Where are Italian Pattons?

[Unit_8]

While grinding Italy and researching a bit about their vehicles I learnt that they operated around 2000 M-47s, around 30% of the total M-47 production, making them one of the biggest operators of this tank.

However, all we get is a single M-47 that wasn’t even serialized an consisted of a prototype. Wouldn’t it make sense for them to get the base M-47 in 7.3? Specially considering that Italy currently only has two 7.3 vehicles. Japan, for example, got the M-47 in game when all they did was some testing. What kind of criteria is that?

And on the M-60, which would be a good choice for 8.0-8.3, we only get a Premium as a gatekeeper. Seriously? They operated 300 of those!

[BOMBAY9997042-live]

Make a suggestion for them

[iegaatdao]

Same as BOMBAY
I’ll support specially if it comes with even the smallest modification possible.

And if you don’t want to make since it can be a handful to look for valid sources and format
Simply publish it in the wishlist threads that open every once in a while.

[paolgand1975-psn]

suggestions have been made years ago.
Now italy has some tank and plane at 7.3 so a medium tank is almost due
M47 patton: basic model - M47 Patton

For the M60 there are two suggestions, one for the A1 and one for the RISE used in Somalia

OTO-Melara M60A1

poll [1) Specimen of M60A1 of the 132nd Ariete Armored Brigade (Pordenone) in training.] In the early 60’s the Italian Army was looking for a new tank to replace the M47s, which had now reached the limit of use. NATO tanks set up under the FINABEL project they were not yet ready, like all the other modern models including the KPz70, and that in order to dispose of the Leopard one had to wait for the exhaustion of the orders destined for the Army of Federal Germany. The only NATO tank available …

M60A1 RISE

poll [image] Description: During Operation ITALCON IBIS 2 (the deployment of Italian troops during the Somali Civil War started in 1991), the Italian army decided to deploy an armored unit equipped with a total of 10 M60A1s from the Ariete division to support the Italian soldiers and light vehicles. In 1993, after various fights against the Somali rebels, the Italian army noticed that the main threat to be faced were the RPG rokets. And so the Italian army started to upgrade its vehicles with v…

[Circleati]

Isnt the italian m47 not even the actual italian one and like the spanish one or something

[paolgand1975-psn]

There is an old post explaining a lot of changes that the M47-105 currently in the tech tree should receive. However, since it is a legacy tank, I don’t think they will ever update it—also because it’s considered an ‘old friend’ by the Italian community.

[Unit_8]

Spain modernized its M-47s with the new engine and all, but the original 90mm was kept. Only the M-48 got modernized to carry the 105 as the M-48A5E2. There was a project to give the 105mm to the M-47 (M-47E2) but didn’t see much success, and it was a different vehicle than the one in game.