![]() All but the officers wear the cavalry pouch bandolier, which supports a pistol holster on the right-hand side, and the officers both have a map case. Like any tank crew set, there is minimal kit to see here. Everything about the uniform on these figures is correctly done. The last two poses in our third row, who are clearly officers, both wear a shirt and tie under their coat. This is correct uniform for both Europe and Africa, although as might be imagined, the leather coat was more common in cooler Europe. Some have the distinctive Italian domed helmet with brow band and neck guard, and the rest wear the standard Bustina forage cap. ![]() Many of the men wear the early model (pre-1941) overalls with breast and front thigh pockets, while the others wear the double-breasted three-quarter length leather coat over breeches and cavalry-type leather gaiters held by straps. Italian tank crewmen’s appearance underwent a number of changes in the mid 1930s, settling the look that they would have in 1940, and this is the look we find on these figures. While the most modern tanks were a match for their enemies, the rest were soon used in reconnaissance, escort, patrol and other duties away from the battlefront. ![]() ![]() When Italy entered World War II in 1940, Italian industry was producing better tanks, but in numbers much too low to adequately supply the army with its needs as it faced more modern, European foes both in Europe and Africa. Although on paper the Italian Army in the late 1930s had a substantial armoured element, far too many of those tanks were the small tankette, or old, light models which had poor armament and even poorer protection. ![]()
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