N.P.Btg. Xa-Mas
N.P.Btg. Xa-Mas
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The largest parachute unit in the RSI's forces was formed under the banner othe Xa MAS and was named "Battaglione Nuotatori Paracadutisti" (Parachutist Swimmer) . This "NP" Battalion was formed from volunteers of the pre-1943 Italian Navy's "San Marco" Marine Paratroop Bn with an influx of new recruits from the parachute units; it reached an eventual streght of about 1.400 men. Like most other RSI combat units it was employed in the anti-partisan role, in this case in the area of the Yugoslavia border where the comunist partisan were particulary strong. In the men at arms (Osprey Miliary ) #353 Exist one photo of this unit in my city (Parma) in the November 1944 .