Italian Armour For 1942-43

Italian Armour for 1942-43

The Italian army started the war with outmoded tanks & these became rapidly obsolete. To help alleviate this problem they decided to copy the German army & created self propelled guns on otherwise obsolete chassis. I still have more to paint up but decided that I needed to at least attempt to get some armour done to break the monotony of painting up so much artillery & infantry.

Most of the vehicles are GHQ or H&R & given the age of the H&R sculpts they still paint up very well.

Nine Different Armoured formations from 1940 to 1943

Two GHQ Semovente 75 Gruppo in plain Desert Sand

Two GHQ Semovente 75 Gruppo in plain Desert Sand & Green

Two GHQ Semovente 75 Gruppo in 1943 Italy Pattern Camoflage

The GHQ Semovente 90 Gruppo in 1942 Pattern Camouflage 

The GHQ Semovente 90 Gruppo in 1943 Italy Pattern Camouflage 

Two surplus GHQ M13/40 Companies in Plain Sand for Regimental & Divisional HQ Companies

H&R Autoblinda 41 Regiment Lancers of Novara

H&R L6/40 Battalion in plain sand

Two GHQ M11/39 Companies as deployed to East Africa

I still have loads of Sem47, L6, AB41 & M13 left to paint, some to sell & others to keep.