Italians

[Panzerjager]

I just love how easily topics can get off topic on these forums.

[ford_prefect]

yeah but oh well

[Romanov77]

Ok, I registered just because of this topic (other than the awesome mod)


Despite my nickname, I am italian....it's just a tribute to Premier Romanov from Ra2

Now...
That was indeed quite direspectful...but I can accept satire.

My Grampa served in the ARMIR...and no, he and his buddies never ran like pussies. He even lost a leg in battle.

Italians soldiers were no less brave than any other country's soldiers...they just lacked proper weaponry and the crazy indoctrination seen in other Axis.
They were on the wrong side too...

So, it's true, tanks and weapons sucked...but not the men.
Also, we never commited the atrocities of Germans and Japaneses. We just did our fair share, just like the US and Brits.

[HyperSniper999]

 Yea. I think by fan mass alone, Finns SHOULD be in-game
 in some form, somehow
 
 Just not as pure Finn alone, but the idea of a repainted
 T34 for OstHeer is yummy (and easy to do!) enough, no?

Perhaps they should act as an equivalent to Soviet partisans.

[BATTERIES]

Italians = ostheer version of conscripts.
Crappy and used as cannon fodder(like in real life) 

[SquirrellyWrath]

This is hilarious!

[ford_prefect]

Then for a further 2 cp the powerful italian armour can be called to the field. Costing 350 mp and 40 fuel this beast will strike fear into its russian adversaries,

What the hell is that?
a soviet stell monster would just roll over it.

-> for all and the same reason the italians dont really seem
to have something special which could fit it. expect the papa, this beast will strike fear in the hearts of the russians.



nah man, other countrys are a good idea, but they simply dont fit, because they have nothing to counter a soviet attack.

what the hell is that you ask? That my friend is the Ostheer's response to the T-90 and the T-70! Its perfect!

[diilontgrady]

i think if the italians were on the axis side it would be great because it would give me XP quicker....JK no seriously they would be cool you could give them some cool stuff..!

[SauerKRAUT]

Italians were a joke, all their stuff was outdated as of 1930. The only thing the MIGHT scare me would be the Semovente tank hunters. They were built on the same chassis as that monstrosity above and some mounted guns larger than a FlaK 36 88mm so they actually had to load the thing outside on the back of the damn tank as well as it could hold almost no ammo of its own and needed a ammo carrier. This thread makes me lol...

[sid]

when i red - italians, i thought u are about to suggest italians as a new faction. tbh, i thought of that too because all axis ones are all germans in their way. but let's be serious and go with the facts.
as many said, italians were poor soldiers or poorly led by leaders. another fact is that their equipment and vehicles were soo out of date.

if theres a new faction to suggest. i'd go with japan or at least some german branch of army that was much more different in their structure, meaning not to get many same models with diferent textures. and different building are a must .

[ford_prefect]

"Italians were a joke"
no they are not they are good soldiers.
"This thread makes me lol..."
you being a jack ass and a prick does not help.

[PSIHOPAT]

Instead italians,much better will be romanian faction.

Romania has been neutral at the start of WW2,then join and fought on the german side when in the offensive campaign against Russia...and switch the side after the red army counter offensive...
Romanian army was far superior in moral,combat skill and equipment than italians,and played one of the most important role in the initial success of germans against Russia..

Search and find if don't believe
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romania_during_World_War_II

http://www.worldwar2.ro/

From Wikipedia

The war on the Eastern Front

Operation Barbarossa, attacking the Soviet Union on a wide front. Romania joined in the offensive, with Romanian troops crossing the River Prut. After recovering Bessarabia and Bukovina (Operation München), Romanian units fought side by side with the Germans onward to Odessa, Sevastopol, and Stalingrad. The Romanian contribution of troops was enormous. The total number of troops involved in the Romanian Third Army and the Romanian Fourth Army was second only to Nazi Germany itself. The Romanian Army had a total of 686,258 men under arms in the summer of 1941 and a total of 1,224,691 men in arms in the summer of 1944.[3] The number of Romanian troops sent to fight in Russia exceeded that of all of Germany's other allies combined. A Country Study by the U.S. Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress attributes this to "morbid competition with Hungary to curry Hitler's favor... [in hope of]... regaining northern Transylvania."[1]

Romania instituted a civil government in occupied Soviet lands immediately east of the Dniester. After the Battle of Odessa, this included the city of Odessa. The Romanian armies advanced far into the Soviet Union during 1941 and 1942 before being involved in the disaster at the Battle of Stalingrad in the winter of 1942-1943.

Romania's most important general, Petre Dumitrescu, was commander of the Romanian Third Army at Stalingrad. In November 1942, the German Sixth Army was briefly put at Dumitrescu's disposal during a German attempt to relieve the Romanian Third Army following a devastating Soviet offensive.

Prior to the Soviet counteroffensive at Stalingrad, the Antonescu government considered a war with Hungary over Transylvania as an inevitability after the expected victory over the Soviet Union.[1] Although it was the most dedicated ally of Germany, Romania's turning to the Allied side in August 1944 was rewarded with Northern Transylvania, which had been granted to Hungary in 1940 after the Second Vienna Award.
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Italy were and IS a joke in warfare.
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This Romanian tank look wonderful.
Also was so appreciated by germans,who took the project and make Hetzer.
http://www.worldwar2.ro/arme/?article=244
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Romanian AT gun,used in eastern front => better than german pak40
Is somewhere between zis-3 and pak-40 
http://www.worldwar2.ro/arme/?article=300

[sid]

all german allies were poorly equipped and used as front line shield or for controlling their own countries. so no point thinking of others. unless we want horses in coh

[funnyme]

unless we want horses in coh

Hi,

There is a mule with a launcher and rider , Fully animated and working in COH ....So can have the finger's crossed for horses  ....

Regards
funnyme

[PSIHOPAT]

all german allies were poorly equipped and used as front line shield or for controlling their own countries. so no point thinking of others. unless we want horses in coh

You joke right ?
Romania was not so inferior compared with other countries.
Without help from romania,germany was not get so far in russian territories and achieved such victories...

Look again at my previous post.

This is a prove:
http://www.worldwar2.ro/arme/?article=244
This new vehicle immediately attracted the German attention and in December 1943 Antonescu presented to Hitler the project and the blueprints of M-04 prototype. Those inspired the German development of the Hetzer tank-destroyer

Why germans has been so interested by this model if was superior in all ?
Hetzer tank destroyer had "romanian heart".Without romanian plans,nothing like hetzer and other similar tank destroyers has existed.Also all his plans and prototipe was captured later by russians...like many others.Why?

Maresal tank made by one "inferior" person...romanian...
And this is just one situation/example...