Artillery
Italian artillery was usually designated using the calibre and length of the barrel in number of calibre lengths, so "90/53" would mean a weapon with a 90 mm diameter barrel where the length of the barrel was approximately 53 calibre lengths (i.e. 53x90 mm, that is 4.77 m).
The Cannone da 47/32 M35 was a dual-purpose anti-tank gun and infantry gun based on a design by the Austrian firm of Bohler. Because it was a dual purpose gun, its design was a compromise: anti-tank guns require a high muzzle velocity in order to maximise armour penetration, but an infantry gun required a low muzzle velocity, because that means the gun can be lighter (and therefore more easily handled), and the shell can contain more explosive (a high muzzle-velocity shell needs thicker metal to avoid disintegrating when fired).
The Cannone da 65/17 modello 13 was a lightweight infantry and mountain gun, dating from before World War I.
The Obice da 75/18 modello 34 was a lightweight howitzer designed to be used as a mountain gun.
The Cannone da 75/32 modello 37 was a field artillery piece. It was also used as an anti-tank gun.
The Obice da 100/17 modello 16 was a lighweight howitzer to be used as a mountain gun.
The Cannone da 105/28 modello 12 was a field artillery piece, a French gun dating from before World War I.
The Obice da 105/14 modello 18 was a howitzer.
The Obice da 149/12 modello 14 was a howitzer produced by Skoda during World War I, many of which passed into the Italian army as reparations at the end of that war. The Obice da 149/13 modello 14 was a modified version of the same gun.
The Obice da 149/19 modello 37 was heavy howitzer.
The Obice da 210/22 modello 35 was a heavy howitzer.
The Mortaio da 210/8 D.S. was a siege howitzer.
Read more about this topic: Italian Army Equipment In World War II
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