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Yes, a very famous incident and well documented. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_participation_on_the_Eastern_Front#August_1941_%E2%80%93_July_1942,_CSIR_Operations This claims only 291 total casualties for the Italians: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Petrikowka 10,000 Soviet PoWs.

I saw one British comment about the San Marco naval infantry that said they were the best infantry he ever fought and they had to be killed to a man because they refused to surrender and were quite dangerous. Their paratroopers were quite good too.