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2. List of Italian Army equipment in World War II - Wikipedia

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   During World War II, Italy regularly mounted cannons on portee trucks. Also, permanent installation of guns on trucks and armored cars were done on ad-hoc basis, therefore many self-propelled guns had no official name besides descriptive type of truck plus type of cannon. Below is the grossly incomplete list of these self-propelled weapons.

3. Paracadutisti - Wikipedia

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   The first paratroopers were two battalions of Libyan Ascari del Cielo. [1] These were joined the first paratroopers of the Royal Italian Army and the 1st Carabinieri Paratroopers Battalion. The latter battalion was formed on 1 July 1940 and fought in the Western Desert Campaign of World War II. The Royal Italian Air Force also had paratrooper ...

4. 184th Infantry Division "Nembo" - Wikipedia

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   The 184th Infantry Division "Nembo" (Italian: 184ª Divisione fanteria "Nembo") was an airborne division of the Royal Italian Army during World War II.After the Armistice of Cassibile the division joined the Italian Co-belligerent Army's Italian Liberation Corps and together with the Polish II Corps liberated Ancona in the Battle of Ancona.

5. 8th Paratroopers Engineer Regiment "Folgore" - Wikipedia

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   The battalion's 23rd Paratroopers Sappers Company remained in Italy to train the paratroopers sappers destined for the 184th Infantry Division "Nembo". On 27 July 1942, the Paratroopers Division was renamed 185th Infantry Division "Folgore". The "Folgore" division and its units were destroyed during the Second Battle of El Alamein. On 25 ...

6. Pantographic knife - Wikipedia

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   A pantographic knife or paratrooper knife is a folding knife whose blade is opened by a unique scissors method. The blade has a slightly longer tang than a folding knife heel. The handle is symmetrically segmented and articulated to fold away on both sides to grip the longer tang.

7. 185th Infantry Division "Folgore" - Wikipedia

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   185th Infantry Division "Folgore" (Italian: 185ª Divisione fanteria "Folgore") was an airborne division of the Royal Italian Army during World War II.The division was formed in Tarquinia near Rome on 1 September 1941.

8. Italian special forces - Wikipedia

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   Its operational battalion carries the legacy of the Alpine Skiers Battalion "Monte Cervino", an elite battalion of the Alpini Corps, that distinguished itself during World War I and World War II. 185th Paratroopers Reconnaissance Target Acquisition Regiment "Folgore" (abbreviated as 185th RRAO) is a unit of the Italian Army, included in the ...

9. Royal Italian Army during World War II - Wikipedia

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   The Italian Army of World War II was a "Royal" army.The nominal Commander-in-Chief of the Italian Royal Army was His Majesty King Vittorio Emanuele III.As Commander-in-Chief of all Italian armed forces, Vittorio Emanuele also commanded the Royal Air Force (Regia Aeronautica) and the Royal Navy (Regia Marina).