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Offline Story

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Italian WWII-ish vehicles
« on: September 13, 2023, 07:46:50 AM »
Couldn't find a pre-existing thread, so
here
we
go

Note: the intent is to show what should be familiar vehicles in *different* settings.




Lince (above) compared to it's inspiration, the Daimler Dingo (below).
Differences; I saw rear fender 'can' style mufflers, a single gun ball mount like the M13/40s probably yoinked from an AB41** and an accordion roof (rather than two hatches) on the Italian copy. Spare tire (none on original) and radio mount at 3 o'clock (5 o'clock on original).






Wounded Indian POWs on Italian-made Panzerspähwagen Lince 202(i) (Autoblinda Lince) in use by the 4th Parachute of the Luftwaffe Division (4.Fallschirmjager-Division), in Florence (Firenze).






nb: this thread was close http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=9983.0
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Re: Italian WWII-ish vehicles
« Reply #1 on: September 13, 2023, 12:40:53 PM »
Hey, look - covered with guys, just like some T55s in 20/21st Century Africa!!


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Re: Italian WWII-ish vehicles
« Reply #2 on: September 13, 2023, 09:10:45 PM »
Carro Armato P.43, an enlarged & updated version of the P.40.








Carro Armato P.43 Bis, a completely new design armed with a 90mm cannon.





Nether design progressed further then scale models due to the armistice with allied forces. 
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Re: Italian WWII-ish vehicles
« Reply #3 on: September 13, 2023, 11:05:07 PM »
Motorcycle drive looks like Steven Segal


Slingload diorama, maybe 1/72nd? Note the sling buffers.


Australian operated - good novel on the topic https://www.amazon.com/Easter-Day-1941-G-Borden/dp/0688065384


I think the next two might be the same tank - note the lack of a hull machinegun ball mount.




Italian boy scouts visiting the El Alamein tank graveyard, 1953.

https://archivi.agesci.it/oggetti/187303-vii-pellegrinaggio-degli-scout-asci-del-cairo-ad-el-alamein/

Note the stowage between the engine hatches



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Re: Italian WWII-ish vehicles
« Reply #4 on: September 26, 2023, 01:28:57 PM »
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Re: Italian WWII-ish vehicles
« Reply #5 on: January 12, 2024, 02:22:59 AM »
Found someone's travelogue where this display at Tobruk was labeled as a WW2 Italian tank.  ;D







I'm thinking that might actually be a track set from an Italian agricultural tractor or maybe even a towed gun, but I can't remember a designation.