Who’s Laughing Now? | Semovente M41M da 90/53 feat.

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@ConeOfArc 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for having me on as a narrator for this one, definitely an interesting vehicle within Italy's armored vehicle history

@tinucus9218 6 ай бұрын

Fantastic

@tinucus9218 6 ай бұрын

Fantastic

@bwilliams463 6 ай бұрын

Come back any time.

@rodrigogoncalves6165 6 ай бұрын

One thing that is never taken in account is the limitations the italian arms industry had to produce newer designs and in enough quantity. For example, the italians had notorious quality issues with the shells of the battleships main guns

@Leptospirosi 5 ай бұрын

Issues with naval projectiles war only a matter in 1940> after that it was just a myth used by Iachino to justify its self inflicted fumbles. Issues with high explosive rounds were about design rather then quality controls

@jlvfr 5 ай бұрын

I think that, in the open areas of the USSR or in North Africa, these would prove to be formidable long range tank killers, like the 88mm.

@michaelmanning5379 6 ай бұрын

I was fortunate enough to have seen this at the Aberdeen Proving Grounds before that collection was broken up and hidden away from the unwashed public. If necessity is the mother of invention, this Frankenstein's monster was her red-headed stepchild.

@johnlowell5905 2 ай бұрын

Really? That field with all the tanks lined up that I visited in 84 is no longer there? I hope that superb infantry small arms museum is still open.

@sadwingsraging3044 6 ай бұрын

Nice gun on it. No doubt. Even has a great firing arc. Set properly in the right terrain in an ambush it would be a nightmare for a bit. Outside that it would be tricky to use.

@Ardox_the_fatebreaker 6 ай бұрын

I absolutely love this thing in war thunder, one of my favorite spg's in the game... Its gun can tear through almost anything with ease and im glad to see it covered here

@EmperorEdu 6 ай бұрын

Great job, I have been binge watching every Italian video of you guys, keep up the good work!

@LordGihrenZabi 6 ай бұрын

This thing has a special place in my heart because of an RTS called RUSE, where it’s the best mid game tank destroyer for any faction.

@JGCR59 6 ай бұрын

Not sure if "Bella Chiao" is the right music for this ;) Otherwise great vehicle and a nice collab :)

@pencilpauli9442 6 ай бұрын

Have the lovely little 1/72 IBG kit. Having seen this video I may have to add some scratchbuilt details IIRC the radios aren't supplied

@andreadefelici183 5 ай бұрын

Is it a good kit? I'm looking forward buying it

@pencilpauli9442 5 ай бұрын

@@andreadefelici183 You may need to be careful with the the order of construction of the upper hull. And some of the parts are super tiny lol The gun parts can be fiddly It's definitely for modellers with some experience. It's one of those take your time and it will be alright kits. And it looks cool too! lol

@andreadefelici183 5 ай бұрын

@@pencilpauli9442 okay thank you so much for infos

@pencilpauli9442 5 ай бұрын

@@andreadefelici183 No problem!

@sinisterisrandom8537 6 ай бұрын

Always fun to see Cone do this stuff.

@WildBillCox13 6 ай бұрын

The US went the same route with the M3 light tank chassis, mounting the 4.5" gun on an extended variant. It was not used in combat, though.

@ptonpc 6 ай бұрын

Looks like it could have been decent if used as an anti tank gun. Pick a spot, hide, fire etc.

@GrayD1ce 5 ай бұрын

The problem with the 90mm anti tank was that Italy really needed alot more barrels as they were also in use for aa

@hotarutomoeofficial 6 ай бұрын

Cone of arc living his second most biggest dreamjob Yes second talk about tanks with a passion and get payed for it🎉 congats coneofarc His first dreamjob would be a tankcommander i bet

@ConeOfArc 6 ай бұрын

I'm happy just covering the history of vehicles, being a tank commander is too hard on the knees

@hotarutomoeofficial 6 ай бұрын

@@ConeOfArc oh my i love covering history about kubota tractors cone of arc i do own 2 kubota tractors 2 late 70s/early 80s types and i do get the history passion! I feel so honored you replied to me! I love to watch your tank videos, ever tried researching the morris/martel tankettes from the 1920s they seem interesting

@gusty9053 5 ай бұрын

Like the Nashorn, Marder, Archer and Hellcat proved these "glass canons" can work if deployed properly, but this italian solution to the anti-tank problem with the rather low speed (for the tonnage) and even lower ammo capacity are impractical to say the least.

@koenvangeleuken6544 6 күн бұрын

and this is surely the only tank destroyer ever built where not the whole crew was carried on the vehicle!!!

@jean-francoislemieux5509 6 ай бұрын

very nicely done! The quality of commentary and information is exceptional

@garyhill2740 5 ай бұрын

Considering the limited resources at the time, and limitations of current Italian arms industry, this TD was a pretty decent effort. Properly employed this gun would have been formidable. It could have been effective right up until the end of the war in 1945. From it's first introduction through to Italian armistice in 1941 to 1943, there weren't any tanks that could have shrugged off direct hits from the 90mm. If Italy could have built a proper tank or enclosed semovente with that gun, it would really have been a problem for opposition armor.

@chigoonies3883 Ай бұрын

I wish there were more pics/history like this, as a model builder I want to build models of tanks from the interwar period and captured tanks operated by the Greek army. Info is so scarce , it’s even hard to find pics, tropes , specs of the German equipment used in Greece. Thank you for this video.

@pierluigiadreani2159 6 ай бұрын

That thing was pure desperation

@lordMartiya 6 ай бұрын

Does it surprise you?

@adrianzanoli 6 ай бұрын

It isn't much different from a Ferdinand or Marder III anti-tank

@pierluigiadreani2159 6 ай бұрын

@@lordMartiya Yes and no, Mussolini surrounded himself with yes man and corruption. Fascism being a half measure between capitalism and communism meant that the industrial leaders were never scared of him and had little or no competition outside the borders. As result we were never able to mass produce an aviation engine of 1500 HP, our planes didn't have home made cannons, and our tanks were pathetic. Not only for their effectiveness, slow production rate but for their absurd cost a CV33 (l3 for wt fans) was almost as expensive as a Panzer 2, you tell me how do they compare.

@lordMartiya 6 ай бұрын

@@pierluigiadreani2159 L'unica cosa nuova che mi dici è che non hai notato che i disperati erano i generali al fronte.

@saxonrains 6 ай бұрын

@@pierluigiadreani2159 And as I recall each tank was built from start to finish by a team of workers, instead of an assembly line no? Might of had something to do with the cost and slower production.

@steffent.6477 5 ай бұрын

Great use of Steel Division 2 gameplay :)

@manuelacosta9463 6 ай бұрын

Well they tried. At least one has been preserved compared to the usual fate of Italy's WW2 armored vehicles.

@towgod7985 5 ай бұрын

Why the Italians didn't put the Stug and Panzer 4 into production for themselves is beyond me.

@enricob15 5 ай бұрын

It's fairly easy, general Badoglio said in a document "we will examine the German tanks after the war" and Italian machining and production couldn't keep up also because panzer and stugs were welded something that in Italy was very rare

@panzerkampfwagen_vi_ausf_e 3 ай бұрын

Simply because they couldn't produce them

@Nedvesperec 6 ай бұрын

I have the similar feeling as the Breda 501. Great spg, not enough of them

@DottorHealer 5 ай бұрын

Alright fine, I'm buying the Flames of War box of them

@naturalobserver1322 6 ай бұрын

This would make a great 1/35 scale model 👍

@comentedonakeyboard 5 ай бұрын

When the knife wont cut it in the gunfight

@toucan2227 6 ай бұрын

Nice! Great collaboration. Cone of Arc has a good voice for narration, and you guys' articles are always among the best sources of information on tanks.

@sailordude2094 5 ай бұрын

These are great in the PS1 game Panzer General.

@angry_zergling Ай бұрын

AGH KV-1 with neutral steering! **blinded.** 2:53

@clydedopheide1033 6 ай бұрын

I always enjoy your content

@thebuilderxen6858 5 ай бұрын

Tank encyclopedia you should talk about the capture brittish MK IV in WWI used on the Germans side :)

@bwilliams463 6 ай бұрын

10:25 "Go, and sin no more. Go, and sin no more. Go, and......"

@cybernetic_crocodile8462 6 ай бұрын

Italian soldiers: Can we, like, get the Stug or more Semoventes but with more powerful guns? Italian high command: Don't worry, we have better SPGs at home! Better SPGs at home: a bizzare tractor with gun slapped on its rear In my opinion it could potentially be useful vechicle against Soviets or Allies, but it was very vulnerable to enemy fire. I also was available in far too small numbers to make a real diffrence.

@eltenda 6 ай бұрын

A very interesting veichle 😊

@claudiosironi7591 5 ай бұрын

Good and interesting video

@julmdamaslefttoe3559 6 ай бұрын

ay crossover time.

@Briselance 9 күн бұрын

Cannone di vetro ?? Ma che cazzo dice ?? 😅 I wouldn't want to get shot at by that thing, even if I were sitting in a Churchill VII or a KV-2.

@alessandrogini5283 9 күн бұрын

Non era malaccio,ma sempre troppo tardi

@hansrichtofen8652 5 ай бұрын

Saw coneofarc and clicked the video

@nk_3332 6 ай бұрын

Tell me the Italians had better stuff than the Germans, without telling me the Italians had better stuff, just not enough of it. We are fortunate the Italians didn't have the industry to produce their good designs, or the Med would have been a much harder fight.

@tinucus9218 6 ай бұрын

Troop and armor coordination as well, i wouldnt say necessarily better, but they generally didnt have time to screw with dumb ideas like Germany. Had they focused more on simple destroyers like this early on and used more compatible tactics it would have been a nightmare for the M4s

@tinucus9218 6 ай бұрын

@tomhenry897 6 ай бұрын

Wasn’t better

@GrayD1ce 5 ай бұрын

I beg to differ in the pistol and smg area

@michimatsch5862 5 ай бұрын

Ngl, using Bella Ciao while talking about an Italian fascist vehicle feels kinda ironic.

@steampunkster2023 6 ай бұрын

Logistics would be a pain in the tush sending these to Russia. But they may prove useful over there as infantry assist. But will be a sitting duck for T-34s.

@adrianzanoli 6 ай бұрын

if this thing find an hinding spot and shoot first, the T-34 would be easily penetrated by the 90mm, the problem is that there were often more than a single T-34. The real problem was that by 1943 Italy had so many gun calibers, the L series had the 20mm and 36mm guns, the M series had the 47mm, the Semovente and P series had the 75, 90 and 105mm guns, they even had captured french and soviet tanks in their service, no wonder they refused the German offer to produce Pz.IVs and Panthers in Italy.

@budwyzer77 6 ай бұрын

8:55 God, think about riding into battle on a freaking ammo carrier. That couldn't have been good for gunner morale.

@ODST_Parker 5 ай бұрын

A problem was recognized, and a solution was attempted. That's about all you can say for this poor thing. There was also an unsuccessful attempt to make a full tank with the 90/53 cannon, right? Isn't that what the P43 bis is? Only a model though, was never finished.