Semovente 75/34 Self-propelled Gun

SKU: BF-IT112
GTIN: 9420020216211
Category: Fully-tracked Vehicles

Semovente 75/34 Self-propelled Gun
(IT112)
includes one Semovente 75/34 Self-propelled gun.

The first Italian self-propelled gun, the Semovente M41 da 75/18 based on the M14/41 medium tank, was introduced in late 1941. This provided the field artillery with both mobility and protection.

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Description

Semovente 75/34 Self-propelled Gun
(IT112)
includes one Semovente 75/34 Self-propelled gun.

The first Italian self-propelled gun, the Semovente M41 da 75/18 based on the M14/41 medium tank, was introduced in late 1941. This provided the field artillery with both mobility and protection.

Mounting the short-barrelled 75mm L/18 howitzer, it was used with great success in the Desert where it supported the medium tanks with accurate long-range supporting fire. The Semovente 75/34 was an improved design armed with a new 75/34 gun in a lengthened fighting compartment. Being based on the M15/42 hull, it had a more powerful engine, but was slightly longer. The design was completed by late 1942 and Fiat Ansaldo began full-scale production in 1943. They had produced 190 by September 1943 when Italy surrendered.
After the fall of Italy, the Germans seized the Semovente 75/34 as the StuG M42. They had issued a total of 294 to German units by the end of 1944. In that year they served with six infantry divisions, two Panzer divisions, three Panzergrenadier divisions, one Fallschirm¬jager division, and one Gebirgsdivision in Italy and the Balkans.

Hull-mounted Guns
Some tanks mount weapons in the front of the hull instead of in a turret to save weight or to make them easier to produce.
A hull-mounted weapon mounted in the front of a vehicle has a 180-degree Field of Fire covering everything in front of a line drawn across the front of the vehicle. If the weapon is mounted at the rear of the vehicle, the Field of Fire covers everything to the rear of a line drawn across the rear of the vehicle.

The Semovente 75/34 Self-propelled Gun in Flames of War
Mobility: Standard tank

Armour Front: 4

Armour Side: 2

Armour Top: 1

75/34 gun
Range: 32”/80cm
Rate of Fire: 2
Anti-tank: 10
Firepower: 3+
Hull mounted

15mm resin/metal
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