Question: Type of Tankette ?

[Reibert]

What´s the Type of this Tanquette ?

[Jerry B]

Italian L3/33 I think.

[Reibert]

Italian CV 33, thx. !

Best,

R.

P.S.:
You see in the images Soldier´s of the Austrian Bundesheer in the mid 30´s

[Jerry B]

Thanks for the info, I did not realise the Austrians used these.

[lithgow]

This is an early model with only 1 MG-a Schwarzlose 8mm with its distinctive large flash hider and short watercooled barrel and jacket-the tankettes were widely exported in the 1930s-an earlier thread here shows one on display in Afghanistan-a later model with twin Breda MGs.

[Thanatos]

The l3lf version with flamethrower and fuel trailer was an interesting version of this little tankette.I believe that quite a few l3's were pushed into service by the British and Australians after the fall of Tobruk in 1941(have some images in a ref. book of L3's with Australian divisional markings(6th) painted on them).O'Conner needed armour so badly he was prepared to risk his tankies lives in a total heap of rubbish AVF.

The L3LF.
I believe Austria purchased 72 of the above mentioned AFV's.
Cheers
Dave

[Reibert]

Kuk Machine Gun-unit in WWI with the Schwarzlose