Crew of an 81mm mortar; as you can see from the helmet insinia, they belong the 4th Alpini regiment "Monte Cervino". DVX

Mortar in action

Apart that this AT battery of 47/32s would have almost no chance against T34s and KVs, but what's the use of highly skilled mountain troops on the wide plain of the Russian steppe? Actually these troops should have worked in the Caucaso mountains, but the German command asked to the Italian command to deploy them in Ukraina, with the other Italian troops, to keep all together all the Italian army corps in Russia (part of them has been intended to set in the Caucaso mountainous environment). And as usual... "The Italian High Command likes to wash the flat with the champagne...". DVX

Alpini on the steppe

Effective camouflage for these Alpini. Russian front. DVX