Italy Fiat 3000B M 1930 (Carro Armato) (Carro Armato)

World War 2 Tank and Gun Database

The Fiat 3000B M 1930 (Carro Armato) and was in use from 1930. It was commonly called a Carro Armato.

General Details ( )

Specifications
Operational Date(s)	1930
Ordnance classification
Quantity Produced	0
Weight	unknown
Crew	2
M.G's small	1
M.G's large(>10mm)	n/a
Length	4.33 mtr
Width	1.68 mtr
Height	2.22 mtr
Engine Details/Performance
Max Road Speed	15 mph
Max Cross Country Speed	unknown
Range Road	0 miles
Range Cross Country	unknown
Fuel Type	Unknown
Fuel Capacity	unknown
Horse Power	0 hp
Power/Weight	unknown

General Information

The Fiat 3000B M 1930 (Carro Armato) and was in use from 1930. It was commonly called a Carro Armato.

It was armed with 1 light machine gun. Its main armament consisted of an Cannone contracarro da 37/32 which could penetrate 49.9 mm of flat plate at 100 metres

The Fiat 3000B was an Intalian built French Renault FT tank which was heavily modified to fit Italian build methods. The 300B had a more powerful engine than the 3000

The drive was from a 50hp petrol engine through the rear drive wheels, across six return rollers to the massive front idler, then back via nine roadwheels.

The angular turret housed the 37mm Anti Tank gun.

Armour Details

Turret
Front	16mm	@	10°	(16mm)
Side	10mm	@	15°	(10mm)
Rear	10mm	@	0°	(10mm)
Top	6mm	@	85°	(6mm)

Superstructure
Front	16mm	@	45°	(23mm)
Side	6mm	@	0°	(6mm)
Rear	6mm	@	0°	(6mm)
Top	6mm	@	85°	(6mm)

Hull
Front	16mm	@	25°	(18mm)
Side	6mm	@	0°	(6mm)
Rear	6mm	@	0°	(6mm)
Top	6mm	@	85°	(6mm)

Armour (x)mm @ (y)° (Effective mm @ 0°)

Effective Armour - Maximum 23 mm - Minimum 6 mm


Cannone contracarro da 37/32 (Anti Tank Gun)
	History
	This was the Austrian Bohler 47mm Gun.
	Calibre	37mm
	Rate of Fire	10 rpm

Ammunition Details
Name/Id	Calibre Weight MVelocity					Explosive Content
AP (AP Armor Piercing)	37mm 0.68Kg 762M/Sec
Quoted Penetration 38mm @ 365mtr/0°
Range(Mtr)	100	200	400	800	1200	1600	2000	2400
Flight Time(Secs)	0.13	0.27	0.57	1.23	1.97	2.79	3.68	4.63
Penetration(mm@30°)	43	40	36	28	22	17	13	10
Penetration(mm@0°)	50	47	42	33	26	20	16	12
Hit Probability(%)	79	79	76	71	55	30	12	6

About Penetration Figures

All penetration figures in this database are calculated to a common standard based on German WWII testing criteria (complete penetration with functioning fuze). This allows direct comparison between all nations' guns.

Original national test figures would be higher for some nations due to different criteria:

German: 1.00? (baseline - strictest)
British: 1.02? (slightly looser)
American: 1.05? (50% mass through plate)
Soviet: 1.10? (75% mass through plate)

For example, a Soviet gun showing 159mm here would be published as ~175mm in Soviet documents, and a German gun showing 120mm would be published as 120mm in German documents. The 159mm figure is directly comparable to the German 120mm - the Soviet gun really was more powerful.

National Testing Standards
German:	1.00? - Complete penetration, fuze functions (strictest)
British:	1.02? - Complete penetration
American:	1.05? - 50% of shell mass through plate
Soviet:	1.10? - 75% of shell mass through plate
All database figures are normalized to German standard for direct comparison. Multiply by the factor above to see original national test figures.

Hit probability is based on a static 2 x 2.4 metre panel at 0 degrees(vertical) at the range specified.

The data that has been used to create these records has come from Wikipedia, The Lone Sentry, The Bundes Archive and numerous books and websites that have provided the detailed information that has not been available anywhere else. The information we use to calculate the penetration tables, flight times and the hit probability comes from the Gun Calibre, the Shell Mass(Kg) and the muzzle velocity, plus range reductions to allow for gravity and wind resistance. This calculation originally came from a pre-war Krupp calculation which has been modified, and seems to fit the actual test results.