Lancia 1ZM armoured car

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I have remixed the original model to make it printable and add strength where needed. 1/56 scale for bolt action The most numerous Italian armored car to be produced during World War I, the Lancia Ansaldo IZ and IZM saw action in both World Wars as well as during the inter-war period. Ten Lancia IZ were produced in 1916. Characterised by its two-tier machine-gun turrets, the Lancia IZ’s other most recognisable feature were the cutting rails designed to deal with barbed wire and similar obstacles prevalent on the battlefield of the Great War. Seeing the success of the IZ, the Italian army ordered 110 more, but after concerns about stability the top machine-gun turret was removed. The rear fighting compartment was equipped with an extra port for a third machine-gun, and a rack for a liaison bicycle. The resultant IZM became available in 1917. The two versions of the Lancia armoured car were used well guarding against Austrian incursions, playing an important part in the rearguard action covering the retreating Italian forces at Caporetto in 1917. Following the action at Caporetto, it wasn’t uncommon to see Lancias in service with German and Austrian armies as spoils of war. During the twenties and thirties, the majority of IZMs were sent to East Africa and Libya as the Italians looked to protect their eastern colonies. The IZMs saw action during the Ethiopian Campaign in 1935, acting as reconnaissance units. The small Corpo Truppe Volontarie Italia also fought in the Spanish Civil War of 1936-38, supporting the Nationalists, although these all but obsolete armoured cars fell prey to the Russian BA-3 and BA-6 armoured cars. These completely outdated machines were still in service in Libya and other East African colonies when the Second World War broke out. Most fought in Eastern Africa where they met equally vintage British and Australian armoured cars, and were all but wiped out during the course of those actions. Some were deployed with Italian troops in police and antipartisan operations in the Balkans, primarily in Yugoslavia. By November 1943, those that survived were captured and pressed into German service. Some were sent to the army of Hungary. Most were destroyed or captured in 1944 during the Yugoslavian uprising and Allied conquest of Italy.