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Practice Relating to Rule 8. Definition of Military Objectives
Section C. Places where armed forces or their materiel are located
III. Military Manuals
According to Italy’s IHL Manual (1991), “military quarters, military works and establishments, defence works and preparations” are military objectives. 
Italy, Manuale di diritto umanitario, Introduzione e Volume I, Usi e convenzioni di Guerra, SMD-G-014, Stato Maggiore della Difesa, I Reparto, Ufficio Addestramento e Regolamenti, Rome, 1991, Vol. I, § 12.
According to Italy’s LOAC Elementary Rules Manual (1991), military objectives include military establishments and positions. 
Italy, Regole elementari di diritto di guerra, SMD-G-012, Stato Maggiore della Difesa, I Reparto, Ufficio Addestramento e Regolamenti, Rome, 1991, § 4.
IV. National Legislation
According to Italy’s Law of War Decree (1938), as amended in 1992, “military quarters, military works and establishments, defence works and preparations, depots of arms and war materiel” are military objectives. 
Italy, Law of War Decree, 1938, as amended in 1992, Article 40.