The protection offered by the armoring to the four crew men (40mm in the thickest parts) was not very good when compared to other vehicles of the era. This situation was worsened by the lack of resistance to tension of the planks and the assembly of this with bolts. The SPA 125 h/p diesel motor was not powerful enough for the vehicle's weight and the air filters couldn't prevent sand from getting to the motor, which finally harmed it. The bad reputation of the M series was largely due to the Ml3/40. Finally, the model M 14/41 incorporated better filters and a better, more powerful motor. Nicknamed "motrorized coffins" by the Germans, we can say in defense of it, that originally these vehicles were designed to operate on the northern Italian mountain area were the "Regio Esercito" planned to fight as opposed to the radically different north African climate.
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