SPA Dovunque 35

The SPA 33 is an Italian light off-road truck vehicle produced in Italy and employed by the Royal Italian Army and the Royal Italian Air Force during World War II and by the [^Italian Army]] in the postwar period.

History
In 1935, Fiat changed itsFiat Dovunque(Wherever) 33 remedying the problems that emerged during the Ethiopian War. In September, the prototype of the new Everywhere is presented at the Centro Studi della Motorizzazione of the Royal Italian Army. The vehicle is welcomed and in 1936 Fiat gave to one of its subsidiaries, the SPA, the SPA of production Dovunque 35. A version with enclosed cab was also acquired by the Royal Italian Air Force.

He received the baptism of fire in the Spanish Civil War. At the outbreak of World War II, it was massively used, mainly assigned to units operating in Italian North Africa, the theater for which it was designed, and on the Russian front. It was used mainly for towing light artillery, but was built in numerous other special versions.

After the Armistice of Cassibile, the production of the vehicle also continued under the control of the Germans with 307 units, for the Wehrmacht. The production will continue until 1948 with the Italian Army, which will keep him in line until 1950.

In 1941, the SPA had further developed the project, realizing the SPA Dovunque 41, produced both in heavy off-road truck version and heavy artillery tractor version.

Technique
The chassis and bodywork remain substantially those of Fiat Dovunque 33. The improvements chiefly concerned the motorization, with the replacement of the original 122B 46 hp engine with the most powerful Fiat SPA-18T gasoline 4-cylinder 4053 cc,disbursing 55 hp at 2000 rpm, which led the speed on the road to 60 km / h. The suspensions are strengthened. The brakes are one hydraulic pedal, acting on six wheels, and one manual agent to the transmission. The empty weight increases to 4530 kg and the payload to 2500 kg. The wooden banks in the trailer are closed, unlike the Dovunque 33 where they were at spaced axes.

Versions

 * Basic version: trailers with 2500 kg capacity or 25 equipped soldiers.
 * Regia Aeronautica version: rigid closed cabin.
 * Autocannon version: obtained with the installation (often in the field) of a heavy machine gun Breda 20/65 Mod. 1935, for the anti-aircraft protection of convoys.
 * Mobile Watchtower version Mod. 41.
 * Dovunque-Viberti Center Radio version: cab version from Viberti, equipped with radio Magneti Marelli RF2 CA and R6, which operates in long, medium and short-wave, with a radius of respectively 500, 1000 and 5000 km.
 * Mobile Photo Lab version.
 * SPA Dovunque 35 protected: designed in 1941 and produced in 1944.