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From: hhm@ihlpy.att.com (Herschel H Mayo)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: WWII Italian Armor, Why so Bad?
Keywords: design questions?
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Date: 22 Apr 91 16:38:37 GMT
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From: hhm@ihlpy.att.com (Herschel H Mayo)


While looking through my picture books of the African campaign,
I began to wonder why most, if not all, of the Italian tanks and
armored vehicles were so bad and poorly designed. The Italians were
certainly no amateurs at automobile technology and certainly rivaled
the Germans in engineering and development.  They excelled at engine
design, suspension technology and many other things. So, why no 
60 ton Italian tanks powered by V16 quad valve engines? Why the
tiny, skimpily armored pieces of junk that were poor by any standards?
Why did the Italian military industrial complex fail to supply their 
land forces with modern weapons?

Larry Mayo