29ththerealpimps
Private 1st Class
3rd Armored Division 32nd Armored Regiment 83rd Recon Battalion
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Post by 29ththerealpimps on Aug 27, 2006 22:07:59 GMT -5
i was wondering how this sounded for a start
A bersaglieri helmet
A saharianna uniform
1 pair carcano ammo pouches
1 belt
boots and a pair of puttees
EDIT: I am not getting the bersaglieri helmet or the saharianna uniform Instead i am getting SE wool pantaloons an Italian grey cotton undershirt with pockets a m1937 tunic and a adrian helmet Instead of berseglieri i am doing 206th coastal division
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Post by 2ndranger on Aug 28, 2006 17:34:21 GMT -5
why dont you post a picture?
Schutze
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Post by spitfire740 on Aug 28, 2006 18:03:05 GMT -5
He custom ordered everything, so his items havent fully arrived yet. I think that is a fantastic jump on your impression. You are also forgetting that canteen! See...you have more than you thought you had! J/K, but I think you will really enjoy reenacting Italian. And when you get more into it, you start to learn about the history and realise that they weren't the cowards they were made out to be.
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silencer
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Spartan by blood
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Post by silencer on Aug 28, 2006 20:23:17 GMT -5
Sounds like an amazing start. GOod job! Actually, they really aren't. We may have technically beat them for the greco-italian war or whatever they call it. But once under german comand italians actually kicked some serrious @$$. Dont underestimate an italian. (or a greek  ) |
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Nimlas
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Post by Nimlas on Aug 28, 2006 20:40:05 GMT -5
They were pretty much a push-over at Sicily.
But that's not to there discredit, as they had been fighting hard up until that.
I've heard some even put on thei dress uniforms to surrender, and didn't even need to be gaurded they were so happy to be done with the war. Even if it meant they had to sit in a POW camp.
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Post by spitfire740 on Aug 28, 2006 23:21:05 GMT -5
You guys are right, for the most part, but you have to realise the huge disadvantages the italians had. Entering greece with only 2- months of training, invading a mountainous land with no air support (Regia Aeronautica sucked!) "Never in my life have I encountered anything like the Folgore paratroopers." - British CO at El Alamein "The Italian Alpini were the only axis force that the russians never fully defeated." <- before I get flamed for that statement, I mean they covered their retreat and broke through the Russian encirclement and escaped imprisonment. I don't mean to get into a discussion here about the Italians in the war, but I had to stick up for my great grandpa  |
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