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Italienische Kfz und Panzer 1916-1945 (Typenkompass)

Mit dem Aufstieg des "Duce" wuchs das Selbstbewusstsein Italiens: Das Land baute eine leistungsfähige Rüstungsindustrie auf und entwickelte eine Vielzahl an Fahrzeugen, die vor allem in den nordafrikanischen Kolonien zum Einsatz kamen. Viele davon fanden den Weg auch in den Fuhrpark der Wehrmacht.

Light Trucks of the Italian Army in WWII

This book provides a detailed account of the specialised light gun trucks produced by the Italian industry in response to a specific request of the Regio Esercito between mid-1942 and mid-1943, known as the AS42 and the AS43.
'AS' was standing for 'Autocarro Speciale' or 'Automezzo Speciale' (Special truck), or more currently, camionette. These vehicles were meant to be used in desert warfare, issued to the unit called the Raggruppamento Sahariano, (Saharan Group), to be used in action against the British Long Range Desert Group, or for special operations behind enemy lines, in force to the Italian special forces designated the X Reggimento Arditi.

In point of fact, they came too late and in too small a number to make a real impact in that theatre, and after the fall of Africa into Allied hands they were diverted to several different units as anti-paratroopers companies or anti-bridgehead mobile battalions either in Sicily or in the Italian mainland.
After the Italian Armistice, they served both with German troops and with the armed forces of the Republica Sociale Italiana.

Veicoli dei carabinieri - 200 anni di storia

In 2014 the Carabinieri, one of the top corps in the Italian armed forces, celebrated its 200th anniversary. Theirs is a story of great achievements in both the civil and military fields; one of great men and, of course, the most diverse means of transport of the corps in these first two centuries of its history.
There has never been a book published that focuses on this subject, one that covers the history of Carabinieri transport from the horse to the automobile.

Written by an authoritative student of the sector, Giuseppe Thellung di Courtelary, this book catalogues and conducts a census of the most diverse vehicles: from the first Fiat cars and trucks of the start of the 20th century to the models that became part of four-wheel history, like the Fiat 500 C Coloniale, the Campagnola and Alfa Romeo "Matta" right through to the more recent Alfa Romeo 75, 155 and 156, looking in on unforgettable icons like the Giulia and Alfetta on the way.

This monumental work is completed by the various on/off road and safety vehicles used by the corps over the last century. All the historic and modern photographic material for this book has been made available by the Carabinieri archives in Rome.

Text in Italian.

Alfa Romeo AR 51-AR 52 - Alfa 'Matta' - Le vetture che hanno fatto la storia

On behalf of the Italian Defense Ministry, Alfa Romeo produced in 1951 a utility van, designed by Giuseppe Busso and based on the Alfa 1900. The vehicle was offered in two different versions: the "Military" AR 51 and the "Civilian" AR 52, but the model was nicknamed Alfa "Matta" ("crazy" in Italian).
The book offers a wide range of informations - technical datas and the sporting history of some units (the car also took part to the 1952 Mille Miglia) - as well as a large amount of illustrations which will be absolutely useful for restoring vintage models.

Text in Italian.

The First Forty Years of Italian Armoured Vehicles

A very detailed analysis of the Italian armoured vehicles up to World War II. Their main features and deployment during the WW II are described in comparison with the ones of the allied forces.

A Century of Italian Armored Cars

Encyclopedic work dedicated to Italian armored cars, divided into three parts. The first part is dedicated to the doctrinal classification of the subject and to the operational use of wheeled combat vehicles. In the second part all the vehicles built both adopted and tested by the Italian Army from 1912 to the present day are described chronologically, i.e. armored cars, protected trucks, vans and crawlers, half-tracks and trucks.

Each model is illustrated with several black and white and color photos (mostly unpublished), technical drawings on a constant scale and a summary of the features and services available. Text, captions and tabs are bilingual.

Italian Armoured & Reconnaissance Cars 1911-1945 (Osprey)

The first Italian armoured cars were used in the war in Libya in 1911-12 against the Ottoman Empire. With few tanks being developed, the Italians relied instead on the development of more mobile armoured cars like the Ansaldo Lancia 1 Z, during World War I, but post-war the army, focusing on the Alpine battlegrounds of Italy's northern borders, did not consider armoured cars suitable for reconnaissance duties.

The experience of the Spanish Civil War would provide the much needed last push for the Italians to develop modern armoured cars.
The result were the famous AB 41-43 models, which fought against the British in North Africa and Marshall Tito's forces in Yugoslavia, along with other vehicles such as the AS 36 light armoured car.

Using detailed colour plates and contemporary photographs, this book examines the development of the Italian armoured car in the two world wars and the inter-war years, from the deserts of North Africa to the slopes of the Alps.

Italian tanks and combat vehicles of World War II / Carri armati e veicoli da combattimento italiani della Seconda guerra mondiale

Although clearly the efforts of the Italian armored weapon never reached the levels achieved by the Germans or the Americans, the Italians made some first-class combat vehicles, especially with regard to self-propelled material, and made a substantial contribution to Axis operations in North Africa, the theater where they were mostly employed.
The courage, determination, and sacrifice of the Italian tank and self-propelled artillery crews are beyond doubt, especially given the numerical and technological disparity with respect to those they had to face.
This book is neither a justification for the defects of Italian tanks nor a revisionist history, but, on the contrary, it considers many factors intertwined in an understandable and realistic panorama.

Text in English and Italian.

Kfz und Panzer der Achsenmächte 1939-1945

Über die Panzer der Verbündeten des Dritten Reichs in Europa und deren praktischen Einsatz ist auch 75 Jahre nach Ende des Zweiten Weltkrieges erstaunlich wenig bekannt. Dabei setzte etwa Italien bereits im Ersten Weltkrieg Panzer ein und besaß mit Fiat und Ansaldo sogar zwei eigene Hersteller?rmen. Später baute Italien eine Reihe selbstkonstruierter leichter und mittelschwerer Modelle. Mit dem Typ P40 entstand sogar ein schwerer Typ.

Ungarn orientierte sich bei seinen Eigenentwicklungen an tschechischen oder schwedischen Modellen. Rumänien verfügte über leichte Panzer tschechischer sowie französischer Herkunft. Bulgarien kaufte nicht nur leichte Panzer, die in Italien bzw. England hergestellt wurden, sondern auch tschechoslowakische Typen. Finnland setzte hauptsächlich Panzer sowjetischen Ursprungs ein.

Gabriele Faggioni beschreibt ln diesem einmaligen Band alle wichtigen Panzertypen die bei den europäischen Verbündeten des Deutschen Reichs wie Italien, Finnland, Slowakei, Ungarn, Rumänien, Bulgarien und Kroatien in den Kriegsiahren 1939 bis 1945 an die Fronten geschickt wurden.
Er beantwortet die Fragen, wie die Panzer militärisch eingesetzt wurden, wie sie bewaffnet waren und wie sie sich bewährten. Illustriert wird dieses Buch von rund 200 historischen, meist seltenen Aufnahmen.