the first “tank” built by the “Serenissimi” (the indipendentist group that landed in S.Marco Square in 1997) is called “Tanko”, and it’s equipped with some sort of hydrant/flamethrower; its number plate is “VT-MB-07″ and stands for “Veneto Tanko Marcantonio Bragadin, Settimo Progetto” (Veneto is the region, Marcantonio Bragadin was a hero of the Republic of Venice of the XVIII century, Settimo Progetto: Seventh Project).

The new “tank”, according to the copies of the tappings that the Italian Police made, is a 25t caterpillar, a FIAT Allis FL 20, and its armor plates are 25mm thick; those documents are a bit incomplete, but some words (they say that there are 7 cm of space between the 25 mm of armor and something unspecified) make me think that there’s more of it, so it must be some sort of spaced armor. By the way, the12mm cannon was actually a single shot hand reloaded steel tube: you can see it here http://mattinopadova.gelocal.it/polopoly_fs/1.8975324!/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_660/image.jpg

Please no Murikkkan “MUH FREEDUM HURR” buzzwording here.

The South is buggered due to the baggage of wrong turns in socioeconomic developement centuries ago, not geography.