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Italy's Light Tank Fiat 3000
Variants
- Model 1930: More powerful engine.
- Fiat 3000B:
- Fiat 3000B Wireless: Added aerial frame on turret.
- Fiat 3000B Modified (L5-21): Had 2 37 mm guns in turret.
Usage
Spanish Civil War
One Fiat 3000 was supplied to the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War.
Specifications
| Fiat 3000 | |
|---|---|
| Crew | 2 |
| Physical Characteristics | |
| Weight | 5.41 tons, 5.5 tons 5,500 kg |
| Length | 11' 9", 13.63' 3.58 m |
| Height | 7', 7.2' 2.2 m |
| Width | 5' 2", 5.37' 1.66 m |
| Ground clearance | |
| Ground contact length | |
| Ground pressure | |
| Turret ring diameter | |
| Armament | |
| Main | 6.5 mm MGs 2: MG |
| OR | 37 mm and 6 mm MG |
| Secondary | |
| MG | |
| Side arms | |
| Quantity | |
| Main | |
| Secondary | |
| MG | |
| Side arms | |
| Armor Thickness (mm) | 16 6 - 16 |
| Hull Front, Upper | |
| Hull Front, Lower | |
| Hull Sides, Upper | |
| Hull Sides, Lower | |
| Hull Rear | |
| Hull Top | |
| Hull Bottom | |
| Turret Front | |
| Turret Sides | |
| Turret Rear | |
| Turret Top | |
| Engine (Make / Model) | Fiat |
| Cylinders | 4 |
| Net HP | 65 @ 1,700 rpm 50 |
| Transmission | |
| Fuel type | |
| Octane | |
| Capacity | |
| Performance | |
| Traverse | |
| Speed - Road | 13 mph, 15 mph 24 kph |
| Speed - Cross Country | |
| Range - Road | 60 miles 95 km |
| Turning Radius | |
| Elevation Limits | |
| Fording depth | |
| Trench crossing | |
| Vertical Obstacle | |
| Suspension (Type) | |
| Wheels each side | |
| Return rollers each side | |
| Track length | |
| Tires | |
| Track width | |
| Track centers/tread |
| Fiat 3000B | |
|---|---|
| Crew | |
| Physical Characteristics | |
| Weight | 6 tons |
| Length | 14.07' |
| Height | |
| Width | 5.47' |
| Ground clearance | |
| Ground contact length | |
| Ground pressure | |
| Turret ring diameter | |
| Armament | |
| Main | 37 mm |
| OR | |
| Secondary | |
| MG | |
| Side arms | |
| Quantity | |
| Main | |
| Secondary | |
| MG | |
| Side arms | |
| Armor Thickness (mm) | |
| Hull Front, Upper | |
| Hull Front, Lower | |
| Hull Sides, Upper | |
| Hull Sides, Lower | |
| Hull Rear | |
| Hull Top | |
| Hull Bottom | |
| Turret Front | |
| Turret Sides | |
| Turret Rear | |
| Turret Top | |
| Engine (Make / Model) | |
| Cylinders | |
| Net HP | 63 |
| Transmission | |
| Fuel type | Gasoline |
| Octane | |
| Capacity | |
| Performance | |
| Traverse | |
| Speed - Road | |
| Speed - Cross Country | |
| Range - Road | |
| Turning Radius | |
| Elevation Limits | |
| Fording depth | |
| Trench crossing | |
| Vertical Obstacle | |
| Suspension (Type) | |
| Wheels each side | |
| Return rollers each side | |
| Track length | |
| Tires | |
| Track width | |
| Track centers/tread |
Sources:
- The Encyclopedia of Tanks and Armored Fighting Vehicles - The Comprehensive Guide to Over 900 Armored Fighting Vehicles From 1915 to the Present Day, General Editor: Christopher F. Foss, 2002
- Tanks of the World, 1915-1945, Peter Chamberlain, Chris Ellis, 1972
- Atlas of Tank Warfare From 1916 to the Present Day, Dr. Stephen Hart, 2012
