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Sardus Fontana (Sardus Libero Francesco Antonio Angelo Fontana, 22 February 1889 – 2 August 1948) was an Italian Lieutenant colonel of the Sassari Mechanized Brigade. Having participated in World War I, in 1934 He wrote a monograph named Battesimo di Fuoco (in english: Baptism of Fire) and invented a prototype of tracer ammunition (1917).

Early career
Of noble origins, Sardus Fontana was born in Iglesias to Knight Pietro Fontana and his wife Veronica Matilde Bernardini in a very large family formed by two brothers, Iosto and Amsicora, and three sisters, Clelia, Ines and Adelasia. The military career of Sardus began towards 1911 when he was refused by Sassari Mechanized Brigade (because it was still under construction), and entrusted to the Ancona Brigade (70° Regiment) as Corporal. Subsequently He became Sergeant in the Parma Brigate (150° Regiment) where he became Second lieutenant to be sent, in 15 March 1914, to the Basilicata Brigate (91° Regiment) where He gave a solemn oath to the King and the Homeland in Turin on 29 March.