Unlike my rant about A&A�s fighter scaling, their tank proportions are great. The Panther, Sherman, Matilda & T-34, (all Mediums), line up just fine. Then in rolls the M-15 to mess with my OCD. Despite being the smallest of the pack in reality, it is the same size, (22x10mm � 0.86x0.4in), as the game�s T-34. Again, in the heat of battle, this matters little. In fact it looks rather good on the board, with excellent details compared to its peers. The colour is lighter, being closer to the Inf. brown, which is good, as the standard shade is a little too close to Russia�s colour at a glance, (Eur �40 1sted).

Wizards of the Coast switches to a second edition with new sculpts and rules and doesn't offer an upgrade kit to those of us that were in on the ground floor. Thank you HBG' for offering these individual parts.

It's great that HBG makes these OOB game pieces available, at least until they produce their own more detailed Italian units. My Italians will now be able to roll some armor across Africa!

If your looking to get more Italian peices or replace the Brown Italian pieces that look exactly like the German Black 1940 Europe pieces, i highly recomand all the Italian pieces.