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Captain Nemo
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Red Front
Jan 1970
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Another excellent setup Anzac (Not to blow my own horn) Are you planning to place these collections on a website?
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Captain Nemo
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Red Front
Jan 1970
time: 05:13
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Maybe get someone else to "host" them. There are some quality Civ2 sites out there.
Who would like to?
Three collections:
Soviet-German-Allied tanks and vehicles of WW2
BTW that new 20mm FlakVierling I just made would be nice in the German collection... I guess it could also go with a WW2 Infantry collection since it's more in scale with the Pak38 gun with a larger scale crew.
In my Soviet collection I didn't include the 76mmAT gun or the heavy MG and the MG34/42 didn't make it with the German collection either.
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Allard HS
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Can I add them too to CSC as soon as I do a next update?
Where is the Soviet collection then, by the way? I only saw the Allied and German collections so far.
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Captain Nemo
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Red Front
Jan 1970
time: 05:13
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I would say yes, but Anzac actually made the German and Allied compilations to look like my Soviet one so he should also approve this. Do you have the Soviet pack?
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Captain Nemo
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Red Front
Jan 1970
time: 05:13
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Prometeus:
The P 40 tank? Are you thinking of the M13/40 successor to the M11/39? or the L40 Semovente 47/32? More probably the P40 Carro Armato "Heavy tank" prototype based on the Fiat M15/42 medium tank. None ever reached service with the Italian Army but possibly some were taken over by the Germans and used in late 1944? The "heavy tank" designation is a little deceptive as this was a 26-ton tank with a 75mm gun similar in performance to a late model PzKw III. I've never seen a picture of it.
I'm always interested in tank information, not much available on the Italian Armor of WWII in most books.
[This message has been edited by Captain Nemo (edited October 29, 2000).]
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Captain Nemo
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Red Front
Jan 1970
time: 05:13
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My information about the P40 doesn't identify it as an actual production tank, just a prototype. The info about the Germans using them after they took over the Fiat factory in 1944 was only indicated as "potentially" and nothing in the range of 100+ units maybe my book on WW2 armor is outdated.
Stefan what do you mean by: "LOL, Nemo, I always though I understand English!"?
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Captain Nemo
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Red Front
Jan 1970
time: 05:13
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Prometeus:
Could you E-Mail me a good picture of it?
My best source on the subject the "Encyclopedia of Weapons of WWII" states:
"The Carro Armato P40 prototype was tested in 1942. It had improved armor protection over the M15/42 but had the same suspension/track system. Power was provided by a V-12 petrol engine w/420HP and armament comprised a 75mm main gun and a 8mm machine gun. The weight was 26 tonnes. The P40 was produced by Fiat in Northern Italy, but none of these entered service with the Italian Army. Most of them were taken over by the German Army, which ensured continued production for itself, some reports stating that as many as 50 could have been built-No Pictures available"
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Captain Nemo
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Red Front
Jan 1970
time: 05:13
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Thanks for the pictures.
Looks exactly like an M15/42 with a bigger gun. Exact same hull, wheels, tracks etc...
BTW the data above was quite specifically about the P40. The M15/42 and M14/41 are also listed as late WWII Italian tanks.
The M15/42 was built in 1943 (Total 82 built) and most were issued to the Ariete Division that fought the Germans when the Fascist government collapsed in September 1943. The tank was described as "already obsolete when it entered service", because it had light armor and a 47mm gun. (Weight 15.5 tons)
The M41 75/18 is not listed... Is it an M14/41 retrofitted with a 75mm gun?
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Jim Winchell
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Louisville, Kentucky, USA
May 1999
time: 05:13
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Did the Germans have a heavy seige gun mounted on a tank chassis? Perhaps the "Karl" unit should be on a railway carriage?
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Captain Nemo
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Red Front
Jan 1970
time: 05:13
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The "Karl" was truly a 60cm mortar mounted on a HUGE tank chassis (275,000 Lbs!) that allowed it to crawl along towards the fortifications it was designed to destroy.
The Germans had a number of railroad mounted heavy artillery pieces, including "Anzio Annie" and "Dora" (At 80cm Dora was the largest artillery piece ever built, used to shell Sevastopol in 1942)
In the towed artillery category the Germans had all kinds of different guns up to the massive 24cm Kanone 3 and the 35.5cm Haubitze M1, both were so big they were transported in several loads and field assembled.
In the self-propelled category (Excluding the Karl) the Germans used the StuG III and StuG IV extensively, but these are more in the "assault artillery" rather than Self-Propelled artillery category. In this category you also have the Brummbar and Sturmtiger both carrying heavy mortars for demolishing fortications at close range, but designed to get "close to the action".
The pure SP artillery category only has the Wespe 105mm and the Hummel 150mm, the first built on the PzKw II chassis and the second on the PzKw IV platform.
A few other oddballs:
The sIG33 and the Waffentrager, both designed to carry a field gun loosely installed in a craddle on a tank chassis. Both were produced in very small numbers.
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