Cannone 47/32 "Elefantino"

The 47/32 cannon is a scale reproduction, mountable and made up of original Lego pieces, of the anti-tank cannon produced in the 1930s for the Italian Royal Army. The 47/32 is a limited edition and is part of a collection dedicated to the Bersaglieri, together with the Benelli 500 M36 motorcycle and the Bersagliere minifigure.

The sales package includes:

- A bag containing the 47/32 cannon assembling pieces (42 pcs.).

- A certificate attesting the authenticity of the 47/32 cannon, as an Italianminifig product, and that it belongs to a limited edition.

- Assembly instructions.

More commonly called "Elefantino" (little elephant), the 47/32 was the most widely used anti-tank piece in Italian infantry regiments during the Second World War.

This cannon was designed to guarantee a higher firepower to the infantry: in the field it was used as an accompanying weapon, also useful for putting armored vehicles out of action. Starting from 1941, in fact, the high commands of the Italian Royal Army decided to form independent anti-tank battalions - such as the Alpine divisions, the paratroopers divisions and the motorized ones of the Bersaglieri - which had the specific objective of contrasting the enemy's armored vehicles.

The use of the “Elefantino” in the post-war period was short-lived in Italy, in the newborn Italian Army. Abroad it was employed, in 1948, in the Arab-Israeli conflict.

(This product is not a toy: it's not suitable for children under the age of 14, due to the small parts that constitute it. It's a collector's item of historical interest. Each Italianminifig item does not intend to celebrate any authoritarian regime, not intends to foment hatred or a repressive spirit towards freedom and human rights).