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Unique ID: 575 Added to Database: October 2008 Last Edited: October 2008 Type (ID): Carro Veloce L3 (5100) Model (ID): L3/35 (5120) Location Category (ID): Kubinka NIIBT Research Collection - Foreign Vehicles (2130) Location (ID): Hall 7: Tanks of Other Nationalities (2140) Serial Number: Registration: “RE 678” (Italian Army) painted on nose plate. Name: Other Identification: Collection Reference: Links: References: Associated Tanks: Location History: (see map) 1: Fiat Ansaldo Company, Genova, Province of Genova, Liguria, Italy (Manufacturer) 2: Kubinka NIIBT Research Collection - Foreign Vehicles, Kubinka, Moscow Oblast, Russia (Current location) The Carro Veloce (‘fast tank’) CV-33 was a design based on the British Vickers Carden-Loyd Mark VI tankette, four of which were purchased by the Italian Army in 1929. The CV-33 design was cheap and simple and found many export customers, including Albania, Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Hungary and Spain. The example here has an additional square commander’s cupola indicating that it was one of those vehicles exported to, and modified by, the Hungarian army.

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