P40 - Revision history

U136146036: /* Ammo racks */ Updated ammo rack information since racks 5 and 6 should not be separated.

2024-06-27T18:05:21Z

‎Ammo racks: Updated ammo rack information since racks 5 and 6 should not be separated.

U38088265: /* History */

2024-05-18T09:23:04Z

‎History

U38088265: /* Ammo racks */

2024-05-18T09:17:34Z

‎Ammo racks

U136146036: /* Ammo racks */

2024-05-17T20:32:25Z

‎Ammo racks

U136146036: /* Ammo racks */

2024-05-17T20:30:18Z

‎Ammo racks

U54548726: Recorrected history and engine information, with literary sources, as previous external links were ignored; in-game engine (diesel 330 hp) and name (P40) are thus correct, provide reliable sources otherwise.

2023-11-13T14:07:34Z

Recorrected history and engine information, with literary sources, as previous external links were ignored; in-game engine (diesel 330 hp) and name (P40) are thus correct, provide reliable sources otherwise.

U31139476: /* History */ fix

2023-11-06T15:30:23Z

‎History: fix

U31139476: Undo revision 175457 by U54548726 (talk) reverted for removed part of the engine and the real designation is P26/40 for the italian army not P40

2023-11-06T14:37:29Z

Undo revision 175457 by U54548726 (talk) reverted for removed part of the engine and the real designation is P26/40 for the italian army not P40

U54548726: Corrected introduction and history. As existing external links state the P40 never used german or petrol engines.

2023-10-28T12:02:19Z

Corrected introduction and history. As existing external links state the P40 never used german or petrol engines.

U38088265: /* Description */

2023-04-23T21:06:39Z

‎Description

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-Racks 6 and 5 are effectively the same rack. Shells are depleted every 3 shots.
+Rack 5 is a massive ammo rack in the hull containing 42 shells. Carrying 21 (+42) effectively reduces its size by half.
 === Machine guns ===

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 [[File:P40 at Army parade.jpg|thumb|P26/40 at an Italian Army parade in 2011]]
-The Carro Pesante P26/40 was Italy's heaviest and most modern tank that saw service in the war. Despite only weighing 26 tonnes, which is significantly less than almost every other country's medium tanks, it was classed as a heavy tank due to Italy's tank design doctrine. In early 1940, the Italians started working on a 25 tonne "heavy" infantry support tank that was intended to fight alongside the "M" class medium tanks.<ref>"I mezzi blindo-Corazzati Italiani 1923-1943", Nicola Pignato, Storia Militare, Albertelli Edizioni Speciali, Italy, 2007, pp 84-85</ref> The recent Africa campaign showed the massive problems the Italian tanks in production had, namely a lack of armour and insufficient firepower, prompting the army to make some changes. The initial design of 1941 was based around the same scheme of the M13/40 medium tank and saw the use of a short barreled 75/18 howitzer in turret, two machineguns in the hull and the use of vertical armour plates. With the capture of one the early T-34/76, showed by the Germans, the P26/40 was completely revised with sloped plates and a longer 75/34 gun.<ref>"I mezzi blindo-Corazzati Italiani 1923-1943", Nicola Pignato, Storia Militare, Albertelli Edizioni Speciali, Italy, 2007, pp 86</ref> The vehicle was adopted in late 1942 and was named "P26/40", 26 for the weight and 40 for the year it was designed, later semplified in P40 following a new denomination policy after august 1942.<ref>"Atlante mondiale dei mezzi corazzati, I carri dell'Asse", Nicola Pignato, Ermanno Albertelli Editore, Italy, 1983, p 10</ref> While surely better than previous italian tanks, the P40 was only comparable to mid-war allied and soviet medium tanks, such as M4s, Cromwells or T-34/76s, but was still outdated regarding its mobility, the riveted armour and the use of a smaller two-men turret.<ref>"Corazzati 1939/1945", Nicola Pignato, Ermanno Albertelli Editore, Italy, 1974, pp 91-92</ref><ref>"Carri armati nel deserto", Valerio Naglieri, Ermanno Albertelli Editore, Italy, 1972, p 125</ref> The Italian Army considered the use of heavier, but never realized, P43 and P43 bis or the license production of the german Panther even before the service of the P26/40.<ref>"Atlante mondiale dei mezzi corazzati, I carri dell'Asse", Nicola Pignato, Ermanno Albertelli Editore, Italy, 1983, p 66</ref>
+The Carro Pesante P26/40 was Italy's heaviest and most modern tank that saw service in WWII. Despite only weighing 26 tonnes, which is significantly less than almost every other country's medium tanks, it was classed as a heavy tank due to Italy's tank design doctrine.
-Before the Italian Armistice of the 8 September 1943, the Carro Pesante P26/40's was produced in only a few units, between 1 and 5 pre-production vehicles, that were taken by the Wehrmacht as the Italian Army surrendered. The Germans continued production and built around a hundred tanks but due to the low rate of production of engine and overall modest feature of the P40, 38 were used without engine for use as static strongpoints.<ref>"I mezzi blindo-Corazzati Italiani 1923-1943", Nicola Pignato, Storia Militare, Albertelli Edizioni Speciali, Italy, 2007, p 65</ref> Today two Carro Pesante P26/40 still exists: one of them is in the Museo della Motorizzazione in Rome, while the other one is in display near Italian Army barracks in Lecce.
+In early 1940, the Italians started working on a 25 tonne "heavy" infantry support tank that was intended to fight alongside the "M" class medium tanks.<ref>"I mezzi blindo-Corazzati Italiani 1923-1943", Nicola Pignato, Storia Militare, Albertelli Edizioni Speciali, Italy, 2007, pp 84-85</ref> The recent Africa campaign showed the massive problems the Italian tanks in production had, namely a lack of armour and insufficient firepower, prompting the army to make some changes. The initial design of 1941 was based around the same scheme of the M13/40 medium tank and saw the use of a short barrelled 75/18 howitzer in turret, two machine guns in the hull, and the use of vertical armour plates. With the capture of an early T-34/76, displayed by the Germans, the P26/40 was completely revised with sloped plates and a longer 75/34 gun.<ref>"I mezzi blindo-Corazzati Italiani 1923-1943", Nicola Pignato, Storia Militare, Albertelli Edizioni Speciali, Italy, 2007, pp 86</ref> The vehicle was adopted in late 1942 and was named "P26/40", 26 for the weight and 40 for the year it was designed, later simplified to P40 following a new designation policy after August 1942.<ref>"Atlante mondiale dei mezzi corazzati, I carri dell'Asse", Nicola Pignato, Ermanno Albertelli Editore, Italy, 1983, p 10</ref>
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		+	Racks 6 and 5 are effectively the same rack. Shells are depleted every 3 shots.

	=== Machine guns ===		=== Machine guns ===

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 {{TankManufacturer FIAT-Ansaldo}}
 {{Italy medium tanks}}

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 == Description ==
 <!-- ''In the description, the first part should be about the history of the creation and combat usage of the vehicle, as well as its key features. In the second part, tell the reader about the ground vehicle in the game. Insert a screenshot of the vehicle, so that if the novice player does not remember the vehicle by name, he will immediately understand what kind of vehicle the article is talking about.'' -->
-During the war in Africa, the Italians found that their medium and light tanks had a lack of armour and insufficient firepower against the Allied tanks. At the beginning of 1940, they began work on a project for a heavy infantry support tank, which was to fight alongside the medium tanks. The project was initially designated as the P75 for its 75/32 mm cannon, which was later changed to the longer 75/34 cannon with more power. There were many prototypes and armament configurations, then the hull was changed to replace it with a 420 HP V-12 SPA 342 petrol engine that was more efficient than the 330 HP diesel engine, and eventually the vehicle that came out was the P26/40, a heavy tank by Italian army guidelines due to its weight of 26 tons, and the number 40 for the year of design. The vehicle would only see the battlefield in 1943, of which only 5 would be produced before the armistice and in turn would be captured by the Germans, who would produce a few examples by changing the engine or using them as fixed emplacements for the cannon.
+During the war in Africa, the Italians found that their medium and light tanks had a lack of armour and insufficient firepower against the Allied tanks. At the beginning of 1940, they began work on a project for a heavy infantry support tank, which was to fight alongside the medium tanks. The project was initially designated as the P75 for its 75/18 mm cannon, which was later changed to a longer 75/32 gun and finally a 75/34 cannon with better anti-tank capabilities. The initial design derived from the contemporary M13/40 tank, but was later revised with sloped armour plate<ref>"I mezzi blindo-Corazzati Italiani 1923-1943", Nicola Pignato, Storia Militare, Albertelli Edizioni Speciali, Italy, 2007, pp 84-88</ref><ref>"Atlante mondiale dei mezzi corazzati, I carri dell'Asse", Nicola Pignato, Ermanno Albertelli Editore, Italy, 1983, p 64</ref>; eventually the vehicle that came out was the P26/40, a heavy tank by Italian army guidelines due to its weight of 26 tons, and the number 40 for the year of design. The vehicle would only see the battlefield in 1943, of which only 5 would be produced before the armistice and in turn would be captured by the Germans, who would produce a hundred more tanks, many of which were used as fixed emplacements without engine.
 Introduced along with the initial Italian ground tree in [[Update 1.85 "Supersonic"]], the P40 proves to be a balanced vehicle between armament, armour, and mobility: between the APCBC and HEAT shells, it is able to penetrate almost every tank it will meet; the mobility is neither too good nor too bad; and the vehicle can take some damage without problems.
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 [[File:P40 at Army parade.jpg|thumb|P26/40 at an Italian Army parade in 2011]]
-The Carro Pesante P26/40 was Italy's best tank that saw service in the war. Despite only weighing 26 tonnes, which is significantly less than almost every other country's medium tanks, it was classed as a heavy tank due to Italy's tank design doctrine. In early 1940, the Italians started working on a 25 tonne "heavy" infantry support tank that was intended to fight alongside the "M" class medium tanks. The recent Africa campaign showed the massive problems the Italian tanks in production had, namely a lack of armour and insufficient firepower, prompting the army to make some changes. Initially designated as "P75" due to the 75 mm short-barrelled 75/32 mm cannon that was changed to a longer barrelled 75/34 with higher potency. The initial prototype was powered by a 330 hp diesel engine but was changed to a traditional petrol-fueled engine due to the unimpressive performance of the diesel engine, which forced the Ansaldo engineers to delay the program until the necessary modifications to the chassis and body could be made to fit the petrol engine. This eventually produced a petrol engine titled "V-12 SPA 342" delivering 420 hp. The vehicle was adopted and was named "P26/40", 26 for the weight and 40 for the year it was designed. Before the Italian Armistice of the 8 September 1943, the Carro Pesante P26/40's were produced in a very little number (between 1 and 5 pre-production vehicles) and they were taken by the Wehrmacht. Then the Germans produced a slightly bigger number of models without using the engine designed by the Italians, instead they used a German one; they also produced some of them without engine for a combat usage as static strongpoints. Today two Carro Pesante P26/40 still exists: one of them is in the ''Museo della Motorizzazione'' in Rome, while the other one is in display near Italian Army barracks in Lecce.
+The Carro Pesante P26/40 was Italy's heaviest and most modern tank that saw service in the war. Despite only weighing 26 tonnes, which is significantly less than almost every other country's medium tanks, it was classed as a heavy tank due to Italy's tank design doctrine. In early 1940, the Italians started working on a 25 tonne "heavy" infantry support tank that was intended to fight alongside the "M" class medium tanks.<ref>"I mezzi blindo-Corazzati Italiani 1923-1943", Nicola Pignato, Storia Militare, Albertelli Edizioni Speciali, Italy, 2007, pp 84-85</ref> The recent Africa campaign showed the massive problems the Italian tanks in production had, namely a lack of armour and insufficient firepower, prompting the army to make some changes. The initial design of 1941 was based around the same scheme of the M13/40 medium tank and saw the use of a short barreled 75/18 howitzer in turret, two machineguns in the hull and the use of vertical armour plates. With the capture of one the early T-34/76, showed by the Germans, the P26/40 was completely revised with sloped plates and a longer 75/34 gun.<ref>"I mezzi blindo-Corazzati Italiani 1923-1943", Nicola Pignato, Storia Militare, Albertelli Edizioni Speciali, Italy, 2007, pp 86</ref> The vehicle was adopted in late 1942 and was named "P26/40", 26 for the weight and 40 for the year it was designed, later semplified in P40 following a new denomination policy after august 1942.<ref>"Atlante mondiale dei mezzi corazzati, I carri dell'Asse", Nicola Pignato, Ermanno Albertelli Editore, Italy, 1983, p 10</ref> While surely better than previous italian tanks, the P40 was only comparable to mid-war allied and soviet medium tanks, such as M4s, Cromwells or T-34/76s, but was still outdated regarding its mobility, the riveted armour and the use of a smaller two-men turret.<ref>"Corazzati 1939/1945", Nicola Pignato, Ermanno Albertelli Editore, Italy, 1974, pp 91-92</ref><ref>"Carri armati nel deserto", Valerio Naglieri, Ermanno Albertelli Editore, Italy, 1972, p 125</ref> The Italian Army considered the use of heavier, but never realized, P43 and P43 bis or the license production of the german Panther even before the service of the P26/40.<ref>"Atlante mondiale dei mezzi corazzati, I carri dell'Asse", Nicola Pignato, Ermanno Albertelli Editore, Italy, 1983, p 66</ref>
 == Media ==