tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1298399641711237003.post4188149127571855848..comments2024-03-26T11:47:07.063+00:00Comments on BigLee's 'Miniature Adventures': Italian TanksBigLeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00960213980906190335noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1298399641711237003.post-78173623867559132512017-02-21T10:34:11.252+00:002017-02-21T10:34:11.252+00:00I'll look up that book. Sounds interesting. I ...I'll look up that book. Sounds interesting. I have nothing but respect for the Italian tank crews. They must have known their kit was inferior but they found on non the less. BigLeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00960213980906190335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1298399641711237003.post-36555444403993287292017-02-20T14:41:10.504+00:002017-02-20T14:41:10.504+00:00Nice to see the Italians getting a look in! In MY ...Nice to see the Italians getting a look in! In MY Opinion (NOT HUMBLE) I think there is too much German tank love and a huge under appreciation of Japanese and Italian (as well as other nations tanks)Clinthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02351729764098750618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1298399641711237003.post-49778755778821740502017-02-20T12:09:43.489+00:002017-02-20T12:09:43.489+00:00Cracking picture, Lee, Bovington is on my list for...Cracking picture, Lee, Bovington is on my list for this year... M13/40's for early war/Compass, though?? ...maybe even M11/39? look at that bean tin, would you go to war in it?? ...and people have the temerity to believe the Italians weren't brave! I think not.. I wholeheartedly recommend "Iron Hulls, Iron Hearts" as a sobering account of the realities of fighting in the Italian armoured divisions in WWII...Steve-the-Wargamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07077311120172727690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1298399641711237003.post-21127969034722431362017-02-19T19:36:28.102+00:002017-02-19T19:36:28.102+00:00I remember seeing these in Bovington. As you say L...I remember seeing these in Bovington. As you say Lee, nothing beats looking at a real paint scheme up close and personal. The trouble with Italian tanks came from both gun and armour. Apart from the Semovente (which was a SPG anyway) all Italian armour were undergunned and the riveted armour was both thin and - as Italian crew found- the rivets had a distressing tendency to 'pop' when hit, resulting in the tank collapsing like a clown car. Broedershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18218127480258279732noreply@blogger.com