Divisione occupazione

[jwsleser]

Posted 01 March 2017 - 07:24 PM by Dili

What was the composition in weapons of Occupation Division? Looking for how many machines guns, artillery and mortars it got.

Posted 02 March 2017 - 08:03 AM by dicassette2000

What was the composition in weapons of Occupation Division? Looking for how many machines guns, artillery and mortars it got.

Occupation divisions type AS or type metropolitana.......
All the best
maurizio

Posted 03 March 2017 - 01:01 AM by Dili

Metropolitan.

Was there an AS occupation division with a TOE?

Posted 03 March 2017 - 02:29 PM by diciassette2000

Metropolitan.

Was there an AS occupation division with a TOE?

I cannot attach file at this forum (I dont know why) so i dont send to you the file .
For AS "divisione di occupazione". In november 1941 division Brescia, Savona and Sabratha were ridesignated "divisione di occupazione tipo AS" with a not fixed TOE but so large differences with other divisions "tipo motorizzato AS". They have a large amount of fixed weapons and have also the battaglioni mitraglieri resumed from other units.....but for little time .....
All the best
maurizio

Posted 04 March 2017 - 11:19 PM by Dili

Thanks , i have sent you a PM.

Posted 05 March 2017 - 08:30 AM by diciassette2000

Thanks , i have sent you a PM.

It's a word file ...i cannot attach it to your PM.......and if i copy it it's copy in bad mode........
All the best
maurizio

Posted 05 March 2017 - 09:23 AM by diciassette2000

Thanks , i have sent you a PM.

I replay now to your post...
All the best
maurizio

Posted 05 March 2017 - 08:04 PM by Dili

Thanks.

 

[jwsleser]

In reading this thread, I hope Maurizio rejoins the forum and can provide the file he mentions in his post.

I can offer this information from La prima controffensiva Italo-Tedesca page 162; Le operazione in Africa settentrionale Vol. II Tobruk page 263.

Divisione occupazione A.S.

Division command (comando di dvisione):
-Comando (Command Group)
-Stato Maggiore (General staff)
-Quartier General (Quartermaster General)

Two Infantry Regiments (regg. fanteria). Each regiment consists of:
-Regimental Command Company
-Mortar Company (9 x 81mm mortars)
-Batteria d'accomagnmento (4 x 65/17mm infantry support guns)
Three infantry battalions, each consisting of:
-Three infantry companies and one compagnia armi d'accompagnmento.
Each infantry company has a command platoon and three infantry platoons.
-The infantry platoon has two squads (squadra), each with a gruppo fucile (rifle group, 11 men) and a gruppo fucile mitragliatori (light machinegun group with 9 men and two Breda 30 f.m.)
-Each compagnia armi d'accompagnmento has a command platoon, two mitragliatori (heavy machinegun) platoons (two squads with 2 heavy machineguns each) and two assault mortar platoons (three squads with 3 45mm Brixia mortars each)

Divisional Machinegun Battalion (btg. mitraglieri) Three companies of 12 heavy machineguns each.

Divisional Anti-tank Battalion (btg. cannoni controcarro) Command company Three batteries (each with 6 x 47/32 anti-tank guns)

Divisional Artillery (regg. di artigleria)
-Regimental Command Group
-Two groups of 100/17 (each group of three batteries of 4 guns)
-Two groups of 75/27-06 (each group of three batteries of 4 guns)
-One group anti-aircraft (two batteries of eight 20/35 cannoni c.a. each)

Engineer Battalion (btg. genio)
-Battalion Command Group
-Two Combat Engineer (artieri) Company with three engineer platoons

Medical Section
Sustainment Section

Note: La prima controffensiva Italo-Tedesca places the c.a. gruppo in the artillery regiment; (page 162); Le operazione in Africa settentrionale Vol. II Tobruk places it as a separate unit (page 263). Because Tobruk has the c.a. in the artillery regiment on page 305, I have shown it in that configuration.