But some Italian cruiser classes were rather deficient in armour and all Italian warships lacked radar although its lack was partly offset by Italian warships being equipped with good rangefinder and fire-control systems for daylight combat .
But some Italian cruiser classes were rather deficient in armour . All Italian warships lacked radar for most of the war , although the lack of radar was partly offset by the fact that Italian warships had good `` rangefinder '' and `` fire-control '' systems .