Italian Paratrooper "Nembo" Division
Alpine Miniatures
Cat No: 16025
1/16th scale
The pictures show the
figure with 2 different heads.
Sculpture by Mike
Good / Boxart by Calvin Tan
available through Alpine
Miniature’s Stockists worldwide.
Alpine Miniatures has combined the sculpting skills of the very
talented Mike good and the painting skills of Calvin Tan to release this their
newest full body sculpt of an Italian Paratrooper of the famous “Nembo”
Division from Mussolini’s army in World War Two.
184th Airborne Division Nembo or 184th Divisione
Paracadutisti Nembo (Italian) was an airborne division of the Italian Army
during World War II.
The Nembo was formed in December 1942 from the 185 Parachute
Regiment from 185 Airborne Division Folgore. The 183 Regiment was sent to North
Africa, where it was destroyed. After the Italian surrender, a significant part
of the Nembo went over to the German side, eventually becoming the basis of the
4th Fallschirmjäger Division. After the battles of the spine of Italy the remainder
of the fascist Nembo was one of the last Italian units to surrender on 4 May
1945
You can see here the
Italian Parachutists with the German comrades – These shots of the paratroopers
in a forest at Monte Cassino, Italy, 1943-1944, it was from this time that this
sculpture was inspired…
The resin sculpt comes with the choice of two heads with a
very different look and both wearing different head gear. One is the standard
pattern Italian steel helmet with the padded leather cushion on his forehead, the
fellow being clean shaven whilst the other head choice is a more hard faced
man, Moustached with a much harder face silently looking on with a cigarette in
his mouth. The parachute badge on the centre of the hat and the NCO’s stripe on
the left.
He carries the favoured sub machine gun of the Italian
paratrooper the Beretta Model 38, his pistol and as well as a holstered M39
fighting knife which the Italian parras' carried. His camouflaged smock is
covered by the “samurai” bodice ammunition vest for the mags of his Beretta. The
mobile nature of these parras' style of warfare meant that they had to transport
much of what they needed on their person so this and the twelve pouches for
grenades covering his waist under his belt is faithfully replicated here in
Mike’s sculpture.
In his camouflaged smock you and see his collar protruding from
his ammo vest with the RSI military
symbol that replace the stars of the Italian army clearly. The pants are very
folded and creased as would these pants be in real life.
This figure is now available
through Alpine Miniature’s Stockists worldwide.