Bersaglieri

[sultanbev]

thirded 

[steve_holmes_11]

Did they wear the plumes in acytion?

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

There is newsreel film of them in the desert with plumes fixed, but it's not action stuff, so I doubt they would have.

[Ben Waterhouse]

I believe they did attached to their helmets

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Any evidence Ben ?

[John Cook]

Did they wear the plumes in acytion?

Yes they did.  There is plenty of imagery on-line showing them; they aren't plumes though but black rooster feathers.  They wore them in Spain during the civil war, there are plots of photos of them on their colonial helmets and steel helmets in N Africa and on their steel helmets in Russia.  I converted a couple of dozen with ProCreate putty to make a Bersaglieri motorcycle platoon for my CTV in Spain - hardly a challenge.

[Westmarcher]

https://www.ridingvintage.com/2013/04/the-italian-bersaglieri.html

[Ariete]

My Italians are all6mm either H&R or GHQ so they get a tiny green blob on the side of their helmets at this scale!

[fsn]

[steve_holmes_11]

Yes they did.  There is plenty of imagery on-line showing them; they aren't plumes though but black rooster feathers.  They wore them in Spain during the civil war, there are plots of photos of them on their colonial helmets and steel helmets in N Africa and on their steel helmets in Russia.  I converted a couple of dozen with ProCreate putty to make a Bersaglieri motorcycle platoon for my CTV in Spain - hardly a challenge.

I think it's what Cavalrymen term a "falling plume".
Read somewhere that it consists of 400 feathers.

[Ithoriel]

For some reason I thought they were capercaillie feathers not rooster, am I wrong?

Also, 400 feathers for parade and 100 for active service is my recollection, steve.

Mr. Too Lazy To Even Google It

[henjed]

Just took out of a box my 1941 Italian Desert War force and, a tear in my eye, sighed softly to myself:

"No Bersaglieri."

But then, with straightened back and determined visage I mouthed:

"But they will, soon. They must!"

[sultanbev]

BUMP
The lack of basics in the Italian WW2 range is frustrating, and certainly reducing sales. No 45mm mortars, no Bersaglieri, no cavalry, no 20mm Solothurns - we're having to substitute with Japanese 50mm mortars and Type 97 ATR for Italian regulars.
Some Alpini and Guastatori assault engineers would be nice too.

[Leon]

Once Tony has returned from a bit of time off I'll start working up the next batches of work and the Italians need to be in there I think.

We had a chap today asking about this armoured car/truck as well: https://tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2/italy/dovunque-35-blindato-apc/

[Ithoriel]

Dovunque 35 blindato APC – 8 built

Clearly a major gap in your range

The truck on which it is based, though, was apparently widely used by the Italians in North Africa and Russia and by the Germans after Italy joined the Allies.