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How many GAF artillery changed to coastal?

Dili

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How many GAF artillery raggrupamenti were "converted" to coastal artillery raggrupamenti after French armistice and also after Yugoslav surrender.

I have that 14º Raggrupamento Artiglieria GAF renamed 14º Raggruppamento Artiglieria Costiera but nothing more.
 
Dili
Unfortunately, going back to the GAF exchange rates is a remarkable undertaking. I've been trying for at least 10 years, but even official documents are often incomplete and contradictory. Complicating the matter is the fact that batteries and groups were almost always renumbered and often even changed in size. To this it must then be added that for example in the case of the 149/35 coastal groups they often came from the renumbering of disused Army groups. At this point we often find ourselves with groups having the same numbering, a different caliber and a third group with the same numbering .... and finally the groups that left for the AS were all recalibrated and turned into as many line groups losing all the previous connotations then war during were reformed using cannons of often French PB ..... for example the much celebrated 14.o former GAF grouping became coastal was in fact a mix of ex GAF pieces, of new construction , two batteries were brand new pieces of 149/19 that for lack of adequate towing had been miserably adapted to coastal and other three were coastal of ..... new numbering ....... therefore in this case I can be of little help .........
All the best
maurizio
 
Dili
Here a little study on demobilized GAF groups (not exaustive, not complete). Hope it helps

30.o
In Sicily from 1941 with 22.o raggruppamento artiglieria GAF. Coastal duty since end of war.
31.o
Demobilized 1940. The hq go to Ischia (1941). Coastal duty.
32.o
Demobilized June 1942.
33.o
Demobilized september 1940. Rimobilized 1941 like difesa di circostanza contraerei GAF (75/27).
35.o
Demobilized 1940. The Hq went to Sicily with 12.o raggruppamento GAF (23/4/1941). In Sicily 1943.
36.o
Demobilized 1940. Hq coastal duty Calabria.
37.o
Demobilized 1940.
38.o
Demobilized 1940. Rimobilized like 100/17 group. Go to Sardegna (1941) like “protezione degli aereoporti”.
39.o
Demobilized 1940. Rimobilized 1941 like “difesa di circostanza contarerei GAF”. Assigned to Difesa territoriale di Bolzano 1941. Phreaps demobilized 1943.
41.o
Demobilized 1940. Rimobilized like 100/17 group. Go to Sardegna (1941) like “protezione degli aereoporti”. Change 100/17 guns to 149/12 in 1943.
44.o
Demobilized 1940.
45.o
Demobilized. Rimobilized 1941 and changed in Gruppo a traino meccanico da 100/17. Go to AS 1941.
55.o
Demobilized 1940.
58.o
Demobilized 1/10/1941. The Hq went Calabria with Hq duty.
64.o
Demobilized. Rimobilized 1941 and changed in Gruppo a traino meccanico da 100/17. Go to AS 1941.
70.o
Demobilized 1940.
73.o
Demobilized. Change in Gruppo da 100/17 per difesa aereoportuale. Go to Sicily 1941. Change in Sicily to 149/12. There in 1943.
76.o
Demobilized. Change in Gruppo da 100/17 per difesa aereoportuale. Go to Sicily 1941. Change in Sicily to 152/13. There in 1943.
79.o
Demobilized. Change in Gruppo da 100/17 per difesa aereoportuale. Go to Sicily 1941. Change in Sicily to 149/12. There in 1943.
81.o
Demobilized. Rimobilized 1941 and changed in Gruppo a traino meccanico da 100/17. Go to AS 1941.
86.o
Demobilized. Rimobilized 1941 and changed in Gruppo a traino meccanico da 149/35. Go to AS 1941.
88.o
Demobilized. Hq in Sicily with coastal duty.
91.o
Demobilized. Rimobilized 1941 and changed in Gruppo a traino meccanico da 100/17. Go to AS 1941
92.o
Demobilized 1940
95.o
Demobilized 1940
97.o
Demobilized 1940. Rimobilized like 100/17 group. Go to Sardegna (1941) like “protezione degli aereoporti”. Change 100/17 guns to 149/12 in 1943.
98.o
Demobilized 1940. Rimobilized 1941 like “difesa di circostanza contarerei GAF”. Assigned to Difesa territoriale di Trieste 1941.
99.o
Demobilized. Rimobilized 1941 and changed in Gruppo a traino meccanico da 100/17. Go to AS 1941
100.o
Demobilized. Hq for coastal duty to Naples.
102.o
Demobilized. Hq in Sicily for coastal duty.
 
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