Fiat 3000
The Fiat 3000 was the first tank to be produced in series in Italy. It became the standard tank of the emerging Italian armored units after World War I. The 3000 was based on the French Renault FT.
| Fiat 3000 | |
|---|---|
Fiat 3000 mod.21 | |
| Type | Light tank |
| Place of origin | Italy |
| Service history | |
| In service | 1921-1945 |
| Used by | Italy Ethiopia Albania Hungary China Latvia Denmark Japan |
| Wars | Pacification of Libya Ethiopian coup d'état of 1928 Second Italo–Abyssinian War Second Sino–Japanese War Slovak-Hungarian War World War II |
| Production history | |
| No. built | 152 (100 mod 21, 52 mod 30) |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 6 tonnes |
| Length | 4.29 m (168.9 in) |
| Width | 1.65 m (65.0 in) |
| Height | 2.20 m (86.6 in) |
| Crew | 2 |
| Armor | 6 mm-16 mm |
Main armament | 2x 6.5 mm machine guns 3000A 1x 37 mm 3000B |
Secondary armament | 1x 6.5 mm machine gun |
| Engine | Fiat 4-cylinder 50 hp (37 kW) |
| Suspension | vertical springs |
Operational range | 100 km (62 mi) |
| Maximum speed | 21 km/h (13 mph) |
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