Italian X Arditi Section the-english-civil-wars Often they were on the

Often they were on the receiving end of awful punishment but rarely wavered

Yet still the Japanese attacked

supported by powerful German armour and weapons teams

Horse artillery batteries disposed of approximately eighty men

Formed originally to fight in the wild bogs of Ireland where a flintlock was more easily handled than the clumsy matchlock

Italian X Arditi Section the-english-civil-wars Often they were on theFormed in May of 1942, the Arditi X Regiment were named after the famed Italian assault units of the Great War and tasked with competing against the British LRDG and SAS units in the Western Desert. Initially formed up of three companies comprising paratroopers, frogmen and the Arditi Camionettisti motorised forces (often in AS. 42 scout cars providing long range reconnaissance patrols), the Arditi X undertook clandestine sea, air and land operations,