Italian Tanks (No, not nine reverse gears :b)

[Carroarmato-P40]

MY goodness, does anyone think my lists have any merit or benefit to this modification?? Any input.... anything..... *hears echoes*

[Anlushac11]

I have also made threads in the past for Italian vehicles. The main problem I see is that alot of what you have requested saw very limited service and then usually in German or RSI hands.

The P.40 was fairly rare and the P.43 was even more rare. The M15/42 was not made in large numbers either.

Im happy we are able to get what we have now. Only things I would like to see added are:

Autoblinda AB41
Sahariana scout car
M11/39 (Because it was the most common tank during Operation Compass)
A Italian Bomber such as the Sm.79

[Carroarmato-P40]

It isn't all that fiar to the Italians though, yeah it was limited production but they where still used and that is really the point. Plus it does add a 'GAMEPLAY' factor for those axis maps where the Italians are used. Not just that, but i've done a few nights of painstaking research and asking my grandfather (N Africa vet - Italians) and it is not fantasy, they where used (unlike jetpacks and that rubbish). I just wants the devs to check it out, take it on board and consider it's merits.

[Anlushac11]

Originally Posted by Carroarmato-P40

It isn't all that fiar to the Italians though, yeah it was limited production but they where still used and that is really the point. Plus it does add a 'GAMEPLAY' factor for those axis maps where the Italians are used. Not just that, but i've done a few nights of painstaking research and asking my grandfather (N Africa vet - Italians) and it is not fantasy, they where used (unlike jetpacks and that rubbish). I just wants the devs to check it out, take it on board and consider it's merits.

I hope your not going to say the P.40 was used in North Africa.

Fair has nothing to do with it, facts are facts. Blame Mussolini for starting a war without properly preparing his Army and not listening to his Generals.

The simple and plain fact is the Germans seized all the best equipment for themselves after the Armistice.

[Carroarmato-P40]

That is true, and yes the P.40 never reached N Afrika. However they where used throughout the Italian penninsular by ISR soldiers and by the Wehrmacht. And about the P-40, there is a wrecked one right in the middle of what used to be my Grandfather's farm which was very close to a major supply junction for the Gustav line.

[Anlushac11]

Too bad you didnt get pictures you could post.

[Carroarmato-P40]

True, the only thing I would like though is to get some exposure of this thread to the FH honchos....

[Anlushac11]

They read the forums, they dont always comment.

[Comrade0Red]

I'm sure every suggestion we've ever made they've already thought of. This is just to keep us complaicant. It's also a place for FH fourm vets to say no to people.

[Carroarmato-P40]

The only real reason I decided to create this thread because after looking at the scant number of vehicles which are avalible to the Italian player, I wanted to make many people aware that Italy at war at that time was not as cr@p as people perceve them to be.