Campaign of Ethiopia, 1936: Italian troops (among them note on the right the marines of S. Marco btl) inspecting a battery of newest PAK 37s guns captured to the Etiopian army. Germany, like other countries, but more secretly, supplied the Ethiopian army with modern weapons. 
Hitler two years before was stopped by Mussolini in his first attempt to annex Austria, and now he was trying to hinder the plans of his rival. DVX

When Adolf and Ben weren't friend

A FIAT 3000 Mod.30 followed by several Mod.21, seen here on maneuvers in Sicily, 1937. An Italian post-WWI vintage light tank armed with twin 6,5mm MGs (mostly Mod.21) or a 37mm cannon (mostly Mod.30). Although completely outdated by 1933, when it started being replaced by newer models, it was still in use with some units during WW2, the last ones in operational service being used against the Americans in July 1943, during the invasion of Sicily.

FIAT 3000

Starting under the control of a power plant mechanic, while the pilot, on the left, waiting, of an Italian fighter Macchi MC.202 “Folgore” (Lightning) on a Libyan airfield, end 1941 or early 1942. Note the tarmac’s rough conditions of typical North African airfield. In background another “Folgore”, a Fiat truck (Fiat 666 or 626) and the tents of the camp. The aircraft is a “Folgore” of Regia Aeronautica’s 71st Squadriglia, 17th Gruppo, 1st Stormo (note the emblem, the “Arciere/Archer” over the fuselage’s whit band). The 17th Gruppo with his brand new MC.202s arrived in Libya on 25 November 1942, at Martuba airfield. Victor Sierra