Luigi just wanted to see the Isonzo River run red with Italian blood.

Also, and this may be controversial, but gun alone not win war 😔

Also also, the Mannlicher was a superior rifle to the Carcano, fite me

… it’s also a bit bizarre how the Italian government initially tried to suppress specialist assault troops, out of fear that having an elite would ‘demoralize’ or create quarrelsome competition with regional regiments. Despite the fact that the Arditi were utter lunatics who could pull of just the kind of stunts that were needed to break trench stalemates… and that the Germans, Austrians, Brits, and French had all already proven that assault troops were invaluable in trench warfare, and were expanding their use at that same time.