Semovente 75/18

Description
The Semovente 75/18 was originally designed as an armored self-propelled artillery gun, but it quickly filled the much-needed role of tank destroyer during the North African campaign. The Semovente features a 75mm gun that fires HEAT shells effective against both infantry and armor. The armored chassis features excellent frontal armor with a moderate slope effective at deflect enemy shells, although the slope is not as pronounced as the similar German StuG III. In addition, the Semovente has a low profile that makes it more difficult to hit at long range, and allows the crew to conceal the vehicle behind small hills and structures. Unlike most Italian vehicles, the 75/18 is not particularly mobile.

The main weaknesses of the Semovente are its fixed frontal gun with a limited traversal, and its terrible line of sight. The latter trait means that the 75/18 should never be used without support.

75mm Tank Gun
The Semovente is equipped with a 75mm gun that has moderate range and rate of fire, with good penetration and damage versus most targets. It is able to pierce the frontal armor of most Allied tanks at medium range, but some shells may fail to penetrate at maximum range.

Breda M37 MG
Unlike most armored vehicles, the Semovente 75/18 does not feature any hull-mounted machine guns. The vehicle is equipped with a turret-mounted machine gun that can be used by the commander; however, the commander is exposed when doing so and can be killed. The Breda M37 on the Semovente 75/18 is less powerful than the infantry version, but can be elevated to fire at low-flying aircraft.