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Was watching Lion of the Desert last night about resistance to the Italian colonization of Libya. Don't know how historically accurate it is, but they showed armored cars and light tanks of the generation after this being used against resistance fighters on horseback. I was so used to thinking of those vehicles as being useless (compared to those of the Afrika Korps in WW2) that it was jarring to see them used effectively. see, e.g. here: https://youtu.be/4sRz964lfcU?t=4778
Definitely historically accurate that the Italians in the immediate aftermath of WW1 used armored cars and tanks to great effect in Libya. The big reason why armored cars in WW1 were not as useful as they might have otherwise been is largely due to the terrain - between no-man's land being full of obstacles, craters, and mud, and maneuvering over the trenches themselves, armored cars couldn't use their mobility to full effect. They saw some use in the Middle East and Eastern Front, though, where trench warfare was less intensive.
One of the more ridiculous Italian tanks of the period here
Wat, that tank is awesome. It makes total sense: you want a pillbox, you want it to move, so...