In 1938, further development of the L3
design designated into the L3/38. The L3/38 had torsion bar suspension and two
versions of a single mounted 13.2 mm machine gun. Brazil bought 24 L3/38s in
1937. The L3/38s arrived in Brazil in 1938. The L3/38 exported version to
Brazil was "CV33/II". The "II" represents the second
version of the original L3/33 version. The L3/35 version exported to Brazil
would be "CV33/I" (the CV33 or L3/33 and the CV33/I or L3/35 export
versions to Brazil had no torsion bar suspension). The CV33/II Brazilian export
had a single 13.2 mm Madsen machine gun.
Furthermore, Italy retrofitted 12 known
L3/35s to meet the specifications of the L3/38. The converted L3/35s to the
L3/38's torsion bar suspension saw limited service in September 1943 until June
1944. These L3/38s versions of the L3/35s had a single mounted 13.2 mm Breda
M31 machine gun.
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