WWII
Italy Colonial Infantry Division

1939-1941 East Africa

List IT10

by Mark Bevis

1. Teeth Arm

    Colonial Infantry Battalion
      Bttn HQ: 4 rifle sqds, 1 LMG
      3 Companies@
        CHQ: 3 rifle sqds, 1 LMG
        3 platoons@ 4 rifle sqds, 4 LMG
      1 Support Company:
        CHQ: 1 rifle sqd
        2-3 platoons@ 4 MMG
        2 platoons@ 9x 45mm mortars

    Blackshirt Infantry Battalion

      Bttn HQ: 4 rifle sqds
      1 Recce Platoon: 4 rifle sqds
      3 Companies@
        CHQ: 3 rifle sqd
        2 platoons@ 4 rifle sqds, 4 LMG
      1 Support Company:
        CHQ: 1 rifle sqd
        1 platoon: 9x 45mm mortars
        2 platoons@ 3 MMG

2. Brigade Support

    Infantry Brigade HQ: 10 rifle sqds, horses with up to:
      1 Platoon: 2-4x 81mm M35 mortars, Obsolete FC
      1 Gun Company:
        CHQ: 1 rifle sqd
        2 platoons@ 4x 65/17 M13 or 70/16 M02 or 75/13 M15 mountain guns, horses

3. Divisional Support

    1 Engineer Company:
      CHQ: 2 rifle/engineer sqds
      3 platoons@ 4 rifle/engineer sqds
    3 Artillery Battalions@
      BHQ: 6 rifle sqds, horses, Assigned FC
      3 batteries@ 4x 75/13 M15 or 75/27 M06 or 65/17 M13, horses

4. Notes

    a) Radios are at Bttn HQ and above. Artillery maybe downgraded to Obsolete FC.
    b) Infantry have no A/T grenades.
    c) The division has 2 Infantry Brigades each of 3-5 battalions, and 1 or 2 Blackshirt battalions reporting to division.
    d) Brigades are BT3 if Eritrean, otherwise vary from BT4 down to ET5.
    e) Can use Corps support from List IT9.
    f) Battalion level 45mm mortars are normally allocated out to the rifle platoons.


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