3rd Blackshirt Division (21 April)

The 3rd CCNN Division (CCNN standing for Camicie Nere, Black Shirts; also known as 3rd CCNN Division XXI Aprile) was one of the seven Black Shirt militia Divisions that were organized and fought in the Second Italo-Abyssinian War.

Its commander was Generale di Divisione Giacomo Appiotti .

Order of battle (October 1935)

• 230th Blackshirts Legion "L'Aquila"
  • 230th "L'Aquila" Blackshirts Bn
  • 236th " Tre Monti" Blackshirts Bn
  • 230th MMG Company
  • 230th pack-artillery battery
• 252nd Blackshirts Legion "Acciaiata"
  • 252nd "Acciaiata" Blackshirts Battalion
  • 256th "Lucano" Blackshirts Battalion
  • 252nd MMG Company
  • 252nd pack-artillery battery
• 263rd Blackshirts Legion "T.Gulli"
  • 263rd "T.Gulli" Blackshirts Battalion
  • 264th "Scalfaro" Blackshirts Battalion
  • 263rd MMG Company
  • 263rd pack-artillery battery
• 3rd Blackshirts MMG Battalion
• 3rd Artillery Bn (65L17 - Army)
• 3rd Special Engineers Coy (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)

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