Fiat 2000 Heavy Tank - Prototype No.1

The Italian Army Part 1 - part of a much longer official newsreel of the Italian efforts in WW1 this part deals with their own indigenous heavy tank design, the Fiat 2000. The vehicle shown is prototype number 1 which mounts a mockup wooden body and fake turret on the tank chassis. This was later changed to the more commonly seen domed turret version which was vehicle number 2. Work has begun in Italy as of 2017 on the reproduction of a replica of the Fiat 2000 details of their progress can be followed on Facebook at Original video is IWM no. 460