Tank and Armoured Cars Group
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The first armoured formation of the Corpo Truppe Volontarie involved in the Spanish Civil War was the Tank and Armoured Cars Group or Agrupación de carros de asalto y autos blindados that was involved in the Battle of Guadalajara.
[edit] Order of battle March 1937
Tank and Armoured Cars Group - Major Lohengrin Giraud
- 1st Tank Company - Capitán Oreste Fortuna
- 2nd Tank Company - Capitán Paolo Paladini
- 3rd Tank Company - Capitán Miduri
- 4th Tank Company - Capitán Carcio
- 1st Armoured Car Company
- 1st Motorized Machinegun Company - Capitán Ricci
- 47mm Antitank Gun Section
- Chemical - Flamethrower Company
[edit] 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
