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1940 Truck-Moveable Division, North African Type
10 June 1940
 
Divisione Autotrasportabile di Tipo Africa Settentrionale 1940
 
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Note:
The word autotrasportabile is difficult to translate. The word that comes to mind for this strange Italian unit is 'truck-moveable', as 'truck-borne' is not exactly right. The 'Africa Settentrionale (i.e. North African) version of these divisions were a mixture of motorized and truck-borne transported units. The motorized units were the artillery regiments, services and specialist troops, wheras the infantry regiments were truck borne. The Autotrasportabile Divisions did not have all their trucks directly allotted to them, rather, some of them where to be provided by the Corps Autogrupi. The same applied for the tank units, which were assigned to the Corps at the beginning of the war. In some cases, the divisions were completely on foot, as the motor vehicles had been given other divisions. None of the motorcycle infantry companies were ever formed. These divisions did not have any Blackshirt (CCNN) Legions attached.
 
1940 Truck Moveable Divisions, North African Type
Division
   Commanding General
Infantry
Regiments
Artillery
Regiment
MG
Battalion
Reserve
Battalion
Tank
Battalion
Engineer
Battalion
Other
Units
17 Divisione Autotrasportabile Pavia
  General Pietro Zaglio
27 & 28 26 17 17 17 17 17
25 Divisione Autotrasportabile Bologna
  General Roberto Lerici
39 & 40 10 25 25 25 25 25
27 Divisione Autotrasportabile Brescia
  General Giuseppe Cremascoli
19 & 20 55 27 27 27 27 27
55 Divisione Autotrasportabile Savona
  General Pietro Maggiani
15 & 16 12 55 55 55 55 55
60 Divisione Autotrasportabile Sabratha
  General Guido Della Bona
85 & 86 42 60 60 60 60 60
61 Divisione Autotrasportabile Sirte
  General Vincenzo Della Mura
69 & 70 43 61 61 61 61 61
62 Divisione Autotrasportabile Marmarica
  General Ruggero Tracchia
115 & 116 44 62 62 62 62 62
63 Divisione Autotrasportabile Cirene
  General Carlo Spatocco
157 & 158 45 63 63 63 63 63
64 Divisione Autotrasportabile Catanzaro
  General Giuseppe Stefanelli
141 & 142 203 64 64 64 64 64
 
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