Italian Army in WWII

Part I

By Dave Geisz


As promised, some issues ago, and answering many requests for the Italian Army , I finally garnered all of my various notes and present the following information.

I INFANTRY DIVISION

DIV HDQ 336 MEN 8LMG and 15 VEHICLES

INFANTRY REGIMENTS (TWO)

    REG HQ 270 MEN

    INFANTRY BAT (THREE)
      BAT HDQ - 128 MEN
      RIFLE COS (THREE) - 168 MEN
      SUPPORT CO - 28 MEN, 8LMG, 18, 45MM MTRS
      A/T CO - 235 MEN, 8-47MM A/T GUNS ATTACHED TO EACH REGIMENT
      MORTAR CO - 200 MEN, 9 81MM MTRS

    ARTILLERY REGIMENT

      12 100mm HOWITZERS, 12 75MM GUNS, 12 75MM HOW
      A/T CO (ONE) AS ABOVE
      MORTAR BTN-529 MEN, 12 81MM MTRS OR 18 81MM MTRS IN A SEMI- MOTORIZED DIVISION
      LIGHT AA BTTRY 8 20mm AA GUNS

    TRANSPORT

      The infantry division was supposed to have 357 trucks and another 78 trucks in each infantry regiment--one of these trucks was the IJOTTA-FRANCINI (3 TONS)

II MOTORIZED DIVISION

HQ SAME AS THE INFANTRY DIVISION

MOTORIZED INFANTRY REGIMENT

    REG HDQ-AS THE INF DIV BUT WITH A MORTAR PLATOON OF 6-81MM MORTARS ATTACHED
    INFANTRY BAT (TWO)
      BAT HDQ -AS THE INFANTRY BATTALION-, WITH A MORTAR PLATOON OF 4-45MM MTRS
      RIFLE COS (THREE) 217 MEN, 9LMG, 4 HMG PLUS A TOTAL OF 78 TRUCKS

BERGAGLIERE REGIMFNT

    REG HQ 180 MEN
    INFANTRY BTN (THREE)
      BTN HQ 131 MEN
      RIFLE COS (THREE) 174 MEN
      SUPPORT CO-192 MEN, 12HMG.
      MOTORCYCLE CO-178 MEN, 4HMG, 108 MOTORCYCLES

    THE REGIMENT HAS A TOTAL OF 41 TRUCKS AND 400 MOTORCYCLES

LIGHT TANK BATTALION 46 LIGHT TANKS M/11 (11 TON TANK) 3 MAN CREW, 1 37MM A/T GUN IN LIMITED TRAVERSE, IN THE RIGHT FRONT PLATE OF THE VEHICLE AND 2 MGs IN A FULLY ROTATING TURRET
ARTILLERY REGIMENT