Picture of the Day – 19.2.2017

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CV-3-33 captured by Ethiopia 1935-1936

This is an Italian CV-33 tankette, captured by the Ethiopians during the Second Italo-Abyssinian War (1935-1936). The picture is apparently from 1935. Dreaming of a colonial empire like the other European powers had, fascist Italy invaded Ethiopia and annexed after a bloody struggle that left tens of thousands of dead and up to two hundred thousand wounded (sources vary). Italian technological superiority was making a huge difference but the (usually poorly armed) defenders were able to mount stiff resistance and even defeat the Italians on occasion.

For more info, read Listy’s article on the same topic.

4 thoughts on “Picture of the Day – 19.2.2017”

  1. Very nice, I love the fact that you still post! This blog was the only thing I was checking every 10 minutes for news while I was a noob in WoT. I have to point one thing though: I would like you to include CIA’s lost tank, Abrams armor, Renault R35 Variants in German Service – Part 2, Modern German Tank Destroyer Line?, Renault R35 Variants in German Service – Part 1, Israel in World of Tanks?, Twilight of the Gods, Renault R35 Development – Part 2, Restored Batchat 25T, Char de 65T, StuG III and IV in Czechoslovak/Syrian Service and “I’ll be back, comrades!”! I would really like to be able to access all those articles faster from the History tab. Also, these picture of the day articles could get in the History tab too, because they contain a bit of history, and have at least 1 picture (obviously)! There is also a wrong link in the History tab, the one for the worst tanks ever made… It would be nice to correct that! Also, you could copy-paste the remaining Swedish Tanks: Part XX articles to complete the “story”. I like to read a lot from the History tab as you can guess, and I would like to see it completed even if it’s the last thing I see!

    Thank you!