The Italian Military, once synonymous with incompetence, has grown into an eminently wellregarded military force within NATO.

 Carabiniere are sort of like national police troops. In wartime, they serve an internal security role.

 Basic Training: American

 ARMY

 ISSUE EQUIPMENT

• M12 Submachine Gun
• AR70 Assault Rifle
• MAG Machine Gun
• M92S (M9) Pistol
• C1 Ariete Tank
• VCC1 APC
• Fiat Armored Cars

 Special Forces:

• Paracudisti - Airborne
• 9th Bn. Paracudisti Incursore - Raider Table
• Alpini - Mountain Inf. -  (Add Parachute to subsequent term skills)
• Carabiniere - Military Police
• 13th Gruppo Acquisizione Obiettivo - LRRP Table -  (recon for guided missiles - Add Forward Observer to first term skills)

 NAVY

 Naval pilots use same career description as Air force pilots. The Italian Navy has one light aircraft carrier.

 Diesel-Electric submarines onlyno nuclear power.

 No Seabees

 Navy Special Forces:

• San Marco Subacque Incursore - Naval Raider Table
• Lagunari - Marines

Air Force

 Aircraft Used

• FighterF104
• ReconF104
• AttackAMX
• EWRoll Again
• StrikeTornado
•   TransportC130

 Prior Conflicts:

 Gulf War (1991) (naval and air units).

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