Why did Italy perform so poorly during World War II?

This is a good question. All imperialism is a paper tiger.

Actually, I wondered about this question N years ago, but later I learned a little bit about it, and that is quality. The quality of Italian equipment is extremely poor. Their ally the Germans will never use Italian equipment. (There is a joke in the German army: Italian products have 3 cylinders. This means that in order to save money, the Italians only have 3 cylinders in truck engines, which is not enough power. German products all have 4 cylinders. 6, 8-cylinder engine) and Italy's industrial level is not high. They did not develop a heavy tank until they surrendered. They have a heavy tank in the field, but its performance is not as good as the German Type 3 tank, so it is not needed. Bought a German tank. Italy is a big country of luxury goods, so it can be understood that the living standards of its people are still acceptable. The environment on the battlefield is similar to a garbage dump. Can Italian young men have fighting ability?

Italy’s greatest contribution was to drag Germany into the Balkans, where more than 70 German divisions were consumed and unable to get out.

One thing I don’t understand is that there are a lot of countries in the Balkans that did not exist before World War II. Countries such as Montenegro, Serbia, etc. were all created after the Italian invasion, just like Manchukuo was created by the Japanese. The only difference is that we paid for these unequal treaties. Now Europeans support Italy The treaties in World War II made these countries independent. The reason is that Italy had these documents during the occupation in World War II. Don't you agree? I bombed you until you agreed and then bombed our embassy.