In 1937, the Esercito Italiano (Eng. Italian Royal Army) realized that the Lancia 1ZM armored cars in service in the reconnaissance units since 1915, still employed in the Italian African Colonies and in the Spanish Civil War, even if still efficient, were obsolete because they were not fast, were weakly armored and had bad off-road driving capabilities. This led to the development of the Autoblindo Fiat-Ansaldo series, of which the most prominent was the AB41.
Article: https://tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2/italy/autoblinda-ab41/
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An article by Giusti Arturo
Narrated by Stan Lucian
Edited by Pavel Alexe
Sound edited by Kraiger
09/09/20 • 25 min
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