Flechas Negras Mixed Brigade

Flechas Negras Mixed Brigade

In 1937, during the Spanish Civil War, Italians from the Corpo Truppe Volontarie began to serve in mixed Italo-Spanish Flechas (Arrows) units where the Italians provided the officers and technical personnel, while the Spanish served in the rank-and-file. One, the Flechas Negras Mixed Brigade "Black Arrows" first served in Vizcaya from April 1937.

Order of Battle, April 1937

Flechas Negras Brigade - Col. Sandro Piazzoni
* 3rd Regimient
** 1st Battalion
** 2nd Battalion
** 3rd Battalion
** Battery 65/17
* 4th Regimient
** 1st Battalion
** 2nd Battalion
** 3rd Battalion
** Battery 65/17
* Assault Battalion
** 1st Company
** 2nd Company
* Artillery Group
** IVº Grupo de 75/27
** Grupo de 100/17
** Grupo de 105/28
** Battery 20mm AA
* Engineer Company
* Intendencia Section
* Sanitation Section

Order of Battle, Battle of Santander August 1937

Flechas Negras Brigade - Col. Sandro Piazzoni
* 3rd Regiment
** 1st Battalion "Monte Jata"
** 2nd Battalion "Bermeo"
** 3rd Battalion "Munguia"
** Battery 65/17
** Engineer Section
* 4th Regiment
** 1st Battalion "Peña Amarilla"
** 2nd Battalion
** 3rd Battalion "Algorta"
** Battery 65/17
** Engineer Section
* Assault Battalion
* Artillery Group
** Group 75/27
** Battery 149/12
** Antitank Battery 37mm
** Battery 20mm AA
* Engineer Company
* Division Truck Unit

The Flechas Negras Brigade was later expanded to form the Flechas Division.

See also

* Flechas Azules Mixed Brigade

Source

*de Mesa, José Luis, El regreso de las legiones: (la ayuda militar italiana a la España nacional, 1936-1939), García Hispán, Granada:España, 1994 ISBN 84-87690-33-5


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