Pistoia division

[tyronec]

Arrives around August '43.
Is Morale 55, the other Italians are 70. WAD ?
Server game vs Quantas

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[Joel Billings]

Many, but not all Italian units are rated as elite. This one isn't. Only the scenario designer can say what his intent was.

[tyronec]

Thanks Joel.
Just checking with the font of all knowledge, Wikepedia, should there even be Italians on the Eastern front at this time ? We are playing No Early End.
I have over 5 divisions of them which arrived as reinforcements mid '43, though no HQs so far.

'Even after the evacuation of the Italian troops from Russia and even after the armistice in 1943, some ENR units remained on the Eastern Front fighting for the Axis. There were five specialized 'smoke cover' battalions defending the Baltic ports of Swinemünde, Gotenhafen, Pillau and Stettin, plus one at the Grossborn proving ground.[29] In addition, the 834th Field Hospital continued to operate in Russia, as well as the battalion "IX Settembre"; a small unit that fought alongside the Brandenburgers in East Prussia for a brief period.'