The L3/35, also called the Carro Veloce CV-35, was an Italian two-man tankette and the improved successor of the Fiat-Ansaldo CV-33, a design that the Fiat company of Turin and the Ansaldo company of Genoa had built together in 1933. Introduced in 1935, it swapped the single 6.5 mm machine gun of the earlier model for twin 8 mm machine guns and used bolted rather than riveted armour. In 1938 the Italian Army renamed the family with an L for Leggero, meaning light, which produced the L3/35 designation. It was the most numerous Italian armoured fighting vehicle and served in Ethiopia, Spain, North Africa, the Balkans and the Soviet Union, and it was also sold to many foreign armies. Its thin armour and machine gun armament left it outclassed by 1940, so it was mostly kept for colonial policing, reconnaissance and supply duties.
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In 1933, a new design was built jointly by the Fiat Company of Turin and the Ansaldo Company of Genoa.
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The L3/35, also known as the Carro Veloce CV-35, was an Italian tankette that saw combat before and during World War II.
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In 1935, a slightly improved model of the CV-33 was introduced and designated CV-35.
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The L3/35, also known as the Carro Veloce CV-35, was an Italian tankette that saw combat before and during World War II.
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In 1933, a new design was built jointly by the Fiat Company of Turin and the Ansaldo Company of Genoa.
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