▁losing ▁three ▁Gr ants ▁and ▁two ▁Stu arts ▁from ▁ 6 th ▁Royal ▁T ank ▁Regiment ▁and ▁twelve ▁Gr ants ▁and ▁three ▁Stu arts ▁from ▁ 1 st ▁Royal ▁T ank ▁Regiment . ▁The ▁It ali ans ▁lost ▁two ▁M 1 3 / 4 0 s . ▁ ▁Despite ▁its ▁limitations ▁( nam ely ▁its ▁cr amp ed ▁interior ▁and ▁the ▁ins u fficient ly ▁powerful ▁engine ▁in ▁the ▁M 4 0 ▁and ▁M 4 1 ▁variants ), ▁the ▁Sem ov ente ▁da ▁ 7 5 / 1 8 ▁proved ▁successful ▁both ▁in ▁the ▁direct ▁support ▁role ▁and ▁in ▁anti - t ank ▁fighting ; ▁its ▁main ▁advantages , ▁other ▁than ▁their ▁she er ▁fire power , ▁was ▁in ▁its ▁th icker ▁arm our ▁( relative ▁to ▁the ▁medium ▁t anks ) ▁and ▁lower ▁sil hou ette ▁that ▁made ▁it ▁more ▁difficult ▁to ▁hit . ▁Due ▁to ▁these ▁features , ▁the ▁Sem ov ente ▁da ▁ 7 5 / 1 8 ▁has ▁been ▁regarded ▁as ▁the ▁only ▁Italian ▁arm oured ▁fighting ▁vehicle ▁to ▁be ▁seriously ▁fe ared ▁by ▁Al lied ▁tank ▁cre ws , ▁and ▁despite ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁originally ▁conce ived ▁for ▁a ▁totally ▁different ▁role , ▁the ▁ 7 5 / 1 8 ▁often ▁ended ▁up ▁replacing ▁the ▁standard ▁M 1 3 / 4 0 . ▁However , ▁it ▁was ▁never ▁employed ▁en ▁mas se , ▁and ▁the ▁low ▁number ▁of ▁Sem ov enti ▁on ▁the ▁field ▁( no ▁more ▁than ▁ 3 0 ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁the