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@KurtGodel7 Nice! Were you using Claude for the unit images too?
Autocannoni is the plutral form, a singular unit is an Autocannnone.
In that case, I should probably say that I have given the Autocannone an improvement to its stats. It now defends on a 2 instead of on a 1.
In answer to your question, some of my unit art came from existing maps, and some was created by Claude.
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@KurtGodel7 Nice! Were you using Claude for the unit images too?
Autocannoni is the plutral form, a singular unit is an Autocannnone.
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This conversation has inspired me to give Italy additional nation-specific techs. Below is the current list of techs unique to Italy.
Italy tech category
Mare Nostrum: each Italian transport provides +1 support on defense to one destroyer or cruiser.
Autocannoni: allows Italy to build the autocannoni unit.
Bersaglieri: adds +1 to attack for Italian mobile infantry.Italy's nation-specific Piston Aircraft techs
Sparviero (SM 79): Torpedo bombers' naval bonus is now 2.
Picchiatelli: Dive bombers' land bonus becomes 2. (Same as Germany's Stuka)
Aerosiluranti: torpedo bombers cost 1 PU lessThe autocannoni unit is unique to Italy. Cost: 6 PU. Move 2, attack 2, defense 1, supports one infantry on attack. (Edit: the defense is now 2.) Also, this unit acts as an aa gun. In an air battle, an aa gun gets one shot only and fires on a 2. An autocannoni gets one shot only and fires on a 1. AA guns and autocannoni are the only two types of land units in the game which get to fire in an air battle. Below is a picture of a mobile infantry, a field gun, and an autocannoni.

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Maiali - Italian Submarines roll two dice
It was not submarines in general that were called "pigs" (maiali), but rather the Siluro a Lenta Corsa (SLC)—a small underwater assault craft (a torpedo steered by two operators sitting astride it)—used by the Regia Marina (Italian Royal Navy) during the Second World War.
But apart from this fact, maiali means pigs, a bit offensive for italian players like me

Good catch on autocannoni. And correct, “‘maiali” was a crew nickname for the manned torpedo vehicles rather than their formal designation.
The bonus is meant to abstractly represent those by giving the sub a second attack on the first round, which you could take to mean the release of the SLC craft. I came up with the caveat that it only works in zones adjacent to enemy naval bases to keep it as a tool for harbor raiding.
TRO also had another “Decima MAS” tech for allowing Marines to launch special raids against enemy ships, but I figured that was too mechanically complex to suggest here, and Kurt doesn’t have a Marine unit in his lineup anyway.