With the Battle of France fully underway, we’re taking a look at the lesser-known Alpine theatre and the Italian Alpini units that fought in this inhospitable environment. Death in the Alps! While Hitler’s panzers ploughed across northern France, elite French and Italian mountain troops battled for control of their alpine border. Spurred on by…
On the third day of Christmas, Warlord said to me… It’s day 3 of our Warlords 12 days of Christmas, check out the upcoming Bolt Action Italian tank – due 2020! Sporting an iconic silhouette for the Italian Army the Carro Armato M13-40 will be entering the Warlord Games stable of plastic vehicles later…
With our focus on the second wave of Western Desert releases, we were very excited to see these beautiful Bersaglieri from Johnathan Gallar! Johnathan’s Bersaglieri are assembling to defend occupied Libya from the fast-moving Commonwealth mechanised forces during Operation Compass. They might be part of the ill-fated Babini Group, or one of the many other…
Formed in Libya to consolidate any available Italian armour into a single unit, the Babini Group, who fought a heroic last stand at Beda Fomm! The Italian invasion of Egypt was a disaster from the very start. The deadline for the jump-off was set three times and cancelled. The general staff failed to issue proper…
Our casting supremo Pete Hely has been working hard to get his Italian Army ready for the invasion of Egypt! Pete’s Italian Army has been in the works for some months now. You might have caught a glimpse of his Sahariana squadron when we featured it over the summer. This time, we’re taking a look…
Paul Robins is a long-time friend of Warlord Games and has been a collector for many years. He has amassed an impressive array of forces and we thought it about time to showcase some of his collection. There’s a rather lovely 8th Army force featured here – but let’s start today with his equally impressive Italians…
View in Store The Regia Marina was confident, had indisputably the most handsome ships in the world and referred to the troubled waters of the Mediterranean as Mare nostrum(our sea). By the start of the war, as well as capital ships, it fielded 59 destroyers and 67 torpedo boats, a fast class of small destroyers…
Continuing our focus on Italian forces, we’re moving into the weird wars of Konflikt ’47 with a look at the Italian Falco Paratroopers! The flamboyant and well-trained paratroopers of the Italian army largely sided with the National Republican Army (ENR) when they were forced to choose a side in the Italian campaign. Whilst some units…
Armed with Rift tech from the allies, the new Italian Firefly Paracadutisti Infantry Squad soar through the skies! View in Store As the Allies pumped money and resources into the newly formed Italian forces, the more experienced Italian paratrooper formations demanded the best equipment the Allies could provide, including the Firefly jump packs. Each squad…
With the release of Campaign: The Western Desert almost upon us, we asked our master metallurgist and head caster Pete H to show off his fantastic Battlegroup Italia and give us his thoughts on how to best use it in your games of Bolt Action. Battlegroup Italia G’day and Ciao Warlord aficionados! Welcome to my…
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