CSIR leaving for Russia (summer 1941). In 1942 it become ARMIR, 8th Italian Army in Russia (without tanks and heavy anti-tank guns...).

Italian Expeditionary Force in Russia (CSIR)

Italian and German personnel at Melsbroek airfield (Belgium), autumn 1940. On the background, a Fiat BR 20 bomber. Allies and enemies would have discovered soon the inadequacy of Italian equipment. 
Weak ability in modern and mass warfare industy, make unuseful for Regia Aeronautica holding 33 aviation records still in 1939.