📌 Fiat 15 ter 1.5 ton Light Truck, IWM Duxford.
The Fiat 15 is a Light Military Truck produced by Fiat Veicoli Industriali and used by the Royal Army in the Italian-Turkish War and during World War One, it was produced under license by the Russian ZIL as F-15. In 1909 the Royal Army requested a Light Multirole Truck to transport Personnel and materials. This is how Carlo Cavalli of Fiat Veicoli Industriali designed the Fiat 15, which entered service in 1911 and was heavily used in the Italo-Turkish War. In 1911 the Fiat 15 bis version went into production, also called Libya because it was intended for use in this colony, replaced in the same role, in 1913 by the Fiat 15 ter. This version was produced under license with 6,285 units by the Russian AMO / ZIL, who named it F-15. During World War One, its production for the Armed Forces was joined by that of the Fiat 18.
The chassis of the civilian truck was used, among the innumerable customized fittings of the many body shops, also for the preparation of buses and fire engines for the civic firefighters.
The chassis is on 4-spoke wheels, the front steering wheels and the rear driving and twin wheels. The front engine on the Fiat 15 is a 3053 cm³ four-cylinder petrol Fiat Brevetti 15/20, innovative due to the presence of a fuel pump instead of gravity feed. The Fiat 15 bis maintains the same engine, while the Fiat 15 ter is fitted with a more powerful 4398 cm³ Fiat 53A petrol engine, with speeds up to 25mph, and steel disc wheels.
The Fiat 15 was the absolute protagonist of the first motorization of the Italian Armed Forces and the Royal Army acquired all versions of the truck in many configurations, including Aambulance, Garage, Autofotoelectric and Fire Engine. Alongside its use as in logistic means, Italy was the first country to use the motor vehicle directly in Combat. In fact, the Fiat 15 bis was used as the basis for the construction of the Armoured Car Fiat Arsenale, used in the Italo-Turkish war together with the Bianchi. After the Great War, on the chassis of the Fiat 15 ter it was produced by the Terni steelworks the bus Fiat-Terni Tripoli, which found employment in Tripolitania during the reconquest of Libya in the Armoured Car Squadrons of the Hunters of Africa, during this Campaign the Squadrons were also motorized with numerous Fiat 15 ter Trucks (defined at the time as ''Tanks'') handcrafted protected with armoured metal plates and armed with three Schwarzlose Machine Guns with 15,000 shots, conducted by a crew of 4 men.
▪︎Type: Light Truck
▪︎Place of Origin: Italy
▪︎Designer: Carlo Cavalli
▪︎Manufacturer: Fiat Industrial Vehicles
▪︎Introduced: 1909
▪︎In Service: 1911 to 1940
▪︎Main user: Italy / Soviet Union
▪︎Variants: Fiat 15 bis / Fiat 15 ter
▪︎Weight: 3.95 ton / Length: 14ft 10in / Width: 5ft 8in / Height: 8ft 8in
▪︎Powerplant: Fiat 53A petrol engine, 4-cylinder in line, 4398 cm³, 40hp at 1400rpm
▪︎Drive: 4x2
▪︎Maximum Speed: 25mph.
Taken from Wikipedia it.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_15
📌 Fiat 15 ter 1.5 ton Light Truck, IWM Duxford.
The Fiat 15 is a Light Military Truck produced by Fiat Veicoli Industriali and used by the Royal Army in the Italian-Turkish War and during World War One, it was produced under license by the Russian ZIL as F-15. In 1909 the Royal Army requested a Light Multirole Truck to transport Personnel and materials. This is how Carlo Cavalli of Fiat Veicoli Industriali designed the Fiat 15, which entered service in 1911 and was heavily used in the Italo-Turkish War. In 1911 the Fiat 15 bis version went into production, also called Libya because it was intended for use in this colony, replaced in the same role, in 1913 by the Fiat 15 ter. This version was produced under license with 6,285 units by the Russian AMO / ZIL, who named it F-15. During World War One, its production for the Armed Forces was joined by that of the Fiat 18.
The chassis of the civilian truck was used, among the innumerable customized fittings of the many body shops, also for the preparation of buses and fire engines for the civic firefighters.
The chassis is on 4-spoke wheels, the front steering wheels and the rear driving and twin wheels. The front engine on the Fiat 15 is a 3053 cm³ four-cylinder petrol Fiat Brevetti 15/20, innovative due to the presence of a fuel pump instead of gravity feed. The Fiat 15 bis maintains the same engine, while the Fiat 15 ter is fitted with a more powerful 4398 cm³ Fiat 53A petrol engine, with speeds up to 25mph, and steel disc wheels.
The Fiat 15 was the absolute protagonist of the first motorization of the Italian Armed Forces and the Royal Army acquired all versions of the truck in many configurations, including Aambulance, Garage, Autofotoelectric and Fire Engine. Alongside its use as in logistic means, Italy was the first country to use the motor vehicle directly in Combat. In fact, the Fiat 15 bis was used as the basis for the construction of the Armoured Car Fiat Arsenale, used in the Italo-Turkish war together with the Bianchi. After the Great War, on the chassis of the Fiat 15 ter it was produced by the Terni steelworks the bus Fiat-Terni Tripoli, which found employment in Tripolitania during the reconquest of Libya in the Armoured Car Squadrons of the Hunters of Africa, during this Campaign the Squadrons were also motorized with numerous Fiat 15 ter Trucks (defined at the time as ''Tanks'') handcrafted protected with armoured metal plates and armed with three Schwarzlose Machine Guns with 15,000 shots, conducted by a crew of 4 men.
▪︎Type: Light Truck
▪︎Place of Origin: Italy
▪︎Designer: Carlo Cavalli
▪︎Manufacturer: Fiat Industrial Vehicles
▪︎Introduced: 1909
▪︎In Service: 1911 to 1940
▪︎Main user: Italy / Soviet Union
▪︎Variants: Fiat 15 bis / Fiat 15 ter
▪︎Weight: 3.95 ton / Length: 14ft 10in / Width: 5ft 8in / Height: 8ft 8in
▪︎Powerplant: Fiat 53A petrol engine, 4-cylinder in line, 4398 cm³, 40hp at 1400rpm
▪︎Drive: 4x2
▪︎Maximum Speed: 25mph.
Taken from Wikipedia it.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_15