These were equipped with twin Madsen 7 mm (0.27 in) LMGs, and another five armed with 13.2 mm (0.52 in) Breda HMGs. According to other sources, 23 CV-35s were purchased for the tank school, although referred as "Auto Metralhadoras de Reconhecimento" (AMR), and divided between four platoons of five tankettes each (and three in reserve). They were designated as support machine-gun tanks (Autometralhadoras). The CV-38 were selected and 23 were purchased in 1938, 17 of which were armed with a 7.7 mm (0.3 in) machine gun each, three with 13.2 mm (0.52 in) Breda HMGs and three were unarmed command vehicles. According to their 1930s program of renovation and strengthening of the armored forces, a Brazilian military mission was to select the most appropriate model to be bought from Europe. The 元/38 was, in 1940, the latest evolution of the 元 tankettes. Tankette - 200 built The last Italian tanketteĪlthough better designs had already been concocted, the versatile and cheap chassis of the CV-33/35 family had not exhausted all its resources yet.
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