A pre-war design, based upon the British Carden-Loyd Carrier, these tiny vehicles were built and used in vast numbers by the Italian Army in WWII. It was built under license in Italy and given the designation CV-33. it was renamed the Carro Veloce L3/33 Lanciafiamme in 1938.
They had been employed by the Italians in Ethiopia and Spain and sold to other nations including Hungary, China and Brazil. Against unarmoured troops they had some potential but confronted by tanks, or even armoured cars, they were death traps.
