Служили два Фиата...

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[bukvoed]

Фиат - это не всегда автомобиль. :)

[lj_frank_bot]

Жаль, что так вышло

[borianm]

А я вроде видел где-то....

[bukvoed]

Вот теперь и я увидел.

[yevgenit]

Фотография действительно 1948?
Кладка стен в стиле 70-ых.

[bukvoed]

Точно не скажу, но судя по вооружению это явно не 70-е.

[bojan79]

In 1948. (July or August) Yugoslavia sent to Israel:
- "more than 10000 rifles in the non-standard calibers (6.5 and 7.7mm - Carcanos and Lee-Enfields)
- "about 500 9mm SMGs" - no idea which ones
- "about 500 light machinegun in 7.5 and 7.7mm caliber" - MAC 24/29 and Bren
- "40 Schwarzlose machineguns and 150 tripods for it, also a spare parts for repairing damaged ones"
- "30 machineguns of the different types and non-standard caliber - 6.5mm, 7.5mm, 8mm" - this is one of the probable source of Fiats.
- "large amount of 6.5mm, 7.5 and 7.7mm ammo"
- Large amount of Italian hand grenades

This is just from a single document.

PS. It is also known that 10 Hotchkiss H-35 tanks were also sent, but it is not clear when.

[bukvoed]

Thanks !
10 Hotchkiss arrived to Israel in June 1948, but AFAIK they were bought from France.

[bojan79]

B. Dimitrijević, "Od Staljina do Atlantskog pakta" ("From Stalin to a NATO"), page 102-104. is a source for a Hotchkiss claim and is based on his work in Yugoslav archives.
All shipments were labeled as a "scrap steel/iron".

[bukvoed]

Thanks again. I'll try to recheck...

david_2, oleggranovsky - can you help ? What is known about the source of these Hotchkiss tanks ?