Mystery "Tank" - location Afghanistan

[skypilot]

Hi guys, having recently returned from my sandy "holiday", I was wondering if any of you kind souls could identify this piece of armour I saw in theatre?

I suspect it is most likely an inter-wars piece used by the British in the 20's and 30's?

I also have a stack of photos of other more modern stuff I located in scrapyards of former Soviet equipment but not sure if that is of interest for this forum as it is 70's and 80's gear?

[banksy]

Very nice ! Unwound like to see more photos !

Thanks for showing ! ...

[lithgow]

It's an Italian Carro Veloce 33 tankette-widely exported by the Italians pre WW2 but of little combat use against anybody who was part of a real army but perhaps tribesmen with Martini Henrys would have been intimidated by the little 2 man crew vehicle with twin 8mm MGs max 14mm armour and weight of 3.2 tonnes.

[skypilot]

Not the answer I was expecting - very interesting, thank you.

[bruce545]

Kmtc?

[lithgow]

bruce545 -what was your question?

[Thanatos]

The Afgan goverment purchased a small number of these Italian death traps in 1936.
She's a real beauty though.The general condition is fantastic.No salt air up there I guess.
Cheers for posting
Dave

[bruce545]

bruce545 -what was your question?

Was this on display at Kabul Military Training Center? There was one on a raised platform in '03. No one (Coalition or ANA/AMF) knew the history behind it. We assumed it was UK in origin.

[vkontog]

About 23 captured Italian tankettes of this type were used to form the very first Greek Armored Battalion!

[bigmacglenn]

It's almost criminal to have men fight in such death-traps...useful for towing artillery, I presume...