Currently, the game is in the process of preparing an integrated tech tree. There are four countries in total: the United States, Japan, Germany, and the Soviet Union.
However, in the United States and Germany, there is not only German and American equipment, but equipment from various countries is mixed.
In particular, out of 118 equipment in Germany, 21 are Italian.
As everyone knows, Italy is a country with many unique characteristics. The first three years of World War II were spent in North Africa, and the remaining two years were spent in the Republic of Salo and Regno d’italia(Esercito Cobelligerante Italiano)
And I personally produced a variety of unique equipment that I thought were different, and used them in actual combat.
So, what I am proposing is a single Italian tech tree, separate from the German one.
Tech tree description
The file attached at the top is what I think is the Italian tech tree. The total number of equipment is expected to be 52, which is more than Japan’s 30.
There are four tiers in total: Italy does not have mass-produced automatic rifles or late-war tanks. Therefore, research will be conducted in four tiers similar to Japan.
The first row are rifles. You start the tree with three rifles from the Cargano series, and then finish the tree with the Armaguera, the Beretta M31, and the Breda Mod.1935. The last three pieces of equipment are all semi-automatic rifles and each has a unique shape.
Next in line are special-purpose rifles. Cargano Mod. 38 and M91 are sniper rifles with sniper scopes, and the Cargano Mod. 28 had a side-mounted grenade launcher.
Next are submachine guns. There are various models, starting with the m38, which uses a 20-round magazine, which was the counterpart to the well-known ppsh. Beretta M1918 and OVP M1918 will be placed in the folder.
The light machine gun is unfortunately probably the biggest drawback of the Italian tree. Except for the Breda M30, most of them are heavy machine guns. Fortunately, there was another light machine gun, the SIA M.1938. It is equipped with a 50-round magazine, and although the firing rate per minute is 400, the sustained firing rate is not bad.
Next is the heavy equipment. Heavy equipment includes weapons such as mortars, flamethrowers, and anti-tank rifles. The Solothurn anti-tank rifle, which opens this tree, is an anti-tank rifle developed in Switzerland and adopted by Italy, and is similar to the Japanese anti-tank rifle in the game. Then there is the Brixia M.35 45mm mortar and the M.35 81mm mortar. There are also a variety of flamethrowers to choose from with the Lanciaflame Mod.40 and Mod.41.
And it’s a tank. Italy made many attempts in the interwar period and was heavily deployed on the North African front. Starting with the L6/40 tank, which is a bit more stable with its tracks, there are decent medium tanks like the M15/42, and the 90/53 M.41M, which focuses only on firepower.
Lastly, these are the equipment that will perform best in Italy. These are fighter planes. Starting with the CR.42, one of the last biplanes, and moving on to the C.202, which had a water-cooled engine, its performance is revealed. C.205 and Re.2005 will be quite good air defense fighters. And finally, there is also the monster called G.56. However, this does not mean that there is a lack of attack aircraft. From Ba.65, which is easy to use at first, to Ro.57, which can carry more than 500kg of bombs, and SM.92, which has powerful fixed armament.
uniform
The Italian army did not only fight on the North African front. Naturally, they also fought steadily throughout Italy. The distinctive features of their military uniforms are dark gray clothes and helmets.