It’s quite safe to say Italy isn’t getting it’s own faction,but it is very underrepresented in game,with so few things being in game when so much more can be added,even just looking at their WT trees.I think Italy enjoyers should be able to have a mostly Italian loadout without having to rely on german equipment.This post is similar to a post I did recently( Finnish, French, Romanian, Hungarian,and other European countries' stuff ),which was supposed to include Italian equipment,but I had forgot to put that in before I posted it,but now I can have more since it’s a different post.
Many of the vehicles on this list can be ported from WT
G.50 AS serie 7,BR1 fighter
A plane that would be like the buffalo or A5M4,it has 12.7mms and 2 50kg bombs
https://wiki.warthunder.com/G.50_AS_serie_7
Ba.65 (K.14) L,BR2 bomber
A pretty decent plane,especially now that the soft rule is harder.it has 4x 100kg bombs and 12.7mm guns along with with some 7.7mms,and is a bit more maneuverable then stukas.It would be a nice alternative to stukas,less punch but faster and more maneuverable.
https://wiki.warthunder.com/Ba.65_(K.14)_L
Re.2002 early,BR2 fighter
similar to the Re.2001 serie 1 in game,this version has a slightly worse turn speed,but a 250kg bomb.this would be a nice difference from the early BF109s you see,you have less powerful guns and turn slightly slower,but have a bit more boom compared to the 200kgs you see on them.
https://wiki.warthunder.com/Re.2002_Early
F.C.20 Bis,BR2 bomber
think of this as the Italian HS 129 B3,but the armament is adjusted.it still has a cannon on it,but a much weaker 37mm cannon,12.7mms instead of 7.92s,a rear gunner,and two 100kg bombs.It still has terrible maneuverability like the duck,but in general being more versatile I think it should go to BR2.
https://wiki.warthunder.com/F.C.20_Bis
SM.92,BR3 bomber
essentially 2 fighter chassis put together,it has a quite good gun armament of mixed 20mms and 12.7mms,to balance this,the bombload isn’t the best,being only 6x 50 kg bombs and they are quite far apart on the wings,making precision bombing very difficult.
https://wiki.warthunder.com/SM.92
Re. 2001 CB,BR3 fighter
A version of the Re.2001 serie 1,this version has a 250kg bomb and two 100kg bombs (around 50kgs less then the P51D) while retaining the same guns,it would give a BR3 fighter with armament to the axis who at this point lack one.It may be weaker in guns and bombs then the P51D,but it’s at least something (maybe it can have a turn speed advantage or something to balance it)
https://wiki.warthunder.com/Re.2001_CB
Fiat G.55 → BR3
this plane is really just a P51D that trades 2 of the 12.7mms for a single 20mm and has much weaker bombs.it was originally intended to be BR3,but somebody whined about it and that why it’s at BR4.It would better fit at BR3 and would give a BR3 fighter with bombs to the axis (that’s already modeled in game) and would be a better dogfighter then the plane suggested above at the cost of payload)
SM. 91,BR4 bomber
The SM. 92 that’s upgunned,replacing the 12.7mms for 20mms.It can improve the bombs to 100kgs instead of the 50kgs of the previous version to better preform at high BR,but the armament still would not be anywhere near as powerful as the JU 188’s
https://wiki.warthunder.com/SM.91
G.56,BR4 fighter
a prototype italian fighter developed off the G.55 in game,it removed the 12.7mms (there is more 20mm ammo to make up for this) to lose some weight and a more powerful engine was installed.prototypes were completed before the 1943 Italian armistice,and the prototypes acquired by the germans had balkenkreuzs painted on to help with recognition.It would keep the same two 100kg bombs as on the G.55,and this would be something to fill in for the BR4 fighter slot
https://wiki.warthunder.com/G.56
Re. 2005 serie 0,BR 5 fighter
an overall improvement from the the G.56,it brought the 12.7mms back and has an extra 250kg bomb on it in addition to the 100kgs
https://wiki.warthunder.com/Re.2005_serie_0
AS 42,BR1 rider vehicle
pretty much a car with a 20mm AA gun strapped to it,crew super exposed
https://wiki.warthunder.com/AS_42
Semovente gets HE
if there isn’t an enemy tank anywhere,you probably will get more kills just getting out and shooting infantry,funny WT has HE shells where they are next to useless when Enlisted doesn’t
AB41 gets reclassified as rider vehicle
this vehicle is terrible,a 20mm with only 7 rounds and a low capacity MG that takes forever to reload.It would fit better as a rider vehicle
L/33 CC,BR1 rider vehicle
The legendary ww2 vehicle that installs intense fear within anyone who lays eyes on this pure being of destruction,this thing is here more for the laugh of it,considering it’s massive meme status.this would probably the weakest rider vehicle,considering the 20 “cannon” is the only thing it has,which may trick you into fighting tanks,which is NOT advised
https://wiki.warthunder.com/L3/33_CC
AS 42/47,BR2 rider vehicle
the above mentioned AS42 with the Italian 47mm,this should be BR 2 because its a BR1 cannon on something that doesn’t take a tank slot,but the crew is still super exposed.
https://wiki.warthunder.com/AS_42/47
Breda 501,BR3-4 TD
a prototype TD thing that has a full cannon mounted on it,it has a longer reload than the StuG,dosn’t have that much more penetration then the StuG considering how much larger the gun is,and is completely exposed to everything,but has much more explosive filler in it’s shells and you don’t have to worry about stupid limited firing angles,so the trade offs are worth it if it’s BR3.
https://wiki.warthunder.com/Breda_501
P40,BR3 tank
A decent all rounder tank,it doesn’t really do 1 thing better than the other.
https://wiki.warthunder.com/P40
M42 Contraereo,BR3 SPAA
an Italian SPAA that has four 20mms like the wirbelwind (which I also hope to see in game at some point),but much less armour,but it’s got a bit of speed to it
https://wiki.warthunder.com/M42_(Italy)
105/25 M43,BR3-4 TD
you know that cure little BR 1 semovente?give him a 105mm cannon and this is what you get.it still has the weaknesses of that semovente but,due to the much higher amount of explosives you are able to put out,it is BR 3-4
https://wiki.warthunder.com/105/25_M43
P43 Bis,BR4 tank
an improved prototype version of the P40 in game,has a better cannon derived from an AA gun similar to other german guns.This would be a rough equivalent of the T-34-85,and is at least something Italian armour can use at higher BR
Glisenti Modello 1910
a WW1 pistol used up through WW2 in 9mm Glisenti
M1870/87 Vetterli-Vitali,BR1 rifle
an old Italian rifle with a 4 round capacity reloading using a unique stripper clip different from most other types you would think of.
Beretta M1918 downwards magazine,BR2
for those people who dislike the magazine in the middle and the sights on the side,you can now have the same gun but the magazine and sights moved
Villar Perosa,BR2 MG
basically 2 beretta 1918s strapped together with linked firing and a bipod,would be a very unique gun,as this will be the only pistol caliber MG.
OG 44,BR 2 SMG
essentially an OG43 with a fixed wooden,should get a 30 round magazine
Carcano Contrombocino grenade launcher,BR3 GL rifle
the carcano rifle with a GL on the side that required to bolt be removed from the original gun and slid into the GL part
Cei Rigotti,BR3 automatic rifle
this may get a bit of criticism,but this would be an automatic rifle at BR3,but it has a slow ROF of around 300 RPM or so (semi auto is probably if you spam the trigger) and a 10 round magazine that you reload with stripper clips.
Carcano Lanciabombe,BR2 AT launcher
This would be an AT weapon using a shape charge that could penetrate around 70mms of armour (the M1 bazooka penetrates 80 or so while having a much shorter reload (the penetration could be artifically buffed for balancing).
Cei rigotti extended,BR 4-5 automatic rifle
almost the same as the original,but has an extended 20 or 25 round magazine (still fed by stripper clips,so we can get a funny huge stripper clip like this we reload with if it’s BR 5 for faster reloading and 5 more rounds,and 5 round stripper clips for BR4 and 20 rounds so the reload isn’t as fast)
Breda-SAFAT 7.7mm,BR5
A modified version of the 12.7mm machine gun to be in 7.7mm,used by the Folgore
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