Why were Italian Tanks so bad? (World War II)

Join us in World of Tanks now for free and use the code ‘TANKMANIA’ to access the Excelsior tank and other cool stuff by clicking the link here: https://tanks.ly/3CgFDGf While the Italian Army tank crews of World War II were undoubtedly brave in combat, they lacked decent, modern day equipment and were hampered by extremely poor leadership. Become a Simple History member: https://www.youtube.com/simplehistory/join Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simplehistory Copyright: DO NOT translate and re-upload our content on Youtube or other social media. SIMPLE HISTORY MERCHANDISE Get the Simple History books on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Daniel-Turner-%60/e/B00H5TYLAE/ T-Shirts https://teespring.com/stores/simple-history-official-merch Simple history gives you the facts, simple! See the book collection here: Amazon USA http://www.amazon.com/Daniel-Turner/e/B00H5TYLAE/ Amazon UK http://www.amazon.co.uk/Daniel-Turner/e/B00H5TYLAE/ https://www.facebook.com/Simple-History-549437675141192/ https://twitter.com/SimpleHistoryYT Credit: Created by Daniel Turner (B.A. (Hons) in History, University College London) Script: Conan White Narrator: Bryan Lazlo Beauregard Animation: Maja Djokic Music Credit: Vortex, Crossing the Chasm, - Scoring Action by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1300037 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Sources: Books Italian Medium Tanks 1939-45 by F. Cappellano & P.P. Battistelli Copyright 2012 Osprey Publishing Ltd. Italian Light Tanks 1919-45 by F Cappellano & P.P. Battistelli Copyright 2012 Osprey Publishing Ltd. The Italian Army in North Africa by Walter S. Zapotoczny Copyright 2018 Iron Arm - The Mechanization of Mussolini’s Army 1920-1940 by John Joseph Timothy Sweet Copyright 1980 The Italian Army 1940-45 : Africa 1940-43 by Philip Jowett Publisher Bloomsbury USA 2001