Sen tarkoitus oli tavanomainen, panssarivaunu joka oli tarkoitettu uusille kehittyville italialaisille panssarijoukoille ensimmäisen maailmansodan jälkeen
Fiat 3000 perustui Ranskan Renault FT.
Vaikkakin 1400 yksikköä oli tilattu toimitukset alkavat toukokuussa 1919 sodan päättymisestä, mikä aiheutti alkuperäisen tilauksen mitätöimistä ja vain 100 panssaria valmistettiin ja luovutettiin.
Ensimmäiset Fiat 3000s tulivat liikenteeseen 1921 ja tankin virallinen nimitys oli
carro d'Assalto Fiat 3000, Mod. 21. = Fiat 3000 rynnäkkö-tankki, Model 21.
Testattu malli 21 paljasti, että aseistus, joka koostuu kahdesta 6,5 mm konekivääristä, oli riittämätön, ja määrättiin ottamaan käyttöön 37 mm tykki, tankin pää-aseena.
Tornin ase versiot 3000, aseistus 37/40 ase, testattiin vuonna 1929 ja hyväksyttiin virallisesti vuonna 1930 nimeämistä carro d'Assalto Fiat 3000, Mod. 30. malli 30.
Paremman aseistuksen lisäksi vaunu poikkesi myös mallista 21, siihen asennetun tehokkaamman moottorin, parannetun jousituksen, erilaisen moottoritilan muotoilun, ja ulkoisten varusteiden asennusten osalta jotka oli sijoitettu eri tavalla.
Joitakin mallin 30 tankkeja valmistettiin kaksi 6,5 mm konekivääriä pääasiallisena aseistuksena, samoin kuin malli 21, jotka oli asennettu 37 mm tykin tilalle.
Rajoitettu määrä malli 21 ajoneuvoa vietiin Albaniaan, Latviaan ja Abyssinia (Etiopia) ennen 1930.
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Valmistettu: 152 (100 mod 21, 52 mod 30)
Paino: 6 tonnia
Pituus: 4,29 m (168,9 cm)
Leveys: 1,65 m (65.0 in)
Korkeus: 2,20 m (86,6 in)
Miehistö: 2
Panssari: 6 mm - 16 mm
Aseistus: 2 x 6,5 mm konekivääriä 3000A malli
Aseistus: 1 x 37 mm + 1 x 6,5 mm konekivääri, 3000B malli.
Moottori: Fiat 4-sylinterinen 50 hv
Jousitus: Kierre jousitus
Toiminta-alue: 100 km (62 mi)
Nopeus: 21 km / h (13 mph)
| Wars | Pacification of Libya Ethiopian coup d'état of 1928 Second Italo–Abyssinian War Slovak-Hungarian War World War II |
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The Fiat 3000 was the first tank to be produced in series in Italy. It was to be the standard tank of the emerging Italian armored units after World War I.
The 3000 was based on the French Renault FT.
Although 1,400 units were ordered, with deliveries to begin in May 1919, the end of the war caused the original order to be cancelled and only 100 were delivered. The first Fiat 3000s entered service in 1921 and were officially designated as the carro d'assalto Fiat 3000, Mod. 21. ("Fiat 3000 assault tank, Model 21").
Tests of the Model 21 revealed that the armament, consisting of two 6.5 mm machine guns, was inadequate, and adoption of a 37 mm gun as main armament was urged.
The up-gunned version of the 3000, armed with a 37/40 gun, was tested in 1929 and was officially adopted in 1930 with the designation of carro d'assalto Fiat 3000, Mod. 30. The Model 30, in addition to its improved armament, also differed from the Model 21 in that it had a more powerful engine, improved suspension, different engine compartment silhouette, and the external stores were stowed differently.
Some Model 30s were also produced with two 6.5 mm machine guns as main armament, as on the Model 21, in lieu of the 37 mm gun. A limited number of Model 21 vehicles were exported to Albania, Latvia and Abyssinia (Ethiopia) prior to 1930.
The designations of these tanks were changed prior to the outbreak of World War II, in accordance with the identification system that was adopted throughout the war by the Italians. The Model 21 was redesignated the L.5/21, and the Model 30 was redesignated the L.5/30.
The Fiat 3000 (Model 21) was first used in action in February 1926 in Libya, and subsequently also saw action against the Ethiopians in the Second Italo-Abyssinian War in 1935. The Italians did not employ any of these tanks in Spain during the Spanish Civil War, however.
With Italy's entry into World War II in June 1940, a limited number of Fiat 3000s still in service with the Italian Army were employed operationally on the Greek-Albanian front. They were also among the last Italian tanks to oppose the Allies, as in July 1943, when the Allies landed in Sicily, two Italian tank companies on the island were still equipped with the 3000.
One company was dug in and their vehicles were used as fixed fortifications, while the other company was used in a mobile role at the Amphibious Battle of Gela, with few of the tanks surviving the Allied drive.
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