Enter the Mediums Finally Italy began building 11-ton M11/39 “medium” tanks in the summer of 1939 with a 37-millimeter gun in the hull and twin machineguns in the turret, all operated by a ...

The introduction of medium tanks like the M11/39 and M13/40 offered some improvements but couldn’t overcome fundamental issues with reliability and firepower. Disastrous encounters, such as ...