New WWI 54mm figure from MMA

[Zastrow.cuirassier]

New from MMA (Italy)
WWI Italian Ardito

Resin or metal ?
Scale 54mm sculptor : Marco Pezzotti

Drawing representing an " Ardito". The Arditi were the Italian assault infantry soldiers in WW 1, chosen for risky and very dangerous operations. Many of this soldiers (not all of them) were , after the war , the hard core of the first fascist black shirts brigades.

More information and where buying :
http://www.perenciomodels.it/joomla/notizie/92-novita-2015-12-mma-miniatures-per-calenzano

 

[Ricard]

Bravo!!

 

[Martin Antonenko]

Its from resin!

http://www.perenciomodels.it/joomla/eperencio/54-mm

Cheers

 

[Zastrow.cuirassier]

Its from resin!

http://www.perenciomodels.it/joomla/eperencio/54-mm

Cheers

Thank you, I was pretending I did not look too far!
I deserves punishment!

 

[Ortigara]

Many of this soldiers (not all of them) were , after the war , the hard core of the first fascist black shirts brigades.

True, although some of them become part of the Arditi del Popolo (People's Arditi) and gave a hard time to fascist mobsters in the early days of fascism (for example when they kicked fascists militia out of Parma in August 1922). Many Arditi fought in Spain in the international brigades.
However, it is unfortunate that most Arditi got associated with fascist violence.

 

[Zastrow.cuirassier]

True, although some of them become part of the Arditi del Popolo (People's Arditi) and gave a hard time to fascist mobsters in the early days of fascism (for example when they kicked fascists militia out of Parma in August 1922). Many Arditi fought in Spain in the international brigades.
However, it is unfortunate that most Arditi got associated with fascist violence.

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Thanks for your remark .
Arditi was the name adopted by Royal Italian Army elite storm troops of World War I. The name derives from the Italian verbardire ("to dare") and translates as "The Daring Ones".
Reparti d'assalto (Assault Units) were formed in the summer of 1917 by Colonel Bassi, and were assigned the tactical role ofshock troops, breaching enemy defenses in order to prepare the way for a broad infantry advance. The Arditi were not units within infantry divisions, but were considered a separate combat arm.
The Reparti d'assalto were successful in bringing in a degree of movement to what had previously been a war of entrenched positions. Their exploits on the battlefield were exemplary and they gained an illustrious place in Italian military history. They were demobilized by 1920.
The name Arditi was later used in 1919–20 by the Italian occupiers of Fiume who were led by Gabriele D'Annunzio, most of whom had been members of the Royal Italian Army. Their use of a uniform with black shirts and black fez was later taken up by Benito Mussolini's paramilitary forces, the Blackshirts.
From 1 October 1975 the flag of X Arditi Regiment (formed in 1942 in imitation of the IX Assault unit of the First World War) was adopted by the 9º Reggimento d'Assalto Paracadutisti Col Moschin (9th Parachute Assault Regiment Col Moschin). To this day operatives of Col Moschin and Italian commando frogmen are known as "Arditi Incursori" and are viewed as the heirs of the Arditi of World War I.
The name is sometimes misapplied as a general term for Italian special units such as Bersaglieri
More informations :
http://www.worldwar1.com/itafront/arditi.htm

 

[Zastrow.cuirassier]

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[Dan Morton]

Fine sculpting and painting! Thanks also for the interesting background info.

All the best,
Dan