MAMA MIA! The Italians are operating in Mosul. Can /k/ give me

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>>33280100
Limits blue on blue?

Morale.

>>33280100
It's to let the locals know who not to shoot at because that's who paid them.

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It's like scrim.

But 100x more flamboyantly homosexual and blatantly for a sense of military fashion.

>>33280149
Damn, not a terribly bad point anon

>>33280100
I didn't even know Italy had a military. I assumed they'd abandoned it in shame after WW1 and 2.

>>33280100
Heil Mussolini

>>33280161
they've been involved in gulf war, Afghan, etc

>>33280161
weren't they riding both on the OIF and afghanistan bandwagon, then paid locals to be left alone ?

>>33280175
not gulf i mean iraq war

>>33280177
>then paid locals to be left alone ?

This was really no different to the American and British approach, except it cost them a lot less.

There were certain commanders frothing at the mouth about the Italians bribing the Taliban, then being quietly reminded that the same thing was being done by their own military in a more bureaucratic way.

>>33280161
that says more about you than Italy desu

>>33280161
Don't worry it's to be expected from the average American.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bersaglieri

>>33280100
It gives you the ability to run from battle faster

>>33280100
Just because they are there does not mean they are operating.

90% chance they are there for advisory roles, or some sort of support.

>>33280389
Western militaries need to learn to get their shit out of the 19th century.

>>33280207

The big problem with it was they didn't tell the French about the arrangement. whcih is why the French were caught so badly unprepared by the scale of the resistance.

>>33280422

They are officially there to defend the Mosul dam, and the engineers trying to prevent it collapsing, I don't know if they are doing anything else.

>>33280856
That's the only problem, really, as the French will have had similar arrangements prepared.

It became a criticism of Italy. They were incompetent in not informing the French when there was a handover, but the policy itself was practiced by absolutely everyone.

>>33280100
The only thing you cunts ever did was make a meatball.

Russians be trembling in their boots

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>>33280422
fuck no, some traditions are just that important

>>33283212
meant for >>33280424

>>33280100

They can take off the feather to signify that they have switched sides in the event they start losing.

>>33283212
The way she's holding that....makes me thing the gun was photoshopped in

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Ave

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>>33283270
couldn't find this pic in time, but now that you said it.. it's really weid indeed.

>>33283277
True to Caesar.

>>33280100
Wait, the Italians are on our side?

Guess it's time to start learning Arabic.

>>33280152

Under rated.

>>33280100
>be sentry
>eye catches movement
>see feathers
>never mind, just some wild grouse

>>33283270
Fuck, now I can't unsee it. It's a perfect side profile and the lighting's weird. Probably not shopped, but it sure looks like it.

Someone here worked with them in Afghanistan, had a lot of embarrassing stories like a time they ND'd a flare into their transport while doing dismount drills

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>>33280100
They make you more attractive to the ladies.

>>33283407

Laughed harder than I should at this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNHOLMRoMK4

>>33283481
and to think i wanted to implement a surrender/switch sides joke

>>33283526
>tactical cardio

>>33280884
Italian Incompetence strikes again!

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>>33283526
>be Italian
>loved music from an early age
>learn to become a beast on the bugle
>all the other buglers want my skills
>leave school
>parents want me to join a orchestra
>want to serve my country instead
>join the army as bugler
>pass bugle selection
>top of my class
>postings came through
>Bersaglieri.jpg
>mfw

>>33283526
>The relatively poor Kingdom of Sardinia could not afford large numbers of cavalry, so a quick-moving infantry corps of marksmen were needed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bersaglieri

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Italians side with ISIS out of convenience when?

>>33280100
Tradition. Ergo improved morale and esprit de corps.

I see day/k/are is in full swing in this thread.

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>>33283212
And just as I was wondering, where I saw this hat.

I like guns

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>>33280100
Red pill me on Italian operators, what's their reputation like?

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They are pretty stylin tbqh

>>33285208
They use linguini vision goggles to kill their enemies at night, then when they make the kill they use a special spaghetti to garrotte their victims. Lubrication of beretta sis done with milspec Bertolli olive oil. Their medics always carry a steady supply of gauze, bandages, Parmesan, Prosciutto and Mozarella. For explosives they employ an incindiery tomato based garlic grenades. And for interrogation they force feed the prisoners tiramisu until they get what they need

>>33280100
Very identifiable, limits friendly fire. Probably helps break up the silhouette a little bit. Boosts espirit de corps.

>>33285309
>And for interrogation they force feed the prisoners tiramisu until they get what they need

The savages of sand land only understand force. Im glad to see that the Italians understand that there is no reason to hold back in the fight against al-quesadillla.

>>33284897

Never because ISIS is chickenshit and has zero asthetics.

>>33283526
whoa those niggers have TWO swords

>>33283212
Looks like a shark fin