The M13/40 was used in the Greek campaign in 1940 and 1941 and in the North African Campaign. The M13/40 was not used on the Eastern Front; Italian forces there were equipped only with &lt;a href="Fiat%20L6/40"&gt;L6/40&lt;/a&gt;s and &lt;a href="Semovente%2047/32"&gt;Semovente 47/32&lt;/a&gt;s. Beginning in 1942, the Italian Army recognized the firepower weakness of the M13/40 series and employed the &lt;a href="Semovente%2075/18"&gt;Semovente 75/18&lt;/a&gt; self-propelled gun alongside the tanks in their armoured units.