At their April 1942 meeting Mussolini listens and agrees to a daring proposal of Albert Speer. To increase Italian war production and upgrade of material. Speer will help coordinate Italian war production. German designed weapons will be produced in Italy. Among them PzKw IIIM/N tanks, Stug III assault guns. Daimler-Benz engines for Italian aircraft and even simple things like rifles and machine guns. With German assistance Italian divisions are to be reorganized to increase their fighting strength. For the help Italy will increase their forces on the Russian front to 2 armies.