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			[[File:Hist L6-40.webp\|thumb\|"Soviets could be here!". he thought as the cool eastern European breeze rolled over him...]]
	The L6/40 is largely an evolution of prewar Italian designs. Prewar Italian tank design is a fascinating subject, but a quick summary is that Italians figured any war would be fought on their soil, and thus would be fought in the mountains. Since tanks suck at mountain warfare, they figured the best tanks in this environment would be light and low armored to more easily access different parts of the mountains of Italy. They even didn't have turrets to save on weight, and also flanking doesn't matter in the mountains.		The L6/40 is largely an evolution of prewar Italian designs. Prewar Italian tank design is a fascinating subject, but a quick summary is that Italians figured any war would be fought on their soil, and thus would be fought in the mountains. Since tanks suck at mountain warfare, they figured the best tanks in this environment would be light and low armored to more easily access different parts of the mountains of Italy. They even didn't have turrets to save on weight, and also flanking doesn't matter in the mountains.

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	The L6/40 is largely an evolution of ~~Prewar~~ Italian designs. Prewar Italian tank design is a fascinating subject, but a quick summary is that Italians figured any war would be fought on their soil, and thus would be fought in the mountains. Since tanks suck at mountain warfare, they figured the best tanks in this environment would be light and low armored to more easily access different parts of the mountains of Italy. They even didn't have turrets to save on weight, and also flanking doesn't matter in the mountains.		The L6/40 is largely an evolution of prewar Italian designs. Prewar Italian tank design is a fascinating subject, but a quick summary is that Italians figured any war would be fought on their soil, and thus would be fought in the mountains. Since tanks suck at mountain warfare, they figured the best tanks in this environment would be light and low armored to more easily access different parts of the mountains of Italy. They even didn't have turrets to save on weight, and also flanking doesn't matter in the mountains.

	This all changed in 1935 when Itally invaded Ethiopia, where the poor performance of the Italian tanks showed that turreted tanks had great utility. So the army put out a contract for a new light tank design. There were several specifications that overall fit this design, but the Italian Army didn't like them. So FIAT made a private investment to create a tank variant that would be accepted. The army liked this one, but changed the main armament to a 20mm autocannon under the reasoning that it could be used in a dual role of tank attack and air attack. It also had a coaxial Breda MG to suppress infantry.		This all changed in 1935 when Itally invaded Ethiopia, where the poor performance of the Italian tanks showed that turreted tanks had great utility. So the army put out a contract for a new light tank design. There were several specifications that overall fit this design, but the Italian Army didn't like them. So FIAT made a private investment to create a tank variant that would be accepted. The army liked this one, but changed the main armament to a 20mm autocannon under the reasoning that it could be used in a dual role of tank attack and air attack. It also had a coaxial Breda MG to suppress infantry.

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	[[File:L6-40 Carro Armato.png\|thumb\|"Eh, we're fighting with the Volple Del Deserto, but I feel like we're the ones getting dogged."]]		[[File:L6-40 Carro Armato.png\|thumb\|"Eh, we're fighting with the Volple Del Deserto, but I feel like we're the ones getting dogged."]]
	The Carro Armato L6/40 was an Italian tank that was used throughout WWII by the Italian Army. They evolved as improvements to previous interwar tank designs.		The '''Carro Armato L6/40''' was an Italian tank that was used throughout WWII by the Italian Army. They evolved as improvements to previous interwar tank designs.
	==Early War==		==Early War==
	[[File:L6-40 Statcard.webp\|thumb\|left\|Le statistiche]]		[[File:L6-40 Statcard.webp\|thumb\|left\|Le statistiche]]

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	The Carro Armato L6/40 was an Italian tank that was used throughout WWII by the Italian Army. They evolved as improvements of previous interwar tank designs.		[[File:L6-40 Carro Armato.png\|thumb\|"Eh, we're fighting with the Volple Del Deserto, but I feel like we're the ones getting dogged."]]
			The Carro Armato L6/40 was an Italian tank that was used throughout WWII by the Italian Army. They evolved as improvements to previous interwar tank designs.
			==Early War==
			[[File:L6-40 Statcard.webp\|thumb\|left\|Le statistiche]]
			==Mid War==

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	There were two positives to it though: the cannon was fantastic, even if it was unlikely to ever shoot down an enemy fighter, and for all intents and purposes the coaxial Breda was a decent weapon. Better than the Breda M30 in any case.		There were two positives to it though: the cannon was fantastic, even if it was unlikely to ever shoot down an enemy fighter, and for all intents and purposes the coaxial Breda was a decent weapon. Better than the Breda M30 in any case.

	An interesting factoid is that the L6 was the original designation for the vehicle (L meaning light and 6 being the tonnage) whereas later it gained the technical designation L40 (L meaning light and 40 being year of acceptance). L6/40 has become more common due to War Thunder and World of Tanks, and functionally it is an easy way to avoid confusion and give a common name to a vehicle. It certainly avoids the [[M3~~/M5~~ Stuart\|American]] [[M3 Lee\|M3]] [[M3 Halftrack\|conundrum]].		An interesting factoid is that the L6 was the original designation for the vehicle (L meaning light and 6 being the tonnage) whereas later it gained the technical designation L40 (L meaning light and 40 being year of acceptance). L6/40 has become more common due to War Thunder and World of Tanks, and functionally it is an easy way to avoid confusion and give a common name to a vehicle. It certainly avoids the [[M5/M3 Stuart\|American]] [[M3 Lee\|M3]] [[M3 Halftrack\|conundrum]].

	{{Italian Forces in Flames of War}}		{{Italian Forces in Flames of War}}

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	There were two positives to it though: the cannon was fantastic, even if it was unlikely to ever shoot down an enemy fighter, and for all intents and purposes the coaxial Breda was a decent weapon. Better than the Breda M30 in any case.		There were two positives to it though: the cannon was fantastic, even if it was unlikely to ever shoot down an enemy fighter, and for all intents and purposes the coaxial Breda was a decent weapon. Better than the Breda M30 in any case.

	An interesting factoid is that the L6 was the original designation for the vehicle (L meaning light and 6 being ~~a model number~~) whereas later it gained the technical designation L40 (L ~~being model number~~ and 40 being year of acceptance). L6/40 has become more common due to War Thunder and World of Tanks.		An interesting factoid is that the L6 was the original designation for the vehicle (L meaning light and 6 being the tonnage) whereas later it gained the technical designation L40 (L meaning light and 40 being year of acceptance). L6/40 has become more common due to War Thunder and World of Tanks, and functionally it is an easy way to avoid confusion and give a common name to a vehicle. It certainly avoids the [[M3/M5 Stuart\|American]] [[M3 Lee\|M3]] [[M3 Halftrack\|conundrum]].

	{{Italian Forces in Flames of War}}		{{Italian Forces in Flames of War}}

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	This all changed in 1935 when Itally invaded Ethiopia in the name of racism, where the poor performance of the Italian tanks at the time showed that turreted tanks had great utility. So the army put out a contract for a new light tank design. There were several specifications that overall fit this design, but the Italian Army didn't like them. So FIAT made a private investment to create a tank variant that would be accepted. The army liked this one, but changed the main armament to a 20mm autocannon under the reasoning that it could be used in a dual role of tank attack and air attack. It also had a coaxial Breda MG to suppress infantry.		This all changed in 1935 when Itally invaded Ethiopia in the name of racism, where the poor performance of the Italian tanks at the time showed that turreted tanks had great utility. So the army put out a contract for a new light tank design. There were several specifications that overall fit this design, but the Italian Army didn't like them. So FIAT made a private investment to create a tank variant that would be accepted. The army liked this one, but changed the main armament to a 20mm autocannon under the reasoning that it could be used in a dual role of tank attack and air attack. It also had a coaxial Breda MG to suppress infantry.

	Tank encyclopedia has already written an entire article on this, but here is an abriged list of issues that the vehicle had		Tank encyclopedia has already written an entire article on this, but here is an abriged list of issues that the vehicle had:
	*Easily penetrated by anything that sneezed .50 cal ammo		*Easily penetrated by anything that sneezed .50 cal ammo
	*Slow as shit		*Slow as shit
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	*Too heavy to be efficiently transported by most Italian trucks		*Too heavy to be efficiently transported by most Italian trucks
	*Too slow to keep up with the motorized troops on the march		*Too slow to keep up with the motorized troops on the march
	*Dumbass beuracratic problems got in the way of ~~it's~~ development and production		*Dumbass beuracratic problems got in the way of its development and production
	*It was deemed inferior to the AB41 and thus had second priority on valuable parts like optics for the gun		*It was deemed inferior to the AB41 and thus had second priority on valuable parts like optics for the gun
	*Not even large enough to ferry troops into battle		*Not even large enough to ferry troops into battle

	There were two positives to it though: the cannon was fantastic, even if it was unlikely to ever shoot down an enemy fighter, and for all intents and purposes the coaxial Breda was a decent weapon. Better than the Breda M30 in any case, but kinda beaten out flat by most other tank mounted mgs. Still, credit where it is due right? They also saw service as artillery tractors, with the side benefit of that it said artillery was attacked, you now had an armored box to protect it with.		There were two positives to it though: the cannon was fantastic, even if it was unlikely to ever shoot down an enemy fighter, and for all intents and purposes the coaxial Breda was a decent weapon. Better than the Breda M30 in any case, but kinda beaten out flat by most other tank mounted mgs. Still, credit where it is due right? They also saw service as artillery tractors, with the side benefit of that if said artillery was attacked, you now had an armored box to protect it with.

	An interesting factoid is that the L6 was the original designation for the vehicle (L meaning light and 6 being the tonnage) whereas later it gained the technical designation L40 (L meaning light and 40 being year of acceptance). L6/40 has become more common due to War Thunder and World of Tanks, and functionally it is an easy way to avoid confusion and give a common name to a vehicle. It certainly avoids the [[M5/M3 Stuart\|American]] [[M3 Lee\|M3]] [[M3 Halftrack\|conundrum]].		An interesting factoid is that the L6 was the original designation for the vehicle (L meaning light and 6 being the tonnage) whereas later it gained the technical designation L40 (L meaning light and 40 being year of acceptance). L6/40 has become more common due to War Thunder and World of Tanks, and functionally it is an easy way to avoid confusion and give a common name to a vehicle. It certainly avoids the [[M5/M3 Stuart\|American]] [[M3 Lee\|M3]] [[M3 Halftrack\|conundrum]].

	{{Italian Forces in Flames of War}}		{{Italian Forces in Flames of War}}

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	The L6/40 is largely an evolution of prewar Italian designs. Prewar Italian tank design is a fascinating subject, but a quick summary is that Italians figured any war would be fought on their soil, and thus would be fought in the mountains. Since tanks suck at mountain warfare, they figured the best tanks in this environment would be light and low armored to more easily access different parts of the mountains of Italy. They even didn't have turrets to save on weight, and also flanking doesn't matter in the mountains.		The L6/40 is largely an evolution of prewar Italian designs. Prewar Italian tank design is a fascinating subject, but a quick summary is that Italians figured any war would be fought on their soil, and thus would be fought in the mountains. Since tanks suck at mountain warfare, they figured the best tanks in this environment would be light and low armored to more easily access different parts of the mountains of Italy. They even didn't have turrets to save on weight, and also flanking doesn't matter in the mountains.

	This all changed in 1935 when Itally invaded Ethiopia, where the poor performance of the Italian tanks showed that turreted tanks had great utility. So the army put out a contract for a new light tank design. There were several specifications that overall fit this design, but the Italian Army didn't like them. So FIAT made a private investment to create a tank variant that would be accepted. The army liked this one, but changed the main armament to a 20mm autocannon under the reasoning that it could be used in a dual role of tank attack and air attack. It also had a coaxial Breda MG to suppress infantry.		This all changed in 1935 when Itally invaded Ethiopia in the name of racism, where the poor performance of the Italian tanks at the time showed that turreted tanks had great utility. So the army put out a contract for a new light tank design. There were several specifications that overall fit this design, but the Italian Army didn't like them. So FIAT made a private investment to create a tank variant that would be accepted. The army liked this one, but changed the main armament to a 20mm autocannon under the reasoning that it could be used in a dual role of tank attack and air attack. It also had a coaxial Breda MG to suppress infantry.

	Tank encyclopedia has already written an entire article on this, but here is an abriged list of issues that the vehicle had		Tank encyclopedia has already written an entire article on this, but here is an abriged list of issues that the vehicle had
	*Easily penetrated by anything that sneezed .50 cal ammo		*Easily penetrated by anything that sneezed .50 cal ammo
	*Slow		*Slow as shit
	*Cramped		*Cramped as shit
	*Overworked commander		*Overworked commander
	*Too light for use on difficult terrain		*Too light for use on difficult terrain
	*Too heavy to be efficiently transported by most Italian trucks		*Too heavy to be efficiently transported by most Italian trucks
	*Too slow to keep up with the motorized troops on the march		*Too slow to keep up with the motorized troops on the march
	*~~Dumb~~ beuracratic problems got in the way of it's development and production		*Dumbass beuracratic problems got in the way of it's development and production
	*It was deemed inferior to the AB41 and thus had second priority on valuable parts like optics for the gun		*It was deemed inferior to the AB41 and thus had second priority on valuable parts like optics for the gun
			*Not even large enough to ferry troops into battle

	There were two positives to it though: the cannon was fantastic, even if it was unlikely to ever shoot down an enemy fighter, and for all intents and purposes the coaxial Breda was a decent weapon. Better than the Breda M30 in any case.		There were two positives to it though: the cannon was fantastic, even if it was unlikely to ever shoot down an enemy fighter, and for all intents and purposes the coaxial Breda was a decent weapon. Better than the Breda M30 in any case, but kinda beaten out flat by most other tank mounted mgs. Still, credit where it is due right? They also saw service as artillery tractors, with the side benefit of that it said artillery was attacked, you now had an armored box to protect it with.

	An interesting factoid is that the L6 was the original designation for the vehicle (L meaning light and 6 being the tonnage) whereas later it gained the technical designation L40 (L meaning light and 40 being year of acceptance). L6/40 has become more common due to War Thunder and World of Tanks, and functionally it is an easy way to avoid confusion and give a common name to a vehicle. It certainly avoids the [[M5/M3 Stuart\|American]] [[M3 Lee\|M3]] [[M3 Halftrack\|conundrum]].		An interesting factoid is that the L6 was the original designation for the vehicle (L meaning light and 6 being the tonnage) whereas later it gained the technical designation L40 (L meaning light and 40 being year of acceptance). L6/40 has become more common due to War Thunder and World of Tanks, and functionally it is an easy way to avoid confusion and give a common name to a vehicle. It certainly avoids the [[M5/M3 Stuart\|American]] [[M3 Lee\|M3]] [[M3 Halftrack\|conundrum]].

	{{Italian Forces in Flames of War}}		{{Italian Forces in Flames of War}}