Italeri 6476 Carro Armato P40 Premium Edition Kit 1/35
Italeri 6476 1/35 Scale Italian Carro Armato P40 Tank
Dimensions Length 165mm.
Etched brass items are included in the model. Decals and full instructions are included.
Glue and paints are required to assemble and complete the model (not included)
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The P40, with its 75/34 cannon installed on rotating turret and 26 tons,
is the most powerful tank in force with the Italian Army during World
War II. For the Italian tank of that time, it featured innovative
characteristics such as front and sides main body angled plates that
were still bolted together instead of welded. It had a reasonable speed,
about 40 km/h (25 mph). Designs began in 1940 but development was long
and with difficulties. In 1943, the first definitive version was ready
for production. With the armistice and Northern Italy German occupation,
all P40s were operative with the German Army. About three dozens were
ground buried along the Gothic line as small fortress without engines
due to supplies difficulties from the struggling war industry. Three P40
divisions were in force with the German Army on the Yugoslavian front
and some others in Austria against the Soviet Army.