Bolt Action - Italian Alpini Elefantino 47mm Anti-Tank Gun Australia machine gun fitted with a

machine gun fitted with a lightened barrel

From the mountains of Nepal

the pioniers were tasked with the vital job of slowing the Allied advance

The resourceful German Lander often had to make do with little more than their standard-issue woollen greatcoat gloves

Supplied unassembled and unpainted

Bolt Action - Italian Alpini Elefantino 47mm Anti-Tank Gun Australia machine gun fitted with aNeed versatile firepower halfway up a mountain? Get an Elefantino! The Cannone da 47 32 mod. 1935, known as Elefantino (little elephant) by its crews for the tusk like arc of its carriage, was a lightweight dual purpose gun used throughout WWII by the Italian military, including the Alpini mountain troops. Often pulled by mule teams, it was effective against lighter armoured vehicles and in a direct fire role against dug in infantry, and could be