Tyranny of Steel

Within the valleys beneath the Italian Alps, the Italian Army had begun to resort to unconventional tactics. The Italian commanders had come to recognize that there was no conceivable way to win a field battle with the Royal Austrian Army.

As such, they had begun resorting to guerilla warfare, utilizing skirmishers dressed as peasants, villagers, refugees, and merchants to attack the Royal Austrian Army via ambushes. As a result, Berengar had slowed his march to Milan and instead sent out his Jaegers to hunt down and destroy the Italian guerillas.

These Jaegers were an elite unit of marksmen and skirmishers armed with the 1419 Jaeger Rifle, which was based upon the Whitworth rifle from Bernegar ’s previous life. These weapons were capable of engaging targets out to 1000 yards and, thus far in Berengar ’s service, acted as snipers hidden behind enemy lines.

However, they were more than simple marksmen, seeing as most of these men came from a hunting background, they were skilled trackers, scouts, and light infantry. The Jaegers were also fully capable of sustaining themselves in the field. As such the Jaeger Corps were among Berengar ’s most elite units, and thus he equipped them in such a manner.

While initially dressed in green and black Landschnekt style clothing, this fashion proved to be widely ineffective in the field. As such, Berengar had recently begun experimenting with rudimentary camouflage patterns.

Unlike his primary units, which were designed to attack in formations, this specialized unit of skirmishers was intended to blend in with their environments and take out high-profile targets from long range.

As such, Berengar had opted for a far more modern approach to their uniforms. Rather than the flashy Landsknecht pattern attire of Austria ’s regulars, the Jaeger units fielded uniforms that were a mix of WWI and WW2 German uniforms from Berengar ’s previous life. The base attire was a standard m43 pattern uniform in the color of feldgrau. These men would wear a splinter camouflage smock over their field jackets and a matching m43 field cap.