Details:
This Tankette was based on the British Carden Loyd Mk.VI
of which the Italians purchased 25 in 1929.
Our model
depicts the CV35, which along with some CV38's and the
earlier CV33, accounted for 75% of Italian tank formations
encountered by the British in late 1940 and early 1941.
They first
saw service in the Spanish Civil War, being used by
the Nationalists. Later they saw action in Somalia,
Abyssinia, France, Albania, Greece, Crete, Russia, N.
Africa, Sicily, the Italian mainland and in the Balkans.
Although clearly
inadequate for the task, they remained in service, being
used by the RSI after the armistice, until the end of
hostilities.
This
kit is now only available in our Battlefield Series
as BIT02
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