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He was perhaps the best Italian fortification expert, along with Cappelletto (many years ago, he had also founded a group on Italian Fortifications, to which I subscribed and which published a remarkably well-researched fanzine). I've had his book, which you can see on the website, for years...

Actually, I didn't use anyone's articles...if anything, they may have used parts found in the SME archives. However, the things cited have been validated by my research for years...and I don't think it's right to question them...in any case, use them as you see fit, even if that means throwing...

I have transcribed the list adding my notes which come from research at the SME in Rome and from various notes attributable to NARA and BAMA....I hope it is useful...thanks anyway for your attention... All the best maurizio Some time ago, in the thread talking about 31. Rgt. light tank...

Great job Kustoz....I'll look in my notes and complete it if possible, then I'll post it on the forum....thanks, great job...it's rare these days to see people doing research like this....thanks all the best Maurizio

This is the one..... All the best Maurizio

In fact, there are no texts that analyze the theoretical TOE of the RSI battalions down to the platoon level... also because, more simply, they were never created. The only ones who put them on paper when the four divisions were formed at Grafenwohr were the Germans, who took a 1944-model Alpine...

Be careful not to confuse the 3rd 21st April Division of the Blackshirts with the 21st April Group of the same Blackshirts. The former was a division formed in 1939 and lost in Africa in 1940, while the latter was a Circumstance Group that, as already mentioned, fought with the 11th Army Corps...

With a few exceptions, these are old SME texts that have already been widely seen. All the best Maurizio

The symbol of the CCNN was for all the combat fascism that was worn on the collar of the black shirt All the best maurizio

The Legions and the CCNN Groups did not have mottos, only the divisions did. All the best maurizio

He was in the 2nd company of the 1st battalion of the 2nd Legion of the CCNN Group 21 April (2.a compagnia del 1.o battaglione della 2.a Legione Camicie Nere del Raggruppamento Camicie Nere 21 Aprile) therefore: 10 febbraio 1942 -Lubiana 1.o Aprile 1942-Lubiana 1.o novembre 1942-Lubiana 2...

From research conducted, the "21 Aprile" Group remained attached to the 11th Army Corps throughout its presence in the Balkan theater of war (late 1941–September 1943). More specifically, these are some of the dates found: 10 febbraio 1942 --Raggruppamento CCNN “21 aprile” (distaccato al 11.o...

The fact that your grandfather was from Rome is not significant because even if the Legion came from Piedmont (headquarters) it was open to all volunteers and also included conscripts from other regions maurizio

Giovanni Rocca was the commander of the 2nd Assault Legion, while General Niccolò Nicchiarelli was the commander of the 21st April CCNN Group, of which the legion was a part. As for the Group's headquarters (1941-1943), there are several... I'll try to look in my notes to see if I can find...

This was the 2nd Assault Legion of the Blackshirts, commanded by Consul Giovanni Rocca and consisting of the 1st and 2nd CCNN (Blackshirt) battalions from Turin and the 179th CCNN machine gun company from Reggio Emilia. Initially assigned to the Superga Division, in March 1942 the Legion was...

They derive from a mix of information obtained both from the NARA T821 Rolls and from SME papers consulted over the years.... the fact that some of the tanks still bore numbers of other units is quite common because many times both the tanks belonging to disbanded units and tanks that were...

In April 1941, at the end of hostilities in Yugoslavia, the 31st Armored Regiment, which had remained at Giorguzzati after the end of the conflict, was joined by the III L Tank Battalion and all the reserve battalions, thus beginning a process of reorganizing its rather battered vehicles. When...

Yes because Mehtidis did nothing other than copy the list of Volume 2 of the work by Cappellano-Pignato "The combat vehicles of the Italian army" which from page 106 to page 110 actually report the same list......however, it remains a mystery.....where were the remaining 9 companies on 8...

Well....??? It could be but it is strange also because the 560th Self-propelled Group of 75/18 was initially supposed to be assigned to the Centauro division and therefore sent towards Tunisia but then it was definitively assigned to the Piave division which was initially attached to the 4th...

As can be clearly seen from the page of Faldella's book, who was one of the Italian commanders in Sicily in 1943, the two units are different and employed above all in different ways in two different Groupings (Page 412 The landing and the defense of Sicily). The M18/75 were self-propelled guns...