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Semovente 75/34

By: Battlefront Miniatures

Type: Miniatures Pack

Product Line: Flames of War - WWII - Italian - Tanks

Late

Last Stocked on 12/4/2023

Product Info

Title
Semovente 75/34
Sub-category
Publish Year
2013
Dimensions
3.5x5.5x1.5"
NKG Part #
2147485712
MFG. Part #
BFMIT112
Type
Miniatures Pack
Material
Metal & Plastic

Description

The first Italian self-propelled gun, the Semovente M41 da 75/18 based on the M14/41 medium tank, was introduced in late 1941. This provided the field artillery with both mobility and protection.

Mounting the short-barreled 75mm L/18 howitzer, it was used with great success in the Desert where it supported the medium tanks with accurate long-range supporting fire.

The Semovente 75/34 was an improved design armed with a new 75/34 gun in a lengthened fighting compartment. Being based on the M15/42 hull, it had a more powerful engine, but was slightly longer. The design was completed by late 1942 and Fiat Ansaldo began full-scale production in 1943. They had produced 190 by September 1943 when Italy surrendered.

After the fall of Italy, the Germans seized the Semovente 75/34 as the StuG M42. They had issued a total of 294 to German units by the end of 1944. In that year they served with six infantry divisions, two Panzer divisions, three Panzergrenadier divisions, one Fallschirm¬jager division, and one Gebirgsdivision in Italy and the Balkans.