The Beretta 18/30 was a semi-automatic rifle born at the end ow WWI and improved later, lastly in 1930. The 18/30 was the definitive version used by Italian army in WW2. It was the standard weapon of the Milizia Forestale, here in training with the 18/30. DVX

Semi-automatic rifle Beretta 18/30

On the field just outside Cuneo, in Piedmont, not far from the border between Italy and France, Italian partisans wait for the containers carrying supplies to land dropped by a British plane. The mountains in the background are the French Alps. Spring 1945. Victor Sierra

Waiting for supplies 

Towing by means of motorboat of an Italian seaplane Fiat-Cmasa RS.14, date and location unknown. This color photo highlight some particular of right float and right engine assembly of this twin engine float plane (twin radial engines Fiat A.74 RC.38, power 2x840 HP at 3800 meters) operational with Italian Regia Aeronautica from Mid-1942 for reconnaissance and maritime patrol. Victor Sierra