Fiat-Ansaldo L3 series

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The Fiat-Ansaldo L3 series was a family of Italian interwar light tankettes widely used in the 1930s and early World War II for reconnaissance and infantry support.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf light armored fighting vehicle
tankette
armourThickness 6–14 mm
armourType riveted steel
basedOn C.V.33
combatWeight approximately 3 tons
configuration two-man crew
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Italy
crew 2
designedForRole infantry support
reconnaissance
designInfluencedBy Carden-Loyd tankette
driveLayout tracked
era interwar period
hasVariant L3 CC
L3 Lanciafiamme
linked to: L3/35 tankette

L3/33
L3/35
linked to: L3/35 tankette

L3/38
linked to: L3/35 tankette
manufacturer Ansaldo
Fiat
maximumRoadSpeed approximately 40 km/h
notableWeakness limited firepower
thin armour
operator Albania
Austria
Brazil
Bulgaria
China
Hungary
Italy
Nationalist Spain
Royal Bulgarian Army
linked to: Bulgarian Army

Royal Hungarian Army
Royal Italian Army
linked to: Regio Esercito
primaryArmament dual 8 mm machine guns
productionPeriod 1930s
replacedBy Fiat L6/40
serviceEntry early 1930s
suspensionType bogie suspension
usedBy Regio Esercito
usedFor colonial warfare
internal security
training
usedInConflict Balkans Campaign
linked to: Balkan Campaign

Eastern Front
Greco-Italian War
Italian invasion of Albania
Italian invasion of France
North African Campaign
Second Italo-Ethiopian War
Second Sino-Japanese War
Spanish Civil War
World War II

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