Bolt Action - Soviet Airborne Squad FRENCH Boxed Sets They were unusual because they

They were unusual because they were French citizens who volunteered to join the Legion of French Volunteers against Bolshevism

the cold Italian winters

marked by their tricolor shoulder badge

Box contains ten Warlord Resin US Airborne Pathfinder (Winter) figures

it fired a standard lead core with a steel jacket

Bolt Action - Soviet Airborne Squad FRENCH Boxed Sets They were unusual because theyThe Soviets were visionaries in the development of airborne troops and tactics, first forming a brigade sized airborne unit after successful trials in December 1932. More units followed and by June 1941 five Airborne Corps existed in the Soviet order of battle, undoubtedly the strongest airborne force in the world. However in the desperate fighting of the early campaign these formations were pressed into service as regular infantry and virtually