Italian 26 Infantry Division Assiette

Italian 26 Infantry Division Assiette

26th Division "Assietta" participated in the Second Italo-Abyssinian War and was reorganized as a binary division prior to the start of World War II.

Order of Battle Oct. 1935

26th Infantry Division "Assietta"
* 38th Infantry Regiment "Ravenna"
* 63rd Infantry Regiment "Cagliari"
* 49th Artillery Regiment (2 x 75L13 bns)
* 504th MMG Bn
* Engineers Coy
* Replacements Bn

Notes:
* Each Army Division in the Ethiopian Campaign had a Pack-Mules unit of 3000 mules and three Regimental Trucks units (20 light trucks each).
* Assietta was a Binary Division (2 Infantry Rgts only)

Order of Battle June 1940

26th Infantry Division "Assietta"
* 29th Infantry Regiment
* 30th Infantry Regiment
* 17th Legion CC.NN.
* 26th Mortar Battalion
* 126th Antitank Company
* 25th Artillery Regiment
* 64th Engineer Company

External links

* [http://regioesercito.dns1.us/reparti/fanteria/rediv26.htm Regio Esercito: 26a Divisione di fanteria "Assietta"]


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