Winter Warfare is a modification set during a fictional version of World War 2 were a new Ice Age has begun. The Battle of Britian fails and Operation Sealion is a sucsess, the Soviets are defeated at Stalingrad and Kursk, D-Day fails, Italy never surrendered and Japan invaded Hawaii. This mod tells the story after the main Allied Powers have fallen such as the United States, Britian and the Soviets, instead it focuses on the remaining allies as they fight in brutal winter weather aganist a huge Axis force.
Without complete access to the same facilities as Germany, Italy was unable to better their armoured arsenal. Subsequently, this led to older models being pressed into service to prevent expenditure. The E-75 became the heavy tank of Italy, but was only used in the local area.
The Fiat M16/43 was not a favoured choice by Italian tankers as to what to drive, but there was only so much the government could do, thus it was given the go-ahead. Although experimental in 1943 and produced afterwards in large quantities, it was slow and rarely updated. The low profile of the tank, though, made it difficult to see from a long range, and so was better suited for observation purposes and sniping rather than a direct combat role.