SPA Dovunque 35 protetto

Since 1938, within the Royal Italian Army, there was emerging a requirement for a transport vehicle for the troops and for the Bersaglieri infantry regiments of the armored divisions.

The Viberti introduced since in 1941 a prototype based on the SPA Dovunque 35 truck, however, technical doubts (the excessive weight of the armor on the chassis) and doctrinal questions on the use of such vehicle not turned the project into a contract.

With the pressure of events in April 1945, the samples still being built at Viberti workshops, both covered top version and uncovered, were requisitioned by the various factions.

Two vehicles were captured by the Italian partisans, one was destroyed by a Panzerfaust from a legionary of the 29th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (italienische Nr.

The final draft was expected to Armored cover both the cabin and the transportation compartment, with three large doors available to the crew, but on the pictures received such coverage never appears.