thee_oddball
May-11-2016, 21:39
I never really payed much mind to the Italians during WW2 beyond some of there planes and small arms, but tonight I was reading about the Italian navy which I thought for some reason had only small ships...Well I found I was wrong they had Littorio-class battleships (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Littorio-class_battleship) they were quite the impressive monsters.
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As with a lot of post war items some were scraped other given to countries as reparations but what I found ironic is that the 90mm guns from the battleship long since broken up for scrap Vittorio Veneto (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_battleship_Vittorio_Veneto#Fate) found there way into being used during the Croatian_War_of_Independence (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatian_War_of_Independence)
Twelve 90 mm anti-aircraft guns taken from Vittorio Veneto were reused by the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) as armament of its Žirje Island coastal artillery battery. The battery surrendered without resistance to the Croatian National Guard on 14 September 1991, during the Croatian War of Independence, and played a pivotal role in 16–22 September Battle of Šibenik, helping defend the city of Šibenik against the JNA
Some WW2 weapons have survived long past their shelf life. http://militaryhistorynow.com/2015/01/12/killer-antiques-13-weapons-from-ww2-that-are-still-in-use-today/
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22673
As with a lot of post war items some were scraped other given to countries as reparations but what I found ironic is that the 90mm guns from the battleship long since broken up for scrap Vittorio Veneto (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_battleship_Vittorio_Veneto#Fate) found there way into being used during the Croatian_War_of_Independence (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatian_War_of_Independence)
Twelve 90 mm anti-aircraft guns taken from Vittorio Veneto were reused by the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) as armament of its Žirje Island coastal artillery battery. The battery surrendered without resistance to the Croatian National Guard on 14 September 1991, during the Croatian War of Independence, and played a pivotal role in 16–22 September Battle of Šibenik, helping defend the city of Šibenik against the JNA
Some WW2 weapons have survived long past their shelf life. http://militaryhistorynow.com/2015/01/12/killer-antiques-13-weapons-from-ww2-that-are-still-in-use-today/
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