Deweycat Italian P26/40 Tank STL pack

This new .stl pack consists of files for both resin and FDM prints for 1/56  scale models of the Italian P26/40 tank, as well as a base for a Panzer “Turmstellung”, allowing you to use the P26/40 turret as a fixed emplacement. The Italians were not blind to the inadequacy of their armoured assets as they entered the Second World War in 1940. Originally planned simply as a larger version of their existing tanks, with a weight of 20 tons, the design was rapidly reworked when the Italian contingent in the invasion of the Soviet Union encountered the T-34. The design evolved to take advantage of a sloped armour plate on the front glacis and the turret. This modification resulted in the loss of  the dual MGs normally present on the front hull on the previous medium designs. Although considered a “heavy tank” by the Italians, at 26 tons the P26/40 was more inline with other nation’s mediums – akin to the early M4 or Pz IV F2. By the time the P26/40 finally rolled off the assembly line, it wa