The following is a list of equipment used by the Royal Italian Army (Regio Esercito), Italian Air Force (Regia Aeronautica), and Royal Italian Navy (Regia Marina) during World War II.

Bayonets [ edit ]

Model Blade length From: Comments M91/38 folding bayonet 18 cm 1893 - M91/38 standard bayonet 30.5 cm 1891 -

Small arms [ edit ]

Handguns [ edit ]

Rifles [ edit ]

Submachine Guns [ edit ]

Grenades [ edit ]

Flamethrowers [ edit ]

Machine guns [ edit ]

Artillery [ edit ]

Infantry Mortars [ edit ]

Model Caliber Max. range From Produced Weight, kg fire rate, RPM Comment Brixia Model 35 45mm 530 1935 ? 15.5 18 extremely accurate, 18 mortars per battalion (in 2 platoons) Mortaio da 81/14 Modello 35 81mm 1500 1935 ? 59.56 18 6 mortars per regiment, extended range (4 km) shell available

Field Artillery [ edit ]

Italian artillery was usually designated using the calibre and length of the barrel in number of calibre lengths, so "90/53" would mean a weapon with a 90 mm diameter barrel where the length of the barrel was approximately 53 calibre lengths (i.e. 53x90 mm, that is 4.77 m).

See also:

203 mm /53 Italian naval gun - main gun on Italian cruisers

Anti-tank guns [ edit ]

Before and during World War II, Italy designed most of their anti-aircraft guns and some its infantry guns to also serve in the anti-tank role. No dedicated anti-tank gun was produced. Listed below is just the guns used in anti-tank role most commonly.

Model Caliber Penetration 1 Penetration 2 Muzzle speed Max. range From Produced Weight, kg fire rate, RPM Comment Cannone da 37/54 37mm ? ? 700 6000 1934 ? 277 120 dual-role anti-tank/anti-aircraft gun Cannone controcarro da 37/45 37mm 64mm@100m 31mm@500m 735 5484 ? ? 327 13 Italian variant of the Rheinmetall Pak 36 Cannone da 47/32 M35 47mm 58mm@100m 43mm@500m 630 (250) 7000 1935 ? 315 5 dual-role anti-tank/infantry gun, licensed version of Böhler gun Cannone da 90/53 mod. 1939 90mm 190mm@500m 850 m/s 17400 1939 539 8950 19 dual-role anti-tank/anti-aircraft gun

Infantry anti-tank weapons [ edit ]

Anti-aircraft weapons [ edit ]

All calibers of AA guns were also mounted in portee trucks in dual roles (ground attack and AA).

Vehicles [ edit ]

The Italian designation system for tanks consisted of a letter (L, M or P; designating light, medium and heavy tanks respectively) followed by two numbers: one giving the approximate weight in tons, the other giving the year it was accepted for service. Thus "M11/39" means the 11 ton medium tank of 1939. The Italian definitions of light, medium and heavy tank differ from other nations at the time. For instance the Italian "medium" tanks are often described as "light" in other sources.

Tankettes [ edit ]

The L3 tankette was also a basis for several engineering vehicles.

Tanks [ edit ]

Self-propelled guns [ edit ]

Others [ edit ]

During World War II, Italy regularly mounted cannons on portee trucks. Also, permanent installation of guns on trucks and armored cars were done on ad-hoc basis, therefore many self-propelled guns had no official name besides descriptive type of truck plus type of cannon. Below is the grossly incomplete list of these self-propelled weapons.

Autocannone Sahariana Corta da 75/27 - cannon installed on truck TL 37

102/35 on SPA 9000

102/35 on Fiat 634N

Carro Comando Per Reparto Semovente da 75/18

Autocannoni da 75

Breda Dovunque 90/53

Breda Autocannone Blindato Tipo 102 (Breda 501)

Autocannone da 90 - Lancia 3 RO Chassis

Fiat 611 AT - SP ATG armed with 37mm cannon

L.3/Solothurn or L.3/cc (antitank) - changes made on several specimens directly from the operational departments in Italian North Africa in 1941. In place of the twin machine guns an S-18/1000 Solothurn 20 mm anti-tank rifle was mounted, which could penetrate the armor of British armored cars and light tanks.

Trubia - experimental version of the Spanish armed with a gun Breda 20/65 Mod 1935 20mm.

Chariot anti-tank gun or self-propelled L3 47/32 - prototype self-propelled gun armed with a 47/32 mm; trying "desperately" to adapt to the new demands of war the L3 Chariot had a very similar design to the Panzerjäger I (which was also derived from the most common light tank in the army of adoption, the Panzer I). The hull, superstructure private, had a front antitank gun 47/32 cowl, which was to protect the crew and the rest of the half was equal to the chassis of L .3, although the photo of the prototype seems that the suspensions were a mainspring. Probably would not be successful, since the recoil while content of 47/32 could, in the long run detrimental to the operation of the medium.

Armoured Cars [ edit ]

Engineering and command [ edit ]

L.3/r - command tank with radio inside, deployed in all tankette units

L.3 carro recupero - experimental version for the recovery of damaged vehicles.

L.3 da demolizione - radio-controlled prototype for the destruction of the minefields.

L6/40 ammunition carrier

L6/40 command tank

Trucks [ edit ]

Light trucks [ edit ]

Breda-32

Breda-40

Breda-41

ОМ-32 Autocarretta da Montagna

ОМ-36DM

SPA TL.37

SPA CL39

SPA ТМ40

Medium trucks [ edit ]

Heavy Trucks [ edit ]

Passenger cars [ edit ]

Alfa Romeo 6С2500 Coloniale

Fiat 508CM

Fiat 1100 (1937) (Balilla-1100 Coloniale)

Lancia Aprilia Coloniale

Motorcycles [ edit ]

Benelli 500 M36

Benelli 500 VLM

Bianchi Supermil 500

Gilera 500 LTE

Moto Guzzi Alce

Moto Guzzi Trialce

Volugrafo Aermoto 125

Tractors and prime movers [ edit ]

L.3 trattore leggero - hypothetical version for towing the gun da. 47/32

Pavesi Р4.31 (L140)

Fiat 727 - half-track artillery tractor

SPA TM40 - wheeled artillery tractor

Breda 61 - half-track artillery tractor, a licensed copy of the German Sd.Kfz. 7

Miscellaneous vehicles [ edit ]

Carro Veloce 29 (armored car) - may be misspelled or fictitious (most likely this is the CV-29 tankette by the same name)

Navy ships and war vessels [ edit ]

Aircraft [ edit ]

Radars [ edit ]

The 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 Sicily

RTD Arghetto or Vespa - prototype of airborne 300 MHz radar

See also: Armi avanzate della Seconda Guerra Mondiale/Appendix 4 (wikibook)

Cartridges and shells [ edit ]

See also [ edit ]

Further reading [ edit ]