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Title: Armor ID request
Post by: eyebiter on March 10, 2013, 10:08:01 PM
Didn't recognize this one. 

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fvianica.com%2Fimgi%2F970%2F14959.jpg&hash=c6f6dc88106034a0044011aae5bda63c7ceae4fa)
Title: Re: Armor ID request
Post by: GDS_Starfury on March 10, 2013, 11:32:35 PM
Italian CV33 light tank.

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmilitary.sakura.ne.jp%2Farmy%2Ffr-it%2Fit_cv33.jpg&hash=6cea10c7fb32a1a484914c831cf57b9892b1d6b7)

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gasolinealleyantiques.com%2Fkits%2Fimages%2FMilitary%2Fdoc72001.JPG&hash=425a82791dc15c85b4e5cb1ddc7f9f695cecbeb6)
Title: Re: Armor ID request
Post by: MikeGER on March 11, 2013, 04:01:16 AM
IIRC, you can put it to use in CM: Italy  :)

(if L3/35 is exactly the same vehicle as CV 33 and not a later upgrade version? ...there is a L3/33 in there too, but only with a single MG?) 

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi50.tinypic.com%2F2wnsjnk.jpg&hash=bf7d2351ce8c28c7fad3e93bbb2bbfd4002aace3)
L3/35 in the front
Title: Re: Armor ID request
Post by: GDS_Starfury on March 11, 2013, 04:38:00 AM
the palm trees almost got me but the Japanese didnt use that track type.  so I thought to myself, who else made shitty light tanks in tropical zones?  Italy!
Title: Re: Armor ID request
Post by: mirth on March 11, 2013, 06:41:07 AM
Good job, Star. I thought it was Italian, but I  couldn't figure out the type. Weird thing is that the site the image is from is a travel site for Nicaragua. The tank pic is on a page about the Sandinistas.

http://vianica.com/go/specials/15-sandinista-revolution-in-nicaragua.html
Title: Re: Armor ID request
Post by: MikeGER on March 11, 2013, 06:52:23 AM
...23 L3/35's were delivered to Brazil, and a unknown number to Bolivia, according to Wiki
Title: Re: Armor ID request
Post by: mirth on March 11, 2013, 07:00:17 AM
Quote from: MikeGER on March 11, 2013, 06:52:23 AM
...23 L3/35's were delivered to Brazil, and a unknown number to Bolivia, according to Wiki

Interesting. So some may have found their way to Nicaragua.
Title: Re: Armor ID request
Post by: LongBlade on March 11, 2013, 09:07:57 AM
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on March 11, 2013, 04:38:00 AM
the palm trees almost got me but the Japanese didnt use that track type.  so I thought to myself, who else made shitty light tanks in tropical zones?  Italy!

That was my reaction, too. Then I saw you had nailed it. Nice job!