In 1954, Captain Quinzio suggested the idea of a tank division consisting of two types of tracked vehicles: "carro da combattimento" (battle tank) and "carro per tutto il resto" (general purpose tank). His concept of "carro da combattimento" presented a 50 ton vehicle with a powerful gun. No prototypes were built.
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Radio Operator
Progetto CC55 mod. 54 A
Daimler–Benz Typ MB 837 A
SEM-35
Progetto CC55 mod. 54 A
Cannone da 105/53
Progetto CC55 mod. 54 B
Hanomag D831 A
SEM-80
Progetto CC55 mod. 54 B
Cannone da 105/71
Time for the successive autoreloading of each shell into the magazine
The improved system allows the time to be decreased for autoreloading the next shell upon firing the loaded shell when the corresponding indicator is displayed
Characteristics are specified for vehicles with crews trained to 100%.