They also captured 977 Italian armored fighting vehicles, of which about 400 were tanks and self-propelled guns, 16,631 trucks, over 5,500 artillery pieces, 2,754 anti-tank or anti-aircraft guns, over 8,000 mortars, 1,285,000 rifles, 39,000 machine guns, and 13,000 submachine guns.
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The Germans captured all the Italian factories that produced armaments or military equipment. In 12 days, the German troops managed to occupy all the Italian command centers and divisions in Italy and in the other occupied territories. They planned Fall Achse (Eng: Operation Axis), which they launched on September 8th when the signing of the Armistice of Cassibile (which had been secretly signed on September 5th by the Italian Royal Army and Allied Forces) was made public. Italian National Fascist Party), on July 25th 1943, the Germans had foreseen the Italian surrender. German Operation AchseĪfter the arrest of Benito Mussolini, the leader of the Partito Nazionale Fascista Italiano (Eng. It was renamed Semovente Leggero Modello 1940 da 47/32 or Semovente L40 da 47/32 (Eng: Lightweight Self-Propelled Gun Model 1942 armed with 47/32).Ī total of 402 vehicles were produced under Italian and German control based on the hull of the L6/40 light reconnaissance tank. After the tests, the Italian Royal Army High Command requested some changes to the prototype. On May 10th, it was presented to the Royal Army. The development of a new light infantry support gun that could support the assault of the Bersaglieri units (Eng: Italian Light Assault Troops) started in the late 1930s, but the first two prototypes were not accepted into service.Īnother prototype development started in January 1941.
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The Regio Esercito (Eng: Italian Royal Army) used it until September 1943, when the Cassibile Armistice was signed, the Italian Royal Army was disbanded and the Italian peninsula not yet under Allied hands was occupied by the German troops.Īfter the armistice, from 1943 to 1945, all the surviving Semoventi (Italian world for self-propelled guns, Semovente singular) that were deployed, not only in Italy, but also in the Balkans, were captured by the armies or militias in the area. It entered service in 1942, immediately proving to be obsolete. The Semovente L40 da 47/32 was an Italian light Self-Propelled Gun (SPG) developed as an infantry support vehicle. Germany 1943 – 1945, Light Self-Propelled Gun – 194 captured and produced