Hello everyone, Jersey James here again with a discussion on
the Italian national special rules! Even if you don’t collect Italians yet, you
might find this interesting so when you do come up against them… you’ll know
what to expect!
Of course here ends any chance of me winning any game
through the use of these rules and tactical skill!
Hope you enjoy!
Heroism
....it is perhaps
simplest to ask who is the most courageous in the following situations: the
Italian carristi, who goes into battle in an obsolete M14 tank against superior
enemy armour and anti-tank guns, knowing they can easily penetrate his flimsy
protection at a range where his own small gun will have little effect; the
German panzer soldier or British tanker who goes into battle in a Panzer IV
Special or Sherman respectively against equivalent enemy opposition knowing
that he can at least trade blows with them on equal terms; the British tanker
who goes into battle in a Sherman against inferior Italian armour and anti-tank
guns, knowing confidently that he can destroy them at ranges where they cannot
touch him. It would seem clear that, in terms of their motto Ferrea Mole,
Ferreo Cuore, the Italian carristi really had "iron hearts", even
though as the war went on their "iron hulls" increasingly let them
down.
Walker, I, (2003). Iron Hulls, Iron Hearts; Mussolini's
Elite Armoured Divisions in North Africa. Ramsbury: The Crowood Press (p.199)
