Tankette
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A tankette is a tracked armoured fighting vehicle that resembles a small tank, roughly the size of a car. It is mainly intended for light infantry support and scouting. Colloquially it may also simply
A TKS tankette in the Polish Army Museum
A TKS tankette with a human for scale in a 2019 parade in Poland
A Japanese Type 94 tankette
An Italian Carro Leggero 3/35 (L3/35) light tank
L3/35
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The L3/35, also known as the Carro Veloce CV-35, was an Italian tankette that saw combat before and during World War II. It was one of the smallest tanks that faced combat. Although designated a light
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…was still in its infancy. The Italian Royal Army (Regio Esercito) equipped three armoured divisions and three "fast" (celere) divisions with L3/33 and L3/35 tankettes. The L3s were used in large numbers during the Italian invasion of Ethiopia, the Spanish Civil War, and almost every place Italian soldiers…
L3/35 on display at the Military Museum, Belgrade.
Italian L3/35 in the Balkans, August 1943.
Italian L3/35 in Albania, September 1943.