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Unique ID: 852 Added to Database: July 2009 Last Edited: July 2009 Type (ID): Carro Veloce L3 (5100) Model (ID): L3/33 (5110) Location Category (ID): Museo Storico dei Carristi (5620) Location (ID): External Display Area (5620) Serial Number: Registration: Name: Other Identification: Painted overall pale green as used in North Africa early in World War 2. Unit marking on superstructure sides (red, blue and yellow rectangles indicating a Battalion Commander in a three company battalion). Collection Reference: Links: References: Associated Tanks: Location History: (see map) 1: Fiat Ansaldo Company, Genova, Province of Genova, Liguria, Italy (Manufacturer) 2: Museo Storico dei Carristi, Roma, Roma, Lazio, Italy (Current location) Text in original Preserved Italian Tanks publication: [No entry] Text in Preserved Italian Tanks Update: [No entry] Text in original Preserved Tanks In Italy publication: This is a first series L3 with the track tension wheel joined in a bracket to the rear idler. It is mounted on a rock plinth and is missing its main armament. It has a gap where the glacis armour joins the nose indicating it may have suffered structural damage. A plaque mounted in front reads as follows: CARRO 1-9 DELLA 1A COMPAGNIA CARRI DELLA SOMALIA TANK 1-9 OF THE 1ST TANK COMPANY OF SOMALIA QUESTO CARRO FORTUNO SAMENTE RIPORTATO IN ITALIA. COSTITUISCE IL PRIMO SACRO CIMELIO DI GLORIA E DI SACRIFICIO DELLA TRADIZIONE CARRISTA. SU DI ESSO L’11 NOVEMBRE 1935, NEL COMBATTIMENTO DI HAMANLEI-SOMALIA, SI IMMOLARONO IL CAPO CARRO SERG. MAGG. GIOVANNI SAROTTI MEDAGLIA D’ORO AL VALOR MILITARE ALEA MEMORIA ED IL PILOTA CARRISTA OCCIDENTE FAO MEDAGLIA D’ARGENTO ALLA MEMORIA NEL L’EROICO TENTATIVO DI SALVARE L’EQUIPAGGIO DI UN ALTRO CARRO COLPITO DAL FUOCO NEMICO. A QUESTE MEMORIE CI INCHINIAMO COMMOSSI. THIS TANK HAS FORTUNATELY BEEN RESTORED TO ITALY. IT REPRESENTS FIRST THE SACRED GLORY OF A RELIC AND OF THE SACRIFICE OF THE TRADITIONAL TANK CREW. ON 11 NOVEMBER 1935 IN THE BATTLE OF HAMANLEI-SOMALIA, WERE SACRIFICED THE TANK CAPTAIN SERGEANT MAGG. GIOVANNI SAROTTI, MEDAL OF GOLD FOR MILITARY VALOUR IN MEMORY, AND THE TANK DRIVER OCCIDENTE FAO, MEDAL OF SILVER IN MEMORY, IN THE HEROIC ATTEMPT TO SAVE THE CREW OF ANOTHER TANK HIT BY HOSTILE FIRE. TO THESE MEMORIES WE BOW OURSELVES.

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July 2009 1: Front right view Taken: 1 July 2009 Contributor: M. Foti Photo ID: 1569 Added: 12 July 2009 Filename: IMG2417_... Views: 441 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		2: Front left view Taken: 1 July 2009 Contributor: M. Foti Photo ID: 1570 Added: 12 July 2009 Filename: IMG2351_... Views: 337 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		3: Front view Taken: 1 July 2009 Contributor: M. Foti Photo ID: 1571 Added: 12 July 2009 Filename: IMG2353_... Views: 310 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
4: Rear right view Taken: 1 July 2009 Contributor: M. Foti Photo ID: 1572 Added: 12 July 2009 Filename: IMG2355_... Views: 340 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		5: Front right view Taken: 1 July 2009 Contributor: M. Foti Photo ID: 1573 Added: 12 July 2009 Filename: IMG2354_... Views: 226 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		6: Front right view Taken: 1 July 2009 Contributor: M. Foti Photo ID: 1574 Added: 12 July 2009 Filename: IMG2904_... Views: 275 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
September 1998 7: Front right view Taken: September 1998 Contributor: M. Foti Photo ID: 2204 Added: 1 December 2009 Filename: Scan_L3-... Views: 307 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		8: Front view Taken: September 1998 Contributor: M. Foti Photo ID: 2205 Added: 1 December 2009 Filename: Scan_L3-... Views: 266 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		9: Rear view Taken: September 1998 Contributor: M. Foti Photo ID: 2206 Added: 1 December 2009 Filename: Scan_L3-... Views: 383 Select/Has Priority: 21/0

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