{{Short description|Italian heavy truck}} {{Infobox automobile |name = Alfa Romeo 800<br>Alfa Romeo 800RE |image = Alfa Romeo 800.JPG |manufacturer = [[Alfa Romeo]] |aka = |production = 1940–1947 |assembly = |predecessor = [[Alfa Romeo 50]] |successor = [[Alfa Romeo Romeo]] (after 1954) |class = [[Commercial vehicle]], [[military vehicle]] |body_style = extended cab, sleeper cab |layout = |platform = |engine = 8,725 cc {{Convert|108|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} [[straight-6|6]]-cylinder [[diesel engine|diesel]]<ref name="www.trucksplanet.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.trucksplanet.com/catalog/model.php?id=1077|title=Alfa Romeo » 800RE|access-date=2011-11-05|work=www.trucksplanet.com}}</ref> |transmission = 4-speed manual |wheelbase = |length = {{Convert|6.84|m|in|abbr=on}}<ref name="ww2armor.jexiste.fr">{{cite web|url=http://ww2armor.jexiste.fr/Files/Axis/Axis/1-Vehicles/Italy/10-Trucks/Alfa-Romeo/Alfa-Romeo.htm|title=Alfa-Romeo 800 Specifications|access-date=2011-11-05|work=ww2armor.jexiste.fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401065003/http://ww2armor.jexiste.fr/Files/Axis/Axis/1-Vehicles/Italy/10-Trucks/Alfa-Romeo/Alfa-Romeo.htm|archive-date=2012-04-01|url-status=dead}}</ref> |width = {{Convert|2.35|m|in|abbr=on}} |height = {{Convert|2.85|m|in|abbr=on}} |weight = {{Convert|5500|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} |related = |designer = |sp = uk }} The '''Alfa Romeo 800''' is an Italian heavy truck produced by [[Alfa Romeo]] between 1940 and 1947. It was first produced as a military version 800RE<ref name="trucksplanet">{{cite web|url=http://www.trucksplanet.com/catalog/model.php?id=1078|title=Alfa Romeo 800|access-date=2011-11-05|work=trucksplanet}}</ref> and after the war as a civilian version. The military version was initially used only in the [[Royal Italian Army|Italian Army]] ("Regio Esercito"), mainly in [[North African Campaign|North Africa]], [[Eastern Front (World War II)|Russia]] and [[Italian occupation of France|occupied France]].<ref name="german.o5m6.de">{{cite web|url=http://www.german.o5m6.de/alfa_800.html|title=Lastkraftwagen 6,5 t Alpha (i) Typ 800 R.E.|access-date=2011-11-05|work=german.o5m6.de}}</ref> The 800 was equipped with an 8.7 L diesel engine and could reach a top speed of {{convert|50|km/h}}.<ref name="www.trucksplanet.com"/> There were also [[gas generator]] and [[gasoline]] models produced. A [[Half-track|half track]] prototype version a CSEM 800RE (Centro Studi ed Esperienze della Motorizzazione - the Italian Army's vehicle research and development organization) was also made for Italian army.<ref name="www.trucksplanet.com/catalog">{{cite web|url=http://www.trucksplanet.com/catalog/model.php?id=1079|title=Alfa Romeo 800RE CSEM|access-date=2011-11-05|work=www.trucksplanet.com/catalog}}</ref> Some of 800RE were also converted to German Army as Maultier, this vehicle had also tracks in rear.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JbeYqc5DBFAC&q=Alfa+Romeo++trucks&pg=PA111 |title=German Military Vehicles of World War II: An Illustrated Guide to Cars ... - Jean-Denis G.G. Lepage - Google-kirjat |date= 18 November 2014|isbn=9780786462520 |access-date=2015-08-23|last1=Lepage |first1=Jean-Denis G. G. }}</ref> The 800 was replaced by the model 900. All the series was then replaced by the slightly lighter [[Alfa Romeo Romeo]], that served as the company's only commercial vehicle for decades to come. [[File:Alfa 800re csem 1.jpg|thumb|left|The Alfa Romeo 800RE CSEM (Centro Studi ed Esperienze della Motorizzazione - the Italian Army's vehicle research and development organization)]] {{Infobox automobile |name = Alfa Romeo 900 |image = |manufacturer = [[Alfa Romeo]] |aka = |production = 1947–1954 |assembly = |predecessor = |successor = |class = |body_style = |layout = |platform = |engine = 9,500 cc {{Convert|130|PS|kW|0|abbr=on}} [[straight-6|6]]-cylinder [[diesel engine|diesel]] |transmission = 4-speed manual |wheelbase = |length = |width = |height = |weight = |related = |designer = |sp = uk }}
== Alfa Romeo 900 == The '''Alfa Romeo 900''' is a truck produced by Alfa Romeo from 1947 to 1954. As a line, the model was virtually identical to the Alfa Romeo 800, of which it took its place. The new truck had a 9,500 cc engine with an output of {{convert|130|PS|kW hp|0|abbr=on}}. The loading capacity was increased to 9 tonnes. A three-axis version was also available.<ref name="trucksplanet.com">Trucksplanet: [https://www.trucksplanet.com/catalog/model.php?id=1080 Alfa Romeo 900 (Commercial vehicles) - Trucksplanet], accessdate: 17. July 2018</ref><ref name="trucksplanet2.com">Trucksplanet: [https://www.trucksplanet.com/catalog/model.php?id=1082 Alfa Romeo 900 "Fuoriserie" (Commercial vehicles) - Trucksplanet], accessdate: 17. July 2018</ref> {{Infobox automobile |name = Alfa Romeo 950 |image = |manufacturer = [[Alfa Romeo]] |aka = |production = 1954–1958 |assembly = |predecessor = |successor = |class = |body_style = |layout = |platform = |engine = 9,500 cc {{Convert|130|PS|kW|0|abbr=on}} [[straight-6|6]]-cylinder [[diesel engine|diesel]] |transmission = 4-speed manual |wheelbase = |length = |width = |height = |weight = |related = |designer = |sp = uk }} == Alfa Romeo 950 == By the mid-1950s the Model 900 was updated and became known as the Model 950. The main difference between two models is small windows behind the front doors of the cab. The 950 was produced until 1958, when it was replaced by the entirely-new [[Alfa Romeo Mille (truck)|Mille]].<ref name="trucksplanet3">Trucksplanet: [https://www.trucksplanet.com/catalog/model.php?id=1081 Alfa Romeo 950 (Commercial vehicles) - Trucksplanet], accessdate: 4. October 2018</ref>
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