Please identify the Semoventes for me

I know what these are, but who are they? Is this headgear Italian?

 

Very good picture, Rodina! Thanks!

The first crew on the left - the closest one - seems to be wearing a German cap and the second crew - in the middle - do look like wearing Italian overseas caps.

But I'm not sure at all...

Maybe it was that famous 736th regiment of the 90th light division who used to steal equippment from their German mates, the British and the Italians!

 

The pic came from
http://mailer.fsu.edu/~akirk/tanks/Italy/italy.html

My attention was called to that possible Feldmutz too, but that is not enough for me to identify the unit as German, as I know zeppo about Italian uniforms

Miguel

 

They are likely Italian although it would be difficult to positively say this 100%. Most likely this is part of Ariete Armored Division. The second vehicle is an M13/40 command tank not a Semovente. Note the German style 'jerry cans' on the superstructure sides. This alone does not preclude them being Italian as supplies were shared. The lack of additional protection (sandbagging and spare tracks) would lead me to think that this is fairly early in the campaign rather than later when the British had more US vehicles and tanks with guns larger than 2pdrs.

 

Thanks, T.A.G.

 

italian no doubt...I've just this pic more than a time. IIRC it shows a battery of VI semoventi battalion. Crews wear the M1942 tropical cap, quite a usual stuff between italian soldiers at Alamein, I got many pics about it.
Told this, troops in desert used every equipement thay could recover, italian, german or british...

(a curious story: there was a italian sergeant tall, blonde and speaking a good german...he simply took an italian cap and a german cap. When he met an italian checkpoint, he weared the german cap; when he met an german checkpoint, he weared the italian cap. Nobody ever stopped him and passed without troubles...)

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