discussion Semovente

[grumpa]

Italian self propelled 105mm gun, used with good effect in the
North African theater and some few even fought on the Ostfront.

 

[PaulTRose]

Nice

That the Italeri kit?

 

[minitnkr]

Appropriately ugly. You'd a thought the makers of beautiful planes, boats & ships could do better.

 

[stillp]

Appropriately ugly. You'd a thought the makers of beautiful planes, boats & ships could do better.

You left out cars!
Pete

 

[scottie3158]

That's another beauty mate.

 

[flyjoe180]

Nice work Jim, not seen one of these before.

 

[grumpa]

Nice work Jim, not seen one of these before.

Thanks Joe, the Semovente series included several versions built on various chassis some even including anti-tank weapons
for the role of tank destroyer. They were basically turretless stopgap weapons of dubious worth.
They had mixed success rates but basically did not stand a chance against allied armor, mechanical unreliability was
also an issue.