Interwar
Italian Armored Brigade

1938 - Mar 1939 Southern Europe

List IT1

by Mark Bevis

1. Teeth Arm

Tankette Battalion

    Bttn HQ: 1x CV33 tankette, 6x reserve CV33 tankettes
    3 Companies@
      CHQ: 1x CV33 or CV35 (also called L3/33 or L3/35)
      3 platoons@ 4x CV33 or CV35
      1 Platoon: 4x Lanciaflamme CV35 flamethrower tankettes

Bersaglieri Battalion

    Bttn HQ: 2 rifle sqds, 2 trucks
    3 Companies@
      CHQ: 2 rifle squads, 2 trucks
      3 platoons@ 2 rifle squads, 2 SMG squads, 2 LMG, 4 trucks
      1 platoon: 2x 37/45 anti-tank guns on trucks

    1 Support Company:

      CHQ: 1 rifle squad, 1 lorry
      2 platoons@ 4 MMG, 2 trucks
      1 platoon: 2x 20mm Solothurn A/T rifles in 3 rifle crew squads, 3 trucks
      1 platoon: 9x 45mm mortars, 3 rifle crew squads, 3 trucks

2. Regiment Support

Tankette Regiment HQ: 4x CV33 or CV35
Bersaglieri Regiment HQ: 4 rifle squads, 3 lorries with up to:

    1 Mortar Company:
      CHQ: 1 rifle squad, 1 radio truck, Assigned FC
      3 batteries@ 3x 81mm M35 mortars, 3 trucks

3. Brigade Support

Armoured Brigade HQ: 4 rifle squads, 5 lorries with:

    2 Anti-Tank Companies@
      CHQ: 1 rifle squad, 1 radio truck
      2 platoons@ 4x 47/32 Bohler, 4 trucks

    1 AA Company:

      CHQ: 1 rifle squad, 1 radio truck
      2 platoons@ 4x 20mm Breda, 4 trucks

    1 Engineer Company:

      CHQ: 2 rifle squads, 1 lorry
      2 platoons@ 4 rifle/engineer squads, 2 lorries

4. Notes

a) Radios are at CHQ and above.
b) the 45mm mortars and 20mm A/T rifles are normally issued out to the infantry platoons. Infantry have no anti-tank grenades or molotovs.
c) The Brigade has one Bersaglieri Regiment of three battalions and one Tankette Regiment of three-four Tankette Battalions.


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