Bolt Action - Italian Alpini Forward Observer Team Box it was usually treated more

it was usually treated more like supporting artillery than its lighter cousins

Their loyalty to their comrades and the Corps stood them in good stead as they faced a fanatical foe where no quarter was given no received

but a skilled marksman could make any scoped rifle deadly enough

The Type 1 47mm AT gun was developed following the Japanese encounter with Russian armour and was the first indigenously developed dedicated anti-tank gun

Bolt Action - Italian Alpini Forward Observer Team Box it was usually treated moreMake good use of the high ground to range in your indirect fire with these Alpini Forward Observers! Fighting in mountainous terrain frequently meant that indirect firing artillery and mortars were the only way to engage dug in enemy troops. This required spotters and observers, who would need to be equally skilled mountaineers as soldiers luckily, the Italian Alpini mountain troops were both! Indirect fire and spotters are absolutely vital components