one in the turret, plus a fourth AA light machine gun that could be mounted on an external, removable pintle on the turret’s roof. It had a fuel tank capacity of 42 gallons (190 Litres) which gave it an operational range of around 124 miles (200 km).
Productions started in 1941 but ended in 1942. Around 800 Carro Armato M14/41 tanks were produced but they were obsolete by the time they arrived on the field of battle. They could not compete with the upgraded and newer British and American Lend-lease tanks that were sent against them.
The tank was cramped, hot and caught fire very easily. It had a crew of four and its protective armour ranged from 6 mm to a maximum of 42mm. It had a slow top road speed of 20 mph (32km/h). Cross country it was a lot slower. At these speeds it was more like a slow infantry support tank than a fast medium tank. It was armed with1 × 47 mm cannone da 47/32 AT gun 87 round and twin-Breda 7.9 mm (0.31 in) hull-mounted machine-guns, a coaxial one in the turret, plus a fourth AA light machine gun that could be mounted on an external, removable pintle on the turret’s roof. It had a fuel tank capacity of 42 gallons (190 Litres) which gave it an operational range of around 124 miles (200 km).