L3/33
Sign in to saveThe Carro Veloce 33 (CV 33) or L3/33 was a tankette originally built in 1933 and used by the Italian Army before and during World War II. It was based on the imported British Carden Loyd tankette (license-built by Italy as the CV 29). Many CV 33s were retrofitted to meet the specifications of the CV 35 in 1935. In 1938, the CV 33 was renamed the "L3/33" while the CV 35 became the "L3/35s."
Key facts
- Weapon.name
- Carro Armato L3/33
- Weapon.image
- Carro Veloce CV33 front-left 2017 Bovington.jpg
- Weapon.image_size
- 300
- Weapon.caption
- Flamethrower variant of L3/33 (CV-33) at The Tank Museum, Bovington
- Weapon.origin
- Italy
- Weapon.type
- Tankette
- Weapon.is_vehicle
- yes
- Weapon.is_UK
- yes
- Weapon.service
- 1933–1945
- Weapon.used_by
- Italy and others
- Weapon.wars
- Austrian Civil War Second Italo-Abyssinian War Spanish Civil War Second Sino-Japanese War Slovak–Hungarian War Invasion of Albania Second World War Anglo-Iraqi War Chinese Civil War
- Weapon.designer
- Ansaldo
- Weapon.unit_cost
- 89,890 lires in 1933
- Weapon.production_date
- 1933–1935
- Weapon.number
- 1,200 L3/33; 1,300 L3/35
- Weapon.variants
- L3/35, L3 CC, L3 LF
- Weapon.crew
- 2 (commander and driver)
- Weapon.primary_armament
- 1 × 6.5mm machine gun on L3 CC: 1 × 20mm Fucile Controcarri S Mod.39 on L3 LF: Flamethrower
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
11 sectionsContents
- Variants
- L3/33 CC
- L3 LF
- Artillery tractor
- Operators
- Survivors
- See also
- Comparable vehicles
- Notes
- References
- External links
The Carro Veloce 33 (CV 33) or L3/33 was a tankette originally built in 1933 and used by the Italian Army before and during World War II. It was based on the imported British Carden Loyd tankette (license-built by Italy as the CV 29). Many CV 33s were retrofitted to meet the specifications of the CV 35 in 1935. In 1938, the CV 33 was renamed the "L3/33" while the CV 35 became the "L3/35s."
The original CV 33 carried a two-man crew protected by 12 mm of welded armour and was armed with a single 6.5 mm machine gun.