Semovente M 42 da 75/18. Bergamo
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#1: Semovente M 42 da 75/18. Bergamo Author: Massimo_FotiLocation: Lugano, Switzerland PostPosted: Thu Jun 11, 2009 8:36 pm
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Here is another "Then and Now" good story. Today I went tank hunting in Bergamo (it's a good season for this kind of trips) to catch the Semovente.

The tank was sitting there, in the open, since 1959, with a very bad replica gun. Until now the few pictures available on the web show it in this pretty sad state:
http://digilander.libero.it/pmg/contributi/censimento/2-m42_bg.htm

Good news, it was restored by OTO Melara in 2007 and they added a kind of roof on top of it. It wasn't a full restoration, the fittings missing from the rear hull weren't added, but the replica gun was removed and replaced with a correct one. All in all it looks pretty well, definitely better than before. see pictures below:







Massimo



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