AVANTI FORCE

Your Force must contain at least one Formation, and may contain as many Formations as you like.
It is humiliating to remain with our hands folded while others write history. It matters little who wins. To make a
people great it is necessary to send them to battle even if you have to kick them in the pants. That is what I shall do.
— Il Duce Benito Mussolini, Fascist Leader TANK INFANTRY
FORMATIONS FORMATIONS

Corpo d'Armata Motocorazzato, the 20th Armour­ed Corps, The Second Battle of El Alamein shattered the Italian-German
took a leading part in nearly every battle in the North Army, and the 20th Armour­ed Corps along with it. After a
African Campaign from Gazala to Enfidaville. The core of gallant stand that held up the British pursuit long enough
the formation was the 132nd ‘Ariete’ Armoured Division, the for the German forces to escape, the corps was reduced to a
BERSAGLIERI BERSAGLIERI
133rd ‘Littorio’ Armoured Division, and the 101st ‘Trieste’ small battlegroup under the command of Ariete. This group TANK COMPANY HEAVY TANK COMPANY WEAPONS COMPANY RIFLE COMPANY
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Motorised Division. then covered the retreat to the El Agheila position.
Having fought in and won every major battle since their With the destruction of 20th Armour­ ed Corps, a third
arrival, Ariete and Trieste were confident of their abilities, armoured division, 131st ‘Centauro’ Armoured Division was
despite any weakness in their equipment. The arrival of new quickly transferred to Tunisia. There it combined with the
weapons, like the Semovente 75 and truck-mounted 90mm Ariete battlegroup to fight the American and British forces, PARACHUTIST
COMPANY
self-propelled guns, gave them a much-improved anti-tank taking part in the victories at Kasserine Pass and holding El MI201

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capability that quickly showed its value in defeating British Guettar until outflanked by the British at Wadi Akarit.
attacks against the Cauldron during the Battle of Gazala. After these gallant battles, the remnants of the Italian AVANTI SUPPORT UNITS
The newly-arrived Littorio Division had fought as infantry armoured force fought on as a battlegroup in the ad hoc
in the Spanish Civil War, then as an armoured division in German Manteuffel Division until the eventual defeat of You may field one Support Unit from each box.
Yugoslavia, and quickly learned the tricks of desert fighting Axis forces in North Africa. Fighting bravely and strongly
under the tutelage of Ariete. By the time it entered combat to the very end, the Italian forces expunged the calamity of
at Gazala, it was as capable as its more experienced brethren. defeat in 1940.

ASSAULT PIONEERS ANTI-AIRCRAFT RECONNAISSANCE RECONNAISSANCE

132ª DIVISIONE CORAZZATA 'ARIETE'

132ND ‘ARIETE’ ARMOURED DIVISION
20TH ARMOURED CORPS, MAY 1942 ASSAULT ENGINEER AUTOCANNONE 20MM AB41 ARMOURED CAR AB41 ARMOURED CAR
General Giuseppe De Stefanis (up to First Alamein) PLATOON AA PLATOON PLATOON PLATOON
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General Adolfo Infante (from Second El Alamein) L6/40 LIGHT TANK L6/40 LIGHT TANK
PARACHUTIST
ASSAULT ENGINEER PLATOON PLATOON
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132° REGGIMENTO 8° REGGIMENTO 132° REGGIMENTO
CORAZZATO BERSAGLIERI ARTIGLIERIA

VIII BATTAGLIONE CARRI III BATTAGLIONE BERSAGLIERI I GRUPPO ARTIGLIERIA ARTILLERY ARTILLERY ANTI-TANK ANTI-TANK
8th Tank Battalion (p. 22) 3rd Sharpshooter Battalion (p. 24) 1st Artillery Group

IX BATTAGLIONE CARRI V BATTAGLIONE BERSAGLIERI II GRUPPO ARTIGLIERIA 100MM HOWITZER 100MM HOWITZER
9th Tank Battalion 5th Sharpshooter Battalion 2nd Artillery Group BATTERY BATTERY 90MM ON LANCIA 90MM ON LANCIA
MI115 MI115 ANTI-TANK BATTERY ANTI-TANK BATTERY

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OBSERVER 88MM 88MM
X BATTAGLIONE CARRI XII BATTAGLIONE BERSAGLIERI III GRUPPO ARTIGLIERIA ANTI-TANK BATTERY ANTI-TANK BATTERY
10th Tank Battalion 12th Sharpshooter Battalion 3rd Artillery Group MI118 MI118

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AIRCRAFT
DIVISIONAL TROOPS AB41 OP
V GRUPPO ARTIGLIERIA
SEMOVENTE OBSERVATION POST
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5th SP Artillery Group (p. 23)

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CR.42 FALCO
ASSAULT SECTION
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XXXI GRUPPO ARTIGLIERIA DI GRUPPO ARTIGLIERIA VI GRUPPO ARTIGLIERIA

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CONTRAEREA E CONTROCARRI CONTRAEREA E CONTROCARRI SEMOVENTE
31st Anti-Aircraft & Anti-tank Artillery Group 51st Anti-Aircraft & Anti-tank Artillery Group 6th SP Artillery Group

FORMATION SUPPORT ALLIED SUPPORT WILDCARD

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III GRUPPO SQUADRONI III GRUPPO SQUADRONI You may field compulsory You may field two compulsory
CORAZZATO ‘NIZZA CAVALLERIA’ CORAZZATO ‘LANCIERI DI NOVARA’ Combat Units (with a Units from a German Formation
3rd Armoured Squadron Group 3rd Armoured Squadron Group black box) from the as Support and one German
1st ‘Nice’ Cavalry Regiment 5th ‘Lancers of Novara’ Cavalry Regiment
above Formations as Formation as an Allied
Support Units. Formation.

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