4th Blackshirt Division (3 January) (Italy)
- 4th Blackshirt Division (3 January) (Italy)
The Italian 4th CCNN Division "3 Gennaio" (CCNN standing for Camicie Nere, Blackshirts) was one of seven Black Shirt Divisions that were organized and fought in the Second Italo-Abyssinian War. Its commander was Generale di Divisione Alessandro Traditi.
Order of Battle October 1935
4th "3 Gennaio" Blackshirts Division
* 101st Blackshirts Legion "Libica"
** 101st Blackshirts Battalion (former 1st "Cirene" Bn from the Libya Territorial Legion)
** 102nd Blackshirts Battalion (former 2nd "Cirene" Bn from the Libya Territorial Legion)
** 101st MMG coy
** 101st pack-artillery battery
* 104th Blackshirts Legion "S.Santarosa"
** 104th "S.Santarosa" Blackshirts Battalion
** 111th "Monferrato" Blackshirts Battalion
** 104th MMG coy
** 104th pack-artillery battery
* 215th Blackshirts Legion "Cimino"
** 215th "Cimino" Blackshirts Battalion
** 220 "Giulio Cesare" Blackshirts Battalion
** 215th MMG coy
** 215th pack-artillery battery
* 4th Blackshirts MMG Battalion
* 4th Artillery Battalion (65L17 - Army)
* 4th Special Engineers Coy (mixed Blackshirts and Army)
* 2 x Replacements Battalions
Notes:
* Additionally the Division had a Medical Section, Logistics Section, and transport of a Pack-Mules unit (1600 mules), and a Mixed Trucks unit (80 light trucks)
Source
* Ettore Lucas and Giorgio de Vecchi, "Storia delle Unità Combattenti della MVSN 1923-1943", Giovanni Volpe Editore, 1976. pages 63 to 116 plus errata
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