This little tank destroyer was developed by the Italian Royal Army in line with the hull associated with light L6/40 tank. It was equipped with a 47mm cannon put into a casemate and though it supplied a good ballistic performance, with regards to was first put into solution in 1941 it had been inadequate to strike most of the enemy's tanks. Exactly the same hull was regularly develop a commando variation loaded with a radio to coordinate the action of armoured cars. The 47/32 L40 self-propelled tank, manufactured in around 300 copies, ended up being popular into the last an element of the war in North Africa. Following the armistice consented in September 1943, the cars in Italy that survived the war were seized and used by the German army.