02 - References for Carro Armato M13/40

A Fiat-Ansaldo M13/40 of XX Armored Corps. XX Corps, consisting of the Ariete and Littorio Armored Divisions and the Trieste Motorized Division, was the Italian counterpart to Rommel's Afrika Korps. - North Africa - January 1942 

A Fiat-Ansaldo M13/40 of XX Armored Corps. XX Corps, consisting of the Ariete and Littorio Armored Divisions and the Trieste Motorized Division, was the Italian counterpart to Rommel's Afrika Korps. - North Africa - January 1942 

DAK Panzer troops earlier encounter with the Italian M13/40 tank. circa 1941 

North Africa .-- Italian soldiers sitting at rest in the shade of an Italian Carro Armato M13 / 40 tank.- Lybia - 1942 

Italian tank from the 132ª Divisione corazzata “Ariete” in the bay of Tobruk, June 1942. 

A Fiat-Ansaldo Carro Armato M13-40 in action in the North African desert. 1942 

Tunisia, 1943. 

Three M13-40 assigned to the Littorio Armored Division advance on El Alamein, Egypt during the summer of 1942 (the lead tank RoEto3328 was the 2nd tank assigned to an armored company’s 3rd platoon. Note the towing cables) 

 

 

 

hataka has a good showcase of colors and Italian designs too! 

 

M13/40 in Factory 

 

 

 

 

 

Italian Armored Regiment turret signs. a platoon was composed by 7 tanks, a company 36, a battalion by 2, 3 or 4 companies plus the command company, a regiment of 4 battalions + infantry, artillery and recon. This was the official composition that may change in operations