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It also provides you with three Bolt Action Order Dice to use them in game.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBreda M37 Medium Machine Gun Team (0-5 per Heavy Weapons Platoon):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe most successful and most commonly used machine gun in Italian service was the Breda M37 8mm air-cooled weapon. A medium machine gun team is capable of laying down a withering hail of fire, the bane of enemy infantry caught out in the open.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMedium Mortar team (0-5 per Heavy Weapons Platoon):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLike so many nations, the Italian Army made good use of mortars, such as the Mortaio da 81\/14 Modello. A medium mortar lobs shells high over the battlefield. 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