Autocannone da 47/32 su Lancia 3Ro

ImportantSimone5 · June 25, 2024, 6:53pm

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Autocannone da 47/32 su Lancia 3Ro.

History.

The Lancia 3Ro was a heavy truck produced by Lancia Veicoli Industriali) for the civilian market and for military service. Based on the old Lancia Ro-Ro and Ro, the new truck was produced in 1937, initially called Lancia Tipo 102. The new truck was set up by Officine Viberti of Turin, now a leader in the sector and a valuable partner of Lancia. Over fifteen thousand examples of the vehicle were produced and used by the Royal Army on all the war fronts in which it was involved, such as North Africa. With the start of the Second World War and the delay in supplies of reconnaissance and combat vehicles on that front during the war, there was the need to replace the meziz that had not arrived at the departments. The use of cannons on trucks was experimented with, thus giving rise to the famous autocannons which soon became very famous. Seeing that the experiment worked and that the means continued to run low, hundreds of turntables for 20 and 47 pieces (the most common pieces on that front) were ordered from the Benghazi Artillery Directorate to be applied on the trucks. The 4th Antitank Truck Battalion, a battalion of the “Granatieri di Sardegna” division, was one of the units that equipped its Lancia 3Ro with a 47 mm piece, the famous and well-known 47/32 Model 1935. The body of the vehicle was modified to support the cannon, probably placed on the turret ring of a decommissioned M tank. Not much is known about what happened to the vessel, but it is likely that it was destroyed during the fighting with the prominent English forces or that it was abandoned by the crew at those times.

Armaments and propulsion.

The vehicle was armed with the Cannone da 47/32 Model 1935 cannon, a piece now well known given its use on a large part of Italian combat vehicles. The vehicle’s ammunition supply is not known but it was certainly abundant given the width of the rear of the truck.
In terms of engines, the truck was powered by a Lancia Tipo 102 4-stroke diesel engine, delivering up to 93 HP of power, which allowed the truck to reach 45 km/h.

Specifications.

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Crew: 7
Length: 7.25m
Width: 2.35m
Height: 3 m
Weight: 5.7 tons
Engine: Lancia Tipo 102 diesel
Traction: 4x2
Maximum speed: 45 km/h

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