Propaganda photo with an Italian sailor making the roman salute over a cruiser bridge. Actually the Armed Forces regulation provided the Roman salute only without cap, and the military salute with cap, except of course Black Shirts and PNF personnel which had only the Roman salute. DVX

Roman salute

Battleship Andrea Doria and... a cruiser with a parabolic antemn on the mast wich looks like the prototype of the new Italian ecolocalizzatore (= Radar) Lince vicino, for close detection. DVX

Battleship Doria and... the new Radar

Good left-side-view of a CA M13/40 in motion in the Western Desert.  This example carries the additional (fourth) roof-mounted Breda 8-mm machine gun intended for anti-aircraft use; a relatively unusual feature, I think.  Supplementary armour, in the form of sandbags, is also present.  Best regards, JR.