ANSALDO - FIAT L3/38

REGIO ESERCITO / R.S.I. - ITALY

The Ansaldo Light tank L3/38 was the final version of L3 tank armed with two 8mm BREDA 38 MGs. It was operative from 1938 to 1945 on all fighting theaters.The picture shows the 3D model of an L3/38 (2nd version , w/riveted hull) of the "Gruppo Corazzato Leonessa" of the G.N.R.(Guardia Nazionale Repubblicana), Repubblica Sociale Italiana, Turin, Italy, 1944. The model is highly detailed with more than 99.000 faces. Note the detailing of the hull, the weathering and of the tracks.

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A L3/38(2nd version) armed with two 8.0mm MG (BREDA 38). The tank is a vehicle of the "Gruppo Corazzato Leonessa", an armoured unit of the G.N.R. (Republican National Guard) during the period of the R.S.I. (1943-1945).
L3/38(2nd version) armed with a two 8.0mm MG (BREDA 38). The tank is of an unidentified SS unit seen on the Balcanian front. Many Italian tanks were captured from the German Army after the September 8.1943 Italian armistice and used by the occupation troops.

L38 of the anti-riot dept of the Italian Police (Reparto Celere), armed with two 8.0mm Breda 38 MG. Milan, Italy, 1947. The very unusual metallic cherry red was the color of the heavy vehicles (armoured cars, tanks, jeeps and trucks) of the Italian Police after the end of the 2nd WW.