Small Unit Organization
The Esercito Italiano features six types of Battalions, Infantry, Alpine, Arditi, Celeri, Armored, and Artillery. Battalions are the smallest unit that can be assigned to independent operations, and as such are the smallest units detailed here.
Infantry Battalion
Men: 850
Rifles: 750
Machine Guns: 34
Mortars: 8
Artillery: 2
Trucks and Other Utility Mechanized equipment: 113
Wheeled Armor: 2
Tracked Armor: 0
Anti-Aircraft: 4
Anti-Tank: 6
Alpine Battalion
Men: 992
Rifles: 875
Machine Guns: 32
Mortars: 8
Artillery: 2
Trucks and Other Utility Mechanized equipment: 57
Wheeled Armor: 2
Tracked Armor: 0
Anti-Aircraft: 4
Anti-Tank: 6
Arditi Battalion
Men: 850
Rifles: 750
Machine Guns: 71
Mortars: 8
Artillery: 2
Trucks and Other Utility Mechanized equipment: 156
Wheeled Armor: 20
Tracked Armor: 3
Anti-Aircraft: 4
Anti-Tank: 6
Celeri Battalion
Men: 992
Rifles: 875
Machine Guns: 35
Mortars: 19
Artillery: 3
Trucks and Other Utility Mechanized equipment: 227
Wheeled Armor: 68
Tracked Armor: 3
Anti-Aircraft: 4
Anti-Tank: 6
Armored Battalion
Men: 1063
Rifles: 938
Machine Guns: 57
Mortars: 0
Artillery: 4
Trucks and Other Utility Mechanized equipment: 113
Wheeled Armor: 10
Tracked Armor: 31
Anti-Aircraft: 4
Anti-Tank: 6
Artillery Battalion
Men: 425
Rifles: 375
Machine Guns: 3
Mortars: 0
Artillery: 12
Trucks and Other Utility Mechanized equipment: 71
Wheeled Armor: 1
Tracked Armor: 0
Anti-Aircraft: 1
Anti-Tank: 1
You smug-faced crowds with kindling eye
Who cheer when soldier lads march by,
Sneak home and pray you'll never know
The hell where youth and laughter go.
-Siegfried Sassoon
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