Another pic from different side. People look the wreck of the combat. For people who know Rome, the building on the left is the Bank of Italy, in backgrounds is visible the Vittoriano. We are in via Nazionale, in the full center of Rome. I discovered this event only by these pics. There very few source about this little bellic event. If anyone can help with information, for example saying which US unit and/or RSI one sew this combat, is welcome. DVX

Sherman vs Camionetta sahariana 2

RSI troops resisted fiercily in the Rome defence, fighting in the Anzio and Nettuno fronts, along Canale Mussolini, at Castel di Decima. Later, the Germans left Rome during the june 1-2 1944 and only Italian troops remained in rearguard, fronting some short but hard clashes in the Capital outskirts. But a casual fight too erupted in the full center of the city, between the last RSI troops rethreating, and the first American troops entering, june 4 1944. We're in via Nazionale, in the full center of Rome, and this is the result of the Sherman 75mm gun vs the Camionetta Sahariana 20mm. I'm curious to know the RSI unit: paratroopers, X Mas, or PAI could had been the camionetta owners. DVX

Sherman vs Camionetta sahariana

Mediterranean Sea, September 17, 1940: an SM.79 of Regia Aeronautica preparing to attack the British light cruiser HMS Liverpool subsequent an attack on the heavy cruiser HMS Kent. In the night September 17/18, 1940, while returning to Alexandria from bombardment of Bardia,  HMS Kent was hit by a torpedo launched by an SM.79 of the 279th Squadriglia Autonoma Aerosiluranti led by Carlo Emanuele Buscaglia. The ship was towed with great difficulty by the destroyers to Alexandria. In Kent was given temporary repairs at Alexandria from 19 September to 18 October 1940 to allow her to return to the United Kingdom. In turn the Liverpool was torpedoed twice by SM.79. Victor Sierra.
