Recent content by FrancoFB

I've seen the 75/13 in NA on this forum, the thread of the artillery in NA a recovery from the old forum but i don't think this can be true. But the La Spezia with 65/17 as divisional artillery intrigue me, for what hell give a relative elite division that old piece, the 75/13 was much better...

i don't think that the 75/13 can be mechanical towed, if they were sent, for some strange reason, probably they were moved loaded on truck

Aiutanti di Battaglia are only promoted on the field, and in theory don't need to be sergeant p.s. and the origin was in WW I probably for get platoon commander with experience and not only the young officer came from the short wartime school

Marescialli that commanded unit in battle are Aiutanti di Battaglia or simple Marescialli?

Just as a joke the Marescialli don't use cap because they are in the offices i don't think they were considered officers in the RE, just old NCO

Happy new year to you all!

some years ago i was on italian forum specialized on tanks, if i can log in i try to put the question there i don't sure a reply, i'm many years away from them and is not polite go back just for a question i did, the forum not look with many writer active but the hope is last to die

i've misunderstand i've to apologize this is very strange organization where you find it? i know that pre-war organization was without reserve tank plat and the reserve tanks were in tank coy HQ 2 each,

ah i've misunderstand i're read like the tanks coy had 9 tanks afaik the L-3 btln organization was 1 tank for the commander a reserve tanks plat with 6 tanks 3 tanks coy with 13 tanks each (3 plat of 4 tanks and 1 for the commander) the LF tank was one plat for coy, but this was later abolished...

line 1 is not percentage of guns utilized, actually idk what mean but could be like useful salvos, probably salvos on target line 4 possibly shell fall away from the salvo line 5 possibly shell not fired

2 coy each btl and 9 tanks coy are incompatible with a total of 170 the GaF tanks coy had L-5/Fiat-3000 tanks for the "meccanizzazione..." in other place report 3 coy btl at example page 184 of the 2nd Tomo

i think that tank btl were on 3 coy i think the 46 tanks is the paper strength, i don't think that actually they had this number on hand or ready

no guns in italian army was called 77/18 if you want write the former austrian is called 77/28 and was not in use in the artillery rgt, but only to libyan artillery (and in the East Africa) the two standard light gun in use in the artillery rgt were both called 75/27

actually there were not 75/18 howitzer in Libya, excluding the 75/18 semoventi the alone division in Africa with 75/18 howitzer was the Superga in Tunisia campaign

the 77/28 can be broken in 3 load for mountain towing, for normal horse towing was one load using a "avantreno", for the motor towing they used one load with the "carrello elastico". for the 100/17 is similar.