 The Semovente da 47/32 was the most heavily armed Italian armoured fighting vehicle used on the Eastern Front.While the 47 mm gun was adequate for 1941, by the time the Semovente reached the field it was already outdated and ineffective against enemy medium tanks, and therefore the vehicle was not particularly successful.After the Italian armistice in September 1943, the German Army took all Semovente 47/32s they could get hold of for their own use.