4TH ALPINA "MONTEROSA"! Steel Division 2 Battlegroup Preview (Tribute to Italy DLC) 

Just a curiosity: "Dovunque" in itaian means"everywhere". The real name was Fiat-SPA 35. It was developed for the ethiopian war to go "everywhere" ahaha. There are some interesting pics in which they test It in difficult conditions.

The Republican Army divisions were trained in Germany, and were made by a mixture of fascist army veterans, former "military internees" and conscripted youngsters. A good chunk of the Royal Army, after the Armistice, was disarmed and interned in Germany, living in pretty bad conditions, since Hitler refused to give them the status of PoW. When the RSI tried to set up their army, they asked those internees to join the Republican Army. Nearly every officier and most of the soldiers refused (the ones who had fascist sympathies already did, at that point), and many of those who agreed did so to get out of the prison camps and, eventually, get to Italy and desert there (some even jumped straight from the trains). The low yield of this recruitment drive, and the desertions, pushed the RSI to conscript younger and younger people (in spring 1944, the class of 1923 and half of the 1924). Obviously, people were scared to end up in Germany and never come back, so the rate of draft evasion and desertions among these youngsters was incredibly high. Hence the disheartened troops. The GNR was the Guardia Nazionale Repubblicana, created to have a better control of the territory. It was made by merging the MSVN (basically the fascist militia, aka the Blackshirts) with the Carabinieri (which in Italy worked, and still work, both as law enforcement and military police). However, the Carabinieri, being a corps heavily associated with the Monarchy, deserted en masse shortly after. Many of the deserters, both from the Army and the GNR, joined the Partisans, who in the summer of 1944 numbered at least 100.000 people. All in all, I find the inclusion of the GNR in the division a bit weird though. Pronounciation tip, in addition to the previous video: -"Reclute" is stressed on the first "e".

Can't wait until I can afford to buy this dlc, love the Italian units. Adds so much diversity.

Something to note that (I believe) was overlooked in the commentary, the GNR CMDO leader has the Discipline trait. Could be useful for the recruits instead of the always lackluster MP units

my first game with the dlc was this division. It is pretty excellent. the infantry and armoured cars are very price efficient

Really interested to see how this division plays. It seems to be a mix of terrible and just broken OP units. Also the variety of units is awesome.

Thank you!

This division could use the rest of the Semoventes to make it slightly less anemic in the anti-tank department, but still fun

Hey Vulcan, is there a chance you might be doing single unit reviews for staple units and how to use them? I would love to hear your insights on some common tactics, advantages, and limitations of these units. Would love to see it on: Avtomatchiki Panzergrenadier Panther D/A/G IS-2 43/44 Panzer IV A/D/F/G/H/J Jagpanzer IV SU-85 85mm Flak guns (forgot the name) and so on. Like the basic to advanced things that every player should know. Would absolutely love it.

I wish i had a pc good enough to play this game. And as an italian, the fact that they added the Italian army makes me want it even more

I have a question the ligh mortar like the brixia shot themselves when in range or need micro ?

Are the Italian 75/34 really that weak? I know there are 75/46 ones but it limited in numbers.

A pricey DLC but I don't regret the purchase. Italy is a ton of fun to play.

It's got to be said but the 2 allied divisions they added are quite abit stronger than the Axis ones, especially the 6th South African armoured division, that division is exceptionally good as far as allied decks go and the allied Italian has some seriously heavy hitting infantry and support vehicles. It's nice to see for a change, now adleast the allies have a few pretty strong decks compared with the Germans who have many. Would be real nice if we get a US division with some M26 Pershing tanks... would be real nice for sure.

I was worried about power creep from the divisions in this expansion but they all seem pretty weak.

Fun fact about the Italians tanks: M 14 mean medium tank 14 tons, and P 26 mean heavy (pesante) 26 tons, nice job Italy 😅

The ugly looking 75mm is a french designed quick fire artillery piece intended for quick fire of rounds

dang these Alpini cmdo folks be pinpin out thier rides XD

Hi Vulcan can you correct the name of the Division? XD is "Alpina" From Italian fan of your video

P26 in phase A only is stupid. It's the best tank so I would expect it in C.

Another fast posting!

Hi Vulcan I'm your fan, and just for improve your pronunciation is "bersaglieri" not "bersag-lieri" and "lanciafiamme" not "lansiafiamm" 😉

M13 and M14 tanks should have 3 MGs each...

Can the AS42 20mm fire at aircraft?

Machine gun tank is sus lol

APLINA😄

This division seems really ... challenging to play. I mean, no good tanks, no good anti-tanks, no good arty, no good AA, average air force !

This division would be all right, if we were playing in a 1941 scenario.

G.N.R....... Guns n' Roses?

Probably my least favorite of the new divisions. A few op infantry (but mixed in with a lot of meh) and a good air tab but that's pretty much it.

Bruh you're not gonna make someone run out of medium armor with just 2 AT planes and ur pak guns are gonna trade 1:1 by C because by then chances are your enemy is gonna be artying it after reveal. If youre playing against someone in a team battle and theyre not vanguard too they're going to have a C phase card of Mediums or Heavy tanks. This deck is gonna get chewed up and spat out by end of phase B. For that reason, I think you're making a huge mistake not taking those recon planes, the best bet to keep this deck alive in phase B and C is to get those radio mortars the intel to shell the enemy AA and get air supremacy with this decks amazing fighters. The deck has opportunities to make good trades in A that will give you the money you need to start stacking air power too.

Im sorry, but Eugen forgot to add another French Division for these DLC, i mean "Tribute to Italy", the french armed forces had a decicive role during the Italian campaign, especially the breakthrough of the Gustav Line. it would have been fair to add the 3rd Algerian Infantry Division or the 4th Moroccan Mountain Division. Anyway nice dlc; .°

This division looks like trash... let's see how it plays I guess

Abusive price... very expensive DLC... $$$$$ greed Eugen...