Review of Italian Artillery of WWII
Green Series No. 4119
Authors: Enrico Finazzer & Ralph A. Riccio
Mushroom Model Publications (MMP)
ISBN: 978-83-63678-61-6
By Ray Mehlberger
MSRP: $69.00
ISBN: 978-83-63678-61-6
By Ray Mehlberger
MSRP: $69.00
Mushroom Model Publications is based in the UK. All their books are printed in Sandomierz. Poland in the English language by their associate Stratus Publications. Stratus does their own line of books in both English and Polish.
This book covers technical aspects of the artillery pieces used by the Italian Army during WWI. It covers WWI guns of Italian origin, German or war booty guns, self-propelled guns, artillery tractors, technical details and scale plans of every described piece.
The book is soft cover of 160 pages in 8 ¼” x 11 ¾” page format.
It contains 196 black and white wartime photos, 46 line drawings, 47 specification lists about each of the guns and 2 Ansaldo Company posters.
The line drawings are of:
Breda mod. 30 20/65 gun
Breda mod. 30 20/65 gun on a Canadian Military Pattern Ford F15
Prototype quad-mounted Scotti 20/77 system mounted on M15 tank chassis
Ansaldo-Buhler mod. 35 47/32 gun
75/18 mod. 34 howitzer on wood spoked wheels
75/18 mod. 34 howitzer on pressed steel wheels
75/32 mod. 37 gun
75/46 mod, 34 A.A. gun
90/53 gun on pedestal mount
90/53 gun mounted on a Lancia 3Ro chassis
149/19 howitzer
149/40 mod. 35 gun
210/22 mod. 35 howitzer
5/17 gun
65/17 gun on CS8 light truck
75/13 howitzer
75/27 mod. 06 gun with wood artillery wheels
75/27 mod. 06 gun with steel pressed wheels
75/27 mod. 11 with wood artillery wheels
75/27 mod. 11 with steel press wheels
77/28 gun
100/17 mod. 14 howitzer with wood artillery wheels
100/17 mod. 14 howitizer with steel pressed wheels
100/17 mod. 16 howitzer
100/17 howitzer mounted on Lancia 3Ro trucjk
105.28 gun
104/32 gun
149/12 mod. 14 howitzer
149/13 howitzzer
149/13 gun
152/37 gun
47/32 self-propelled gun
75/18 M41 self-propelled gun
75/18 M42 self-propelled gun
75/34 M42 self-propelled gun
90/53 M41M self-propelled gun
104/25 M421 self-propelled gun
75/46 M42T self-propelled gun
149/40 self-propelled gun
Pavesi mod. 30 heavy field artillery tractor
Breda 32 truck
Breda 40 truck
SPA TL 77 field artillery tractor
SPA TM 40 heavy artillery tractor
The back cover of the book has 4 color illustrations of Italian uniform patches.
Highly recommended. This book will be of great interest to modelers and WWII historians and enthusiasts alike.
My lament has always been how few Italian WWII AFV kits there are. No artillery that I’m aware of and only 2 or 3 kits of Italian infantry.
I want to thank Dr. Roger Wallsgrove, Editor-in-Chief of Mushroom Model Publications and the folks at Casemate who sent me this review sample.
Casemate is the N. American distributor of MMP books and a complete listing of these books can be found on their web site
This book covers technical aspects of the artillery pieces used by the Italian Army during WWI. It covers WWI guns of Italian origin, German or war booty guns, self-propelled guns, artillery tractors, technical details and scale plans of every described piece.
The book is soft cover of 160 pages in 8 ¼” x 11 ¾” page format.
It contains 196 black and white wartime photos, 46 line drawings, 47 specification lists about each of the guns and 2 Ansaldo Company posters.
The line drawings are of:
Breda mod. 30 20/65 gun
Breda mod. 30 20/65 gun on a Canadian Military Pattern Ford F15
Prototype quad-mounted Scotti 20/77 system mounted on M15 tank chassis
Ansaldo-Buhler mod. 35 47/32 gun
75/18 mod. 34 howitzer on wood spoked wheels
75/18 mod. 34 howitzer on pressed steel wheels
75/32 mod. 37 gun
75/46 mod, 34 A.A. gun
90/53 gun on pedestal mount
90/53 gun mounted on a Lancia 3Ro chassis
149/19 howitzer
149/40 mod. 35 gun
210/22 mod. 35 howitzer
5/17 gun
65/17 gun on CS8 light truck
75/13 howitzer
75/27 mod. 06 gun with wood artillery wheels
75/27 mod. 06 gun with steel pressed wheels
75/27 mod. 11 with wood artillery wheels
75/27 mod. 11 with steel press wheels
77/28 gun
100/17 mod. 14 howitzer with wood artillery wheels
100/17 mod. 14 howitizer with steel pressed wheels
100/17 mod. 16 howitzer
100/17 howitzer mounted on Lancia 3Ro trucjk
105.28 gun
104/32 gun
149/12 mod. 14 howitzer
149/13 howitzzer
149/13 gun
152/37 gun
47/32 self-propelled gun
75/18 M41 self-propelled gun
75/18 M42 self-propelled gun
75/34 M42 self-propelled gun
90/53 M41M self-propelled gun
104/25 M421 self-propelled gun
75/46 M42T self-propelled gun
149/40 self-propelled gun
Pavesi mod. 30 heavy field artillery tractor
Breda 32 truck
Breda 40 truck
SPA TL 77 field artillery tractor
SPA TM 40 heavy artillery tractor
The back cover of the book has 4 color illustrations of Italian uniform patches.
Highly recommended. This book will be of great interest to modelers and WWII historians and enthusiasts alike.
My lament has always been how few Italian WWII AFV kits there are. No artillery that I’m aware of and only 2 or 3 kits of Italian infantry.
I want to thank Dr. Roger Wallsgrove, Editor-in-Chief of Mushroom Model Publications and the folks at Casemate who sent me this review sample.
Casemate is the N. American distributor of MMP books and a complete listing of these books can be found on their web site