These tanks are cheap not necessarily Honey cheap depending on what you select because they have some good ratings and rules, but you’ll be able to field a lot of them if you want to. Yes you’ll want some more, but I don’t see why you wouldn’t get a second army box as then you’ll have both possible batteries of 100mm guns. This makes the new army deal box fantastic as you can get your command platoon and two platoons of armoured vehicles out of the box at a discount. The first formation is a tank company and is comprised of M14/41 tanks and Semovente Assault Guns (75/18). This will allow your Semovente Assault Guns to take on Shermans or weaker at distance as they will not have the armour bonus for being at long range, keeping the AT8 guns viable. Some of your guns also have “Effetto Pronto” HEAT rounds meaning you can lash out at long range without penalty. Then, the best bits Italians get special rules for their assault engineers who are very good at breaking through minefields and they carry flame throwers. Look out for a stat rule for the Assault Engineers too… ‘Focused’ is the only negative (in terms of stats not rules) out of the four which gives your tanks lower tactics ratings as they are having to focus on gunnery. ‘Avanti’, ‘Determined’, ‘Focused’ and ‘Protected Ammo’ add more flavour to your Italian force and all affect your unit rating profiles. There’s a 1/3 chance that your units get a better rating profile which is a lot less random than the old V3 tables. Italian national rules really reflect their diversity and tenacity with a new variant of ‘8 Million Bayonets’ making a reappearance along with new shiny dice with all the new box sets. I enjoyed reading the historical section of the book about 1942-43 and the movement and conflicts of their forces in the desert, this is then well reflected in the game: Last time I went to the tank museum I even sought one of these out, the awesome M14/41 I always liked the Italians for their courage and defiance in the face of difficult odds being thrown into a conflict before they were properly supplied and ready and making do with what they had. New to the mid-war books though is the allies section at the back which gives you the rules for German core platoons you can add to your Italians! These allies are improved for the Italians as they can draw on not one German platoon but two! I wasn’t disappointed either! Three interesting and different companies with great support, all the usual quality historical background, rules, painting guides and some awesome photos for inspiration. I’ve always wanted a mid-war desert army but wanted to wait until the period was redone so when we got sent a copy of Avanti to review the long wait was over! Good morning everyone, Jersey here with our first look at the new Italian book for Mid-War:Ī few years ago now when I was asked to contribute a few articles to Breakthrough Assault as a guest writer it was because I’d been building my first Flames of War list which was for the Eastern Front.
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