![]() Italian Tanks and Flame-Throwing in the Spanish Civil War ![]() However, trailer equipped tanks had their limitations as maneuverability and combat value was restricted and, thus, alternatives had to be found. These saw use in Ethiopia and well into WWII, with a few being sent to Spain for deployment with the Corpo Truppe Volontarie (C.T.V.) alongside Franco’s forces. The CV33 and CV35 series would also have flame-throwing variants, this time by means of an attached trailer carrying the flammable liquid. In the 1930s, Italy decided to improve the firepower of their aging fleet of tanks by this method and modified at least one of their Fiat 3000’s with a flamethrower. In the everlasting quest of improving firepower, some of the tank manufacturing nations came to the conclusion that this could be achieved by equipping tanks with flamethrowers. ![]() Kingdom of Italy/Nationalist Spain (1937-1939)
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