WINMBT 2.51 action needed

[Grumbler]

Nah, the Italians are not bad troops. Actually they never were. In WW2 there were a lot of jokes told about them, but the facts are that given the kit and officers they had, they did as well as could be expected. Germans with Italian officers and Italian equipment would not have done any better, Rommel said "Properly led, the Italians are as good as anyone"..
Remember, Officers were selected n the basis of who their daddy was and how much they could pay for thier appointment. Merit was not a consideration. That changed after WW2. Italy got up to NATO standard pretty quick. In Win MBT, the Italian base is 70, which is actually higher then the Soviets (65 IIRC), So General SP will NEED those T-72's.
The Italian Naval Commandos were among the best troops of ANY country in WW2. That is because their officers were not professional military. They were amateurs answering the call of the motherland in it's hour of need.
Prolly the second best thing abut NATO was how it brought all the minor European nations up to a minimum standard. The Italians had to meet the same benchmarks as the Belgums, Dutch, Gemany, Swedes and US, just to name a few. In yearly competitions, the US almost always came in last during the 70's