Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Fiat-Ansaldo M11/39 tangi yepakati yakashandiswa kubva muna 1940 kuburikidza nenguva yekutanga yeHondo Yenyika II. Iyo M11/39 yakagadziriswa se "breakthrough tank" ("Carro di Rottura"). Yakanga yakatsiviwa neFiat-Ansaldo M13/40 tangi yepakati iyo yakashandiswa muGreek campaign
uye muNorth Africa Campaign. Iyo M13/40 haina kushandiswa kuEastern Front; mauto eItaly ikoko aive akashongedzerwa chete ne &lt;a href="Fiat%20L6/40"&gt; Fiat L6/40&lt;/a&gt;s uye &lt;a href="Semovente%2047/32"&gt; Semovente 47/32&lt;/a&gt; tank destroyers. Zvombo zvakanga zvakakwana nokuda kwa1940-41, asi hazvina kukwanisa kuwirirana nezvombo zvehondo uye simba remoto pamatanki eAllied kana echiGermany uye pfuti dzinopesana nematangi; injini yayo yakanga isina simba uye isina kuvimbika, mamiriro akaipisisa nemamiriro okunze akaoma erenje uye kushaya kwekutanga kwekudzidziswa kwevashandi vavo. Kutanga muna 1942, Mauto eItaly akaziva kushaya simba kweM13/40 akateedzana uye akashandisa iyo &lt;a href="Semovente%2075/18"&gt;Semovente 75/18&lt;/a&gt; pfuti yekuzvifambisa padivi pematangi mumapoka avo akapfeka zvombo, izvo zvakaratidza kugona kuparadza matangi epakati evavengi.