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Vehicle I-D: C1 Ariete Italiana

U.S. Army photo by Sergeant Amanda Fry.

Italian C1 Ariete playing the bad guy OpFor (Opposition Forces) during Dragoon Ready ’21, Hohenfels Training Area, 20APR2021.

U.S. Army photo by Sergeant Julian Padua.

These photos show Italian C1 Arietes during the U.S. Army’s (USA) Combined Resolve XV wargame, in Hohenfels, Germany, which took place from February through March 2021.

USA photo by Sergeant Julian Padua.

Ariete means Aires in Italian, and Aires is Latin for ram.

USA photo by Sergeant Julian Padua.

USA photo by Sergeant Julian Padua.

USA photo by Sergeant Julian Padua.

USA photo by Specialist Savannah Miller.

USA photo by Specialist Uriel Ramirez.

USA photo by Specialist Uriel Ramirez.

U.S. Army video report  by Sergeant Joseph McDonald, Combined Resolve XV:

USA photo by Joyce Costello.

USA photo by Specialist Enrique Moya.

USA photo by Specialist Enrique Moya.

2020 Esercito Italiano video report celebrating 93 years of Italian tanks:

Esercito photo.

Ariete with boresight device installed, sometime in 2020.

Esercito photo.

In August 2019, the Esercito (Italian Army) signed a contract to create Ariete upgrade prototypes to explore new motors, transmissions, fire control (ballistics) computers, sights, etc.  It’s hoped a new upgraded Ariete would be ready in 2021.

2019 Esercito Italiano music video promoting the C1 Ariete:

2017 Esercito Italiano video promoting their armored cavalry school:

USA photo by Specialist Nathanael Mercado.

USA photo by Specialist Nathanael Mercado.

These photos are from the Strong Europe Tank Challenge (SETC), on  Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, May 2016.

USA photo by Specialist Nathanael Mercado.

USA photo by Specialist Nathanael Mercado.

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