New Tech Tree Tanks: Italian Tank Destroyers (2024)

With strong frontal armor and reliable guns, your Italian sharpshooters are ready to hunt! Learn more in this article.

Say benvenuti to your newest Tech Tree line. Italy welcomes its first-ever Tech Tree tank destroyers for World War II mode.

Starting at Tier V and expanding up to Tier X, this new line features tanks that are here to earn their place on the podium! The initial Tier V and VI vehicles offer the classic non-turreted tank destroyer experience, but once you reach Tier VII, things become a bit more interesting. With strong frontal armor, autoloader guns with high penetration and good gun depression, and most notably, semi-rotatable turrets, these iconic tanks will shred the opposition and bring forth victory.

Click on the links below to learn about a specific tank or read on to get all the details!

• Italian Tier V Semovente M41 Tank Destroyer
• Italian Tier VI Semovente M43 Bassotto Tank Destroyer
• Italian Tier VII SMV CC-56 Tank Destroyer
• Italian Tier VIII SMV CC-67 Tank Destroyer
• Italian Tier IX Controcarro 1 Mk. 2 Tank Destroyer
• Italian Tier X Controcarro 3 Minotauro Tank Destroyer

Semovente M41

• Class: Tank Destroyer
• Tier: V
• Unlocked by: P26/40
• Unlock requirement: 26,695 XP
• Purchase cost: 370,000 Silver
• Unlocks the Semovente M43 Bassotto
• Note: If you Elite the Tier IV P26/40 before the branch is added, the Semovente M41 will automatically be unlocked

After the Germans first adopted the use of StuG III assault guns with closed cabins in 1940, the Italians started working on their own vehicle of a similar type. As a basis for their design, they used the chassis of the Carro Armato M 13/40 medium tank. The prototype of the Semovente da 75/18 was completed in February 1941. Instead of a turret and turret platform, this vehicle featured a closed stationary cabin with a mounted 75 mm Obice da 75/18 modello 34 howitzer. The vehicle armament was sufficient for providing fire support and fighting against most tanks at the time. Its 50 mm frontal armor could, in theory, withstand most common British two-pounder tank and anti-tank guns from long and medium ranges. Most of the Semovente M41 da 75/18s that saw combat were lost in North Africa, while others were captured by the Germans in the fall of 1943.

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Semovente M43 Bassotto

• Class: Tank Destroyer
• Tier: VI
• Unlocked by: Semovente M41
• Unlock requirement: 51,300 XP
• Purchase cost: 890,000 Silver
• Unlocks the SMV CC-56

In April of 1942, the Italian command came up with the idea to develop an assault tank destroyer with a 105 mm howitzer on the chassis of the Carro Armato P 40 heavy tank. The project was developing rather slowly, so the officials decided to use the improved chassis of the mass-produced Carro Armato M 15/42 for a new vehicle. This vehicle featured a 105 mm howitzer with a length of 23 calibers. The prototype was completed in January 1943 and became the first partially welded Italian vehicle. The serial model, designated Semovente da 105/25 M43, received a 25 caliber gun and a newly designed hull and cabin. Before Italy's capitulation on September 8, 1943, 30 vehicles had already been manufactured and sent to military units. Later these vehicles all fell into the hands of the Germans, who set up and continued production. Between 1943 and 1944, 121 more vehicles were produced.

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SMV CC-56

• Class: Tank Destroyer
• Tier: VII
• Unlocked by: Semovente M43 Bassotto
• Unlock requirement: 96,550 XP
• Purchase cost: 1,370,000 Silver
• Unlocks the SMV CC-67

One of the first post-war designs for Italian tank destroyers with a limited turret traverse arc (up to 60 degrees). The project was heavily influenced by American tank destroyer designs, particularly the T95 tank program. A distinguishing feature of the Italian tank destroyer was the placement of the entire crew in a rotating turret. The vehicle was supposed to use components of the American T95, but the latter did not reach mass production. Further development was discontinued.

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SMV CC-67

• Class: Tank Destroyer
• Tier: VIII
• Unlocked by: SMV CC-56
• Unlock requirement: 145,200 XP
• Purchase cost: 2,530,000 Silver
• Unlocks the Controcarro 1 Mk. 2

An Italian tank destroyer with a limited turret traverse arc., the vehicle was developed in the second half of the 1960s as part of a collaborative effort between the countries of the Western European Union to create new prototypes of armored vehicles. The project was discontinued at the development stage.

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Controcarro 1 Mk. 2

• Class: Tank Destroyer
• Tier: IX
• Unlocked by: SMV CC-67
• Unlock requirement: 268,080 XP
• Purchase cost: 3,550,000 Silver
• Unlocks the Controcarro 3 Minotauro

In the 1960s, the Italian company OTO Melara started working on a tank destroyer with a limited turret traverse arc. The design was heavily influenced by promising German vehicle advancements, and there were additional plans to incorporate elements from American and German vehicles. The tank was supposed to be equipped with a magazine loading system that had already been successfully implemented in naval artillery. Another unique feature was the placement of the driver in the turret with limited gun traverse. Eventually, work on this tank destroyer was suspended due to its dependence on its conceptual predecessor. All activity on the MBT-70 was also canceled, leading to the discontinuation of the conceptual design, and the vehicle was never built.

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Controcarro 3 Minotauro

• Class: Tank Destroyer
• Tier: X
• Unlocked by: Controcarro 1 Mk. 2
• Unlock requirement: 413,100 XP
• Purchase cost: 6,100,000 Silver

This vehicle was developed in the 1960s by OTO Melara with elements of American and German designs. It was supposed to combine a German power unit with home-grown developments in naval weaponry and loading systems. A distinguishing feature of the vehicle was its placement of the driver in the turret with limited gun traverse, along with its mechanized loading system.

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