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Armies of
ITALY AXISWritten by:
Steven MacLauchlan, Judson MacCaull,
Vesa Nenye, Anton von Wirtzenau
and Peter Munter
Edited by: Alessio Cavatore and Rick Priestley
Cover artwork: Peter Dennis
Interior artwork: Giuseppe Rava, Richard Chasemore, Stephen Andrew, Steve Noon, Raffaele Ruggeri, Darko Pavlovic, Henry Morshead,
Mark Postlethwaite and Mike Chappell
Photography: Gabrio Tolentino and Mark Owen
Miniatures painted by: Jose Bustamante, Alan Mander, Gary Martin, Bruce Murray and Mark Owen,
Special thanks to Dave Bodley at Grand Manner for the donation of his terrain pieces.
Thanks to: Paul Sawyer, Fabio Spiezia, Steve Morgan and Steve Yates
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CONTENTSWhat Is This Book? 5
Italy 7
Army List 10REINFORCED PLATOON 10ARMY SPECIAL RULES 11
‘Avanti Savoia!’ 11Defensive strategy 11
TYPES OF UNIT 11INFANTRY 13HEADQUARTERS UNITS 13
Officer 13Medic 13Forward Observer 13
INFANTRY SECTIONS AND TEAMS 14Regular Infantry Section 14Inexperienced Infantry Section 14Camicie Nere (Blackshirts) Militia Infantry Section 15Bersaglieri Infantry Section 15Alpini Infantry Section 15Paracadutisti (Paratroopers) Infantry Section 17San Marco (Marines) Infantry Section 18Cavalry Section 18Colonial Troops Infantry Section 18Machine Gun Team 19Sniper Team 19Solothurn 20mm Anti-Tank Rifle 19Flamethrower Team 19Light Mortar Team 20Medium Mortar Team 20
ARTILLERY 21FIELD ARTILLERY 21
Light Artillery 21Medium Artillery 21Heavy Artillery 21
ANTI-TANK GUNS 2247/32 Elefantino 2275/39 Anti-tank Gun 22
ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS 22Breda 20mm 2275/46 Dual-Purpose AA Gun 2290/53 Dual-Purpose AA Gun 22
VEHICLES 23TANKS 23
FIAT 3000 (L5 series) 23L3/33 and L3/35 Tankette 23M11/39 medium tank 24M13/40 and M14/41 medium tank 24M15/42 medium tank 24Captured Renault R35 24
SELF-PROPELLED GUNS 25100/17 on Lancia 3Ro 25Semovente 47/32 25Semovente 75/18 25Semovente 105/25 26Semovente 90/53 26
ANTI-AIRCRAFT VEHICLES 26AA Trucks 26
ARMOURED CARS AND RECCE VEHICLES 26Autoblinda 41 (AB41) 26Sahariana 27Autoblinda Lince 27L6/40 27
TRANSPORTS AND TOWS 28FIAT 508 CM 28Trucks 28Autoprotetto S37 28Wheeled Artillery Tractors 28Breda 61 Artillery Tractor 28
Theatre Selectors 291940–41: THE INVASION OF GREECE 30
Invasion of Greece Reinforced Platoon 301940–43: THE WAR IN AFRICA 31
War in Africa Reinforced Platoon 311941–43: THE EASTERN FRONT 33
Eastern Front Reinforced Platoon 331943: THE DEFENCE OF SICILY 35
The Defense of Sicily Reinforced Platoon 35
Finland 36
Army List 39REINFORCED PLATOON 39ARMY SPECIAL RULES 40
Sisu 40Trained Huntsmen 40Motti 40
TYPES OF UNIT 40INFANTRY 42HEADQUARTERS UNITS 42
Officer 42Medic 42Forward Observer 42
INFANTRY SQUADS AND TEAMS 42Winter War Rifle Squad 42Continuation War Rifle Squad 43Jääkäri Light Infantry Squad 43Sissi Recon Squads 44Kaukopartio Long Distance Recon Squads 44Medium Machine Gun Team 45Anti-Tank Rifle Team 45Panzerschreck Team 46Flamethrower Team 46Sniper Team 48Light Mortar Team 48Medium Mortar Team 48Heavy Mortar Team 48
ARTILLERY 49FIELD ARTILLERY 49
Light Artillery 49Medium Artillery 49Heavy Artillery 49
ANTI-TANK GUNS 50Light Anti-Tank Guns 50Medium Anti-Tank Guns 5075 Pstk/40 Anti-Tank Gun 50
ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS 5020 ITK/30 and 38 Anti-Aircraft Gun 50
40 ITK/38 Anti-Aircraft Gun 50VEHICLES 51TANKS 51
Tankettes (Vickers 6-ton or T26B and E) 51BT-5 and BT-7 Christie Light Tank 52T-28 Postijuna Medium Tank 52T-34 Sotka Medium Tank 52T-34/85 Pitkäputkinen Sotka Medium Tank 52KV-1 Klimi Heavy Tank 53
ASSAULT GUNS 53StuG III Sturmi 53BT-42 53
ARMOURED CARS 53BA-10 53BA-20 54
TRANSPORTS AND TOWS 54Trucks 54T-20 Komsomolets 54Artillery Tractors 54
Theatre Selectors 55NOVEMBER 1939–MARCH 1940: THE WINTER WAR 56
Winter War Reinforced Platoon 57June–December 1941: The Continuation War 58
FINLAND ATTACKS 58Finland Attacks Reinforced Platoon 58
JUNE–SEPTEMBER 1944: THE CONTINUATION WAR 60The Defence of Karelia 60The Defence of Karelia Reinforced Platoon 60Special Rules 60
SEPTEMBER 1944–APRIL 1945: WAR IN LAPLAND 61War in Lapland Reinforced Platoon 61Special Rules 61
Bulgaria 62
Army List 64REINFORCED PLATOON 64ARMY SPECIAL RULES 64
Axis Allies 64Counter-Partisan Experts 64
TYPES OF UNIT 64INFANTRY 65HEADQUARTERS UNITS 65
Officer 65Medic 65Forward Observer 65
INFANTRY SECTIONS AND TEAMS 65Infantry Section 65Inexperienced Infantry Section 65Mounted Section 65Machine Gun Team 66Panzerschreck Team 66Anti-Tank Rifle Team 66Sniper Team 66Light Mortar 66Medium Mortar 66
ARTILLERY 67FIELD ARTILLERY 67
Light Artillery 67
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Medium Artillery 67Heavy Artillery 67
ANTI-TANK GUNS 67Skoda 37mm/70mm Hybrid Gun 67Bofors 37mm Anti-Tank Gun 67
ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS 6820mm Flak 38 68
VEHICLES 68TANKS 68
CV33 Tankette 68Renault R35 68Somua S35 68
ASSAULT GUNS 69Semovente 47/32 69
TRANSPORTS AND TOWS 69Trucks 69Artillery Tractors 69
Theatre Selectors 691941–44: OCCUPATION FORCE 70
Occupation Force Reinforced Platoon 70Special Rules 70
Hungary 71
Army List 73REINFORCED PLATOON 73ARMY SPECIAL RULES 73
Axis Support 73Experienced Officer Corps 73
TYPES OF UNIT 73HEADQUARTERS UNITS 74
Officer 74Medic 74Forward Observer 74
INFANTRY SECTIONS AND TEAMS 74Regular Infantry Section 74Inexperienced Infantry and Border Guard Defence Force Section 76Light Infantry or Mountain Infantry Section 76Cavalry Section 76Machine Gun Team 76Anti-Tank Rifle Team 76Panzerschreck Team 76Sniper Team 77Light Mortar 77
Medium Mortar 77ARTILLERY 77FIELD ARTILLERY 77
Light Artillery 77Medium Artillery 77Heavy Artillery 77
ANTI-TANK GUNS 78Light Anti-Tank Gun 78Medium Anti-Tank Gun 78Heavy Anti-Tank Gun 78
ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS 7840mm Bofors Anti-Aircraft Gun 78
VEHICLES 79TANKS 79
CV33 or CV35 Tankette 79Toldi II 7940m Turán 79
ASSAULT GUNS 8043m Zrínyi II 80
ARMOURED CARS AND RECCE VEHICLES 80Csaba 39m 80Toldi I 80
ANTI-AIRCRAFT VEHICLES 80Nimrod Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft gun 80
TRANSPORTS AND TOWS 80Miscellaneous Trucks 80Artillery Tractors 80
Theatre Selectors 811941–42: WAR IN THE EAST 82
War In The East Reinforced Platoon 82Special Rules 82
1943–44: A RED STORM RISING 84A Red Storm Rising Reinforced Platoon 84Special Rules 84
Romania 85
Army List 87REINFORCED PLATOON 87ARMY SPECIAL RULES 87
Axis Support 87French Artillery Doctrine 87
TYPES OF UNIT 87INFANTRY 88HEADQUARTERS UNITS 88
Officer 88Medic 88Forward Observer 88
INFANTRY SECTIONS AND TEAMS 88Early War Infantry Section 88Late War Infantry Section 89Cavalry Section 89Motorized Infantry Section 89Machine Gun Team 89Panzerschreck Team 90Sniper Team 90Light Mortar 90Medium Mortar 90Heavy Mortar 90
ARTILLERY 91FIELD ARTILLERY 91
Light Artillery 91Medium Artillery 91Heavy Artillery 91
ANTI-TANK GUNS 91Light Anti-Tank Gun 917.5cm PAK 97/38 9175mm TAC Resita Anti-Tank Gun 92
ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS 92Automatic cannon 92
VEHICLES 92TANKS 92
Renault R35 92TANK DESTROYERS 92
Tacam Tank Destroyers 92 Transports and Tows 93Miscellaneous Trucks 93Artillery Tractors 93
Theatre Selectors 931941–43: ONWARD TO THE CAUCASUS! 94
Onward to the Caucasus! Reinforced Platoon 94Special Rules 94
1943–44: WAR IN ROMANIA 96War in Romania Reinforced Platoon 96Special Rules 96
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WHAT IS THIS BOOK?
Italian Blackshirts, Raggruppamento Galbiati, Greece/Albania, Winter 1941, by Giuseppe Rava © Osprey Publishing Ltd. Taken from Warrior 144: Italian Blackshirt 1935–45.
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ARMIES OF ITALY AND THE AXIS
This book is a supplement for the Bolt Action World War II tabletop wargame. It contains all the
background, rules and army list information need to field an Italian, Finnish, Bulgarian, Hungarian or Romanian army in the Bolt Action game. Inside you’ll find details of the organisation and equipment used by these diverse forces during their battles against allied forces.
The book is divided into sections, each dealing with a separate army. Each section includes its own Army List. This provides all the information needed to field that army in your games. All the major weapons, guns and vehicles are covered, together with a selection of troop types of varying quality.
Alongside each list is at least one theatre selector, which gives the forces available for a particular campaign, theatre or phase of the war. In the case of a few of the armies covered by this book the theatres are somewhat limited compared to those available for major combatants such as the British or Germans. This reflects the historical battles fought by these armies as well as the requirement to cover a number of armies all in one book.
In most cases armies are also allowed to use some German equipment, the details of which appear in the separate Armies of Germany supplement, and players wishing to take advantage of these options will need a copy of that book.
Our aim has been to try and create playable armies that can hold their own against their historical opponents and which can be used to
play games of a more general nature, taking on different armies from different campaigns or time periods should the players wish to do so. This presents particular challenges for some of the armies represented here, for example the Bulgarian forces, which saw little real
fighting and were mostly engaged in anti-partisan operations, for which they were adequately equipped. On a tactical level however – the kind of level represented by our games – things were more equal. Often, desperate and innovative defenders were able to defeat the opposition – as the Finns demonstrated time and time again in the face of a much larger and better-equipped Soviet enemy.
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M 13/40 of the Ariete Armoured Division, Western Desert, August 1942, by Richard Chasemore © Osprey Publishing Ltd. Taken from New Vanguard 195: Italian Medium Tanks.
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