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Squadra Genio Artieri

Brady

New Member
Hi-

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How many men is these: Squadra Genio Artieri

were they arranged like:

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Or Differently ?
 

Dili

Member
Artieri were engineers not infantry. You are showing one of the arrangements of an infantry squadra in this case in unique column. You have the FM group in the vanguard but there are no FM's in the artieri they had only rifles.
 

Brady

New Member
Artieri were engineers not infantry. You are showing one of the arrangements of an infantry squadra in this case in unique column. You have the FM group in the vanguard but there are no FM's in the artieri they had only rifles.

Yes, but the idea was that each squad had ~ 20 men so the Platoons had 40 men ?, not that they were arranged or equipped that way, nescessarly

So the Plotini had two Squadra Genio Artieri in it ?

So how many men in each squad is the better question I supose (Squadra Genio Artieri), all with rifles u say, no support weapones ?
 

Dili

Member
In this case yes a platoon had 2 squads, i have only the numbers of squadra artieri of AS type divisions , it had 14 men, this was in platoon with only 1 squad....
 

Dili

Member
Yes, no support weapons.
You see in the first image you posted no fucile mitragliatori (Breda 30) or mitragliatici in quantities , other sub units of division you see them listed:

Note that the second image you posted gruppo mitragliatori should have been called gruppo fucile mitragilatori, it would have been more correct.
 
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