Divisione Celere, 05.04.41

1941 Fast Divisions allotted to the April 1941 Balkan Campaign
Division	Cavalry Regiments	Bersaglieri	Tank Battalion	Artillery Battalion	AT Company	Engineer Company	Other Units

1 Divisione Celere Eugenio di Savoia Gen. Cesare Lomaglio	1 Nizza Cavalleria 12 Cavalleggeri di Saluzzo 14 Cavalleggeri di Alessandria	11 Regiment - 15 Battalion - 27 Battalion - 28 Battalion	1 San Giusto (carri L 33)	I/1 Celere (75/27)	171	101	1 Celere
2 Divisione Celere Emanuele Filiberto Testa di Ferro Gen. Carlo Ceriana Manieri	2 Piemonte Reale Cavalleria 9 Lancieri di Firenze 10 Lancieri di Vittorio Emanuele	6 Regiment - 6 Battalion - 13 Battalion - 19 Battalion	2 San Marco (carri L33)	II/2 Celere (75/27)	172	102	2 Celere
3 Divisione Celere Principe Amedeo Duca D'Aosta Gen. Mario Marazzani	3 Savoia Cavalleria 4 Genova Cavalleria 5 Lancieri di Novara	3 Regiment - 18 Battalion - 20 Battalion - 25 Battalion	3 San Giorgio (carri L33)	III/3 Celere (75/27)	173	103	3 Celere
The Fast Divisions of the Italian Army had been heavily raided to provide material for rebuilding the 10th Army after its destruction in North Africa. All three divisions had been relieved of all their motor vehicles as well as all their motor towed artillery to help rebuild the Italian North African Army. For Esigenza E (as the Yugoslavian invasion was designated) the Fast Divisions received a new, revised organization. The most important changes were: – only one horse artillery battalion instead of a mixed artillery regiment; – a drastic reduction of services, most of which were now horse drawn; – a third regiment of horsed cavalry was allotted; – a third bicycle battalion was added to the Bersaglieri regiment (although this was dropped only four months later). No further TOE's were ever issued by the Comando Supremo after these changes, and the three fast divisions fought the rest of the war with various 'ad hoc' establishments.