FrancoFB
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In the June of '40, the italian army had three type of division in the north Africa
the most common type was the "Divisione autotrasportabile tipo A.S.", there were nine (Sabratha, Sirte, Marmarica, Cirene, Pavia, Bologna, Brescia, Savona, Catanzaro)
on the paper they organization was
Division HQ
Two infantry rgt, each with: three rifle btln, one 81mm mortar coy, one 65/17 battery.
One replacement btln
One mg btln
One motorcyclist Bersaglieri coy
One 47/32 anti tank coy
One artillery rgt, with: two 75/27 btln, one 100/17 btln, two 20/65 btryes
One mixed engineer btln
Services
Eventually one L-3 tank(-ette) btln
men: 453 officer, 594 NCO, 9,931 enlisted= 10,978 (with the L btln)
weapons: 9,025 rifles, 262 LMG, 232 MG, 111 45mm mortar, 12 81mm mortar, 16 20/65 guns, 8 47/32 guns, 8 65/17 guns, 24 75/27 guns, 12 100/17 howitzer,
vehicles: 398 car/truck, 249 motorcycles/three-wheeler, 36 tractor, 180 bicycles, 46 L-3
a two divisions army corps would have, if w/o support unit 136 pieces, 246 mortars, 464 MG, 524 LMG, 18,050 rifles, 796 car/truck, 496 motortcycles/three-wheler, 72 tractors, 360 bicycles, 92 L-3, actually a bit more for the HQ staff.
the famous Allegato 4 give us the situation at 1st June (or maybe at 1st May)
a note "Forza effettiva" is the men strength and include also the men not available that day, so include sick, on leave and so
the army corps X, XX, XXI had only AT A.S. 40 divisions this would be respectively 2, 4, 2, but the XX and XXI include also all the GAF units
p.s. i corrected the mean of forza effettiva
the most common type was the "Divisione autotrasportabile tipo A.S.", there were nine (Sabratha, Sirte, Marmarica, Cirene, Pavia, Bologna, Brescia, Savona, Catanzaro)
on the paper they organization was
Division HQ
Two infantry rgt, each with: three rifle btln, one 81mm mortar coy, one 65/17 battery.
One replacement btln
One mg btln
One motorcyclist Bersaglieri coy
One 47/32 anti tank coy
One artillery rgt, with: two 75/27 btln, one 100/17 btln, two 20/65 btryes
One mixed engineer btln
Services
Eventually one L-3 tank(-ette) btln
men: 453 officer, 594 NCO, 9,931 enlisted= 10,978 (with the L btln)
weapons: 9,025 rifles, 262 LMG, 232 MG, 111 45mm mortar, 12 81mm mortar, 16 20/65 guns, 8 47/32 guns, 8 65/17 guns, 24 75/27 guns, 12 100/17 howitzer,
vehicles: 398 car/truck, 249 motorcycles/three-wheeler, 36 tractor, 180 bicycles, 46 L-3
a two divisions army corps would have, if w/o support unit 136 pieces, 246 mortars, 464 MG, 524 LMG, 18,050 rifles, 796 car/truck, 496 motortcycles/three-wheler, 72 tractors, 360 bicycles, 92 L-3, actually a bit more for the HQ staff.
the famous Allegato 4 give us the situation at 1st June (or maybe at 1st May)
a note "Forza effettiva" is the men strength and include also the men not available that day, so include sick, on leave and so
the army corps X, XX, XXI had only AT A.S. 40 divisions this would be respectively 2, 4, 2, but the XX and XXI include also all the GAF units
p.s. i corrected the mean of forza effettiva
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