M11/39 tank

Carro Armato M11/39
Two M11/39s (foreground) and an M13/40 captured by the Australians at Tobruk, January 1941
Type	Medium tank
Place of origin	Italy
Service history
In service	28 July 1939 – c. 1944.
Used by	Italy Italian Social Republic Australia
Wars	World War II
Production history
Designed	c. 1937
Manufacturer	Ansaldo
Produced	c. January–June 1939
No. built	100 (96 operational tanks, 4 prototypes)
Variants	M13/40, M14/41, M15/42
Specifications
Mass	11,175 kg (24,640 lb)
Length	4.7 m (15 ft 5 in)
Width	2.2 m (7 ft 2.5 in)
Height	2.3 m (7 ft 6.5 in)
Crew	3 (commander/radio operator, loader/gunner, driver)
Armour	Front armour 30 mm (1.2 in) Side armour 14.5 mm (0.57 in) Top and floor armour 6 mm (0.24 in) Rear armour 8 mm (0.31 in) Turret armour 30 mm (1.2 in) Turret top armour 6 mm (0.24 in)
Main armament	37 mm Vickers-Terni L/40 84 rounds
Secondary armament	2 × 8 mm Breda 38 machine guns 2,808 rounds
Engine	SPA 8T V-8 diesel 105 hp (78 kW)
Power/weight	9.5 hp (7.1 kW)/tonne
Suspension	Two 4 wheel bogies, semi-elliptic leaf spring
Operational range	200 km (120 mi)
Maximum speed	32.2 km/h (20.0 mph) road

The Carro Armato M11/39 was an Italian medium tank first produced prior to World War II. The M11/39 saw service in Africa and Italy (1939–1944). The official Italian designation was Carro Armato (armoured vehicle) M11/39. The designation for the M11/39 is as follows: "M" for Medio ("medium"), followed by the weight in tonnes (11) and the year of adoption (1939).^[1]