2nd Blackshirt Division (28 October) (Italy)

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The Italian 2nd Blackshirt Division 28 Ottobre was an Italian CCNN Blackshirt militia unit formed for the Second Italo-Abyssinian War.

It was named 28 octobre (Italian, 28 October) in honor of the Fascist's March on Rome (October 28, 1922).

[edit] Order of Battle 1935-36

"28 Ottobre" Blackshirts Division (Gen. Somma) with :

• 114th Blackshirts Legion "Garibaldina"
  • 114th "Garibaldino" Blackshirts Battalion
  • 115th "Leonessa" Blackshirts Battalion
  • 114th MMG company
  • 114th pack-artillery battery
• 116th Blackshirts Legion "Alpina"
  • 116th "Alpino" Blackshirts Battalion
  • 125th "Ferreo" Blackshirts Battalion
  • 116th MMG company
  • 116th pack-artillery battery
• 180th Blackshirts Legion "Alessandro Farnese"
  • 174th "Taro" Blackshirts Battalion
  • 180th "Alessandro Farnese" Blackshirts Battalion
  • 180th MMG company
  • 180th pack-artillery battery
• 2nd Blackshirts MMG Battalion
• 2nd Artillery Bn (65L17 - Army)
• 2nd Special Engineers Company (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)

[edit] 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