Carro Ligero Rapido CV 33/35

The Italian Fiat-Ansaldo Carro Veloce 1933/35 (CV 33/35) fast tank was the most common Italian AFV to be found in the Spanish Civil War. With the Nationalists petitioning for material support, Mussolini sent Italian tank “advisors” along with the CV 33/35 in September, 1936 and the Italians soon entered battle dressed in the uniforms of the Spanish Foreign Legion. Later, Spanish Nationalist crews were trained to take over operation of the tankettes while more CV 33/35’s arrived as part of Italian units operating independently. Many of these tankettes were lost or captured during the battle of Guadalajara where the CV 33/35, armed only with a machine gun, showed itself unable to stand up to cannon bearing Soviet T-25’s used by the Republican Forces. After design changes, this tankette was later designated as the L3/35. The CV 3-35 was maintained by two crewmen. The Spanish designation for this tank was Carro Ligero Rapido CV 3-35.

Mod information & download

This mod replaces the textures for the Italian CV 33/35
BMPS: 14920 – 14939

These textures are based on the original Italian CV-33 textures with
Italian CTV tactical symbols and emblems

Download from CMMODS.

Screenshots

Carro Ligero Rapido CV 33/35

Carro Ligero Rapido CV 33LF Lanzallamas

A variant of the machine gun armed CV 3-35, this Italian flamethrower tankette featured prominent use by Italian troops fighting at Guadalajara where they inflicted considerable damage on defending Republican soldiers. However, constrained to the roads by bad weather, many of these tanks were destroyed or captured by the Republican counter offensive. Spanish designation for this tank was Carro Ligero Rapido CV 3-35 version Lanzallamas.

Mod planned, still not initiated

Notes

Illustrations and documentation from [Marín y Mata]

Introductory texts from [Santa Cruz]