Bolt Action - Italian Army & Blackshirts Great Britain Synonymous with the ferocious battles

Synonymous with the ferocious battles in North Africa where it was to meet its match against the infamous 88s of the Afrika Korps

Armed with whatever they could lay their hands on

Nation: Great Britain & Commonwealth

This is also true on the Bolt Action tabletop

which improved stopping power

Bolt Action - Italian Army & Blackshirts Great Britain Synonymous with the ferocious battlesMussolini famously boasted that the Italian army had eight million bayonets standing at the ready. In actuality, the standing Italian army was far smaller than that, with huge numbers of troops conscripted into a war they neither believed in nor understood. The fighting ability of units of the Italian army varied greatly, with much of the rank and file lacking proper equipment, transport and even motivation. Still, there were several key battles in