Fiat 3000

Fiat 3000
Fiat 3000 mod.21
Type	Light tank
Place of origin	Italy
Service history
In service	1921–1945
Used by	Italy Ethiopia Albania Hungary China Latvia Denmark Japan
Wars	Pacification of Libya Ethiopian coup d'état of 1928 Second Italo–Abyssinian War Second Sino–Japanese War Slovak-Hungarian War World War II
Production history
No. built	152 (100 mod 21, 52 mod 30)
Specifications
Mass	6 tonnes
Length	4.29 m (168.9 in)
Width	1.65 m (65.0 in)
Height	2.20 m (86.6 in)
Crew	2
Armor	6 mm-16 mm
Main armament	2x 6.5 mm machine guns 3000A 1x 37 mm 3000B
Secondary armament	1x 6.5 mm machine gun
Engine	Fiat 4-cylinder 50 hp (37 kW)
Suspension	vertical springs
Operational range	100 km (62 mi)
Maximum speed	21 km/h (13 mph)

The Fiat 3000 was the first tank to be produced in series in Italy.^[1] It became the standard tank of the emerging Italian armored units after World War I. The 3000 was based on the French Renault FT.^[2]