Italian infantry

Name WW II Italian infantry (Set No. 7007)

Producer HAT, USA

Packing cardboard box

Type of kit injected plastic figures

Quality Very good. It includes forty-eight miniatures but seven poses only. The level of details is excellent, including the weapons and the uniforms. All of the soldiers are moulded in fighting attitudes, except one who is marching as on parade.

Instruction sheet no

Decals no

General Impression & Note
This box is a welcomed 1997 re-edition of the AIRFIX ”WW II Italian infantry” that appeared on the market in late Seventies. It was one of the best, and last, AIRFIX releases at that time, before the British firm went bust.

Statistically speaking 15 in 48 infantrymen bear a MAB-38 sub-machine gun, an excellent weapon that was absolutely rare in the 1940-43 period and usually assigned to élite troops only (it was more widespread in 1943-45 at the times of the Repubblica Sociale Italiana; incidentally these miniatures can also be employed as R.S.I. troops). This fact ought to be taken into account ifthese Italian infantrymen are employed for wargame purposes. Other weapons of the set are the Model 91 rifle and the Beretta pistol. No heavy weapons, such as mortars, machine-guns or flame-throwers are supplied in this box differently from other AIRFIX sets.

Excluding ATLANTIC’s miniatures this ex. AIRFIX ”WW II Italian infantry” was the first real attempt to make Italian troops in small scales.

Name	WW II Italian infantry (Set No. 7007)
Producer	HAT, USA
Packing	cardboard box
Type of kit	injected plastic figures
Quality	Very good. It includes forty-eight miniatures but seven poses only. The level of details is excellent, including the weapons and the uniforms. All of the soldiers are moulded in fighting attitudes, except one who is marching as on parade.
Instruction sheet	no
Decals	no
General Impression & Note	This box is a welcomed 1997 re-edition of the AIRFIX ”WW II Italian infantry” that appeared on the market in late Seventies. It was one of the best, and last, AIRFIX releases at that time, before the British firm went bust. Statistically speaking 15 in 48 infantrymen bear a MAB-38 sub-machine gun, an excellent weapon that was absolutely rare in the 1940-43 period and usually assigned to élite troops only (it was more widespread in 1943-45 at the times of the Repubblica Sociale Italiana; incidentally these miniatures can also be employed as R.S.I. troops). This fact ought to be taken into account ifthese Italian infantrymen are employed for wargame purposes. Other weapons of the set are the Model 91 rifle and the Beretta pistol. No heavy weapons, such as mortars, machine-guns or flame-throwers are supplied in this box differently from other AIRFIX sets. Excluding ATLANTIC’s miniatures this ex. AIRFIX ”WW II Italian infantry” was the first real attempt to make Italian troops in small scales.