During World War II, the Italian counterpart to the gebirgjager was the alpini, the alpini used discarded g33/40, mp-40, mg-34, mosin nagant sniper rifles mauser 98k rifles and any other item when possible to augment their poor equipment.
The Italian counterpart to the gebirgjager was the alpini. This was during World War II. The alpini was the alpini used discarded g33/40-40-34, mosin nagant sniper rifles mauser 98k rifles and any other item when possible to augment their poor equipment.40-40 was mg.40 was mp.