This is the start of a small to medium sized project. Enough Italians just to take on my Early War Greeks at Hill 731 (9th to the 24th of March 1941. The only real “success” ther Italians received during the offensive was to re-arm the Greeks from their battlefield losses.
Hill 731 was named because of its height in metres. Following the pre-assault Italian bombardment where over 100,000 shells were fired, the hill is now 5 meters shorter (it’s called Hill 726)! Sad but true.
They will also fight my Early War French during “The Battle of the Alps” in 1940. Yep they lost both of them!
This is the first of six Infantry Squads.
The squad of 13 figures to cater for all possible sections. It has 2 NCO’s one with SMG and one with rifle, a LMG, and 10 riflemen. The squad can only have a total of 11 at any one time.
Photo showing equipment carried.
NCO with SMG. The NCO’s are differentiated by the caps rather than helmets.
NCO with rifle
Infantryman with LMG.
Infantryman with LMG.
The ten riflemen
More Italians tomorrow.
Interesting looking squad Dave, look forward to seeing them in paint.
Funny how the Italian helmets look really quite modern compared to say the British or Adrian helmets.