Flechas Negras Mixed Brigade

In 1937, during the Spanish Civil War, Italians from the Corpo Truppe Volontarie began to serve in mixed Italo-Spanish Flechas (Arrows) units where the Italians provided the officers and technical personnel, while the Spanish served in the rank-and-file. One, the Flechas Negras Mixed Brigade "Black Arrows" first served in Vizcaya from April 1937.

Order of Battle, April 1937

Flechas Negras Brigade - Col. Sandro Piazzoni

  • 3rd Regiment
    • 1st Battalion
    • 2nd Battalion
    • 3rd Battalion
    • Battery 65/17
  • 4th Regiment
    • 1st Battalion
    • 2nd Battalion
    • 3rd Battalion
    • Battery 65/17
  • Assault Battalion
    • 1st Company
    • 2nd Company
  • Artillery Group
    • IVº Grupo de 75/27
    • Grupo de 100/17
    • Grupo de 105/28
    • Battery 20mm AA
  • Engineer Company
  • Intendencia Section
  • Sanitation Section

Order of Battle, Battle of Santander August 1937

Flechas Negras Brigade - Col. Sandro Piazzoni

  • 3rd Regiment
    • 1st Battalion "Monte Jata"
    • 2nd Battalion "Bermeo"
    • 3rd Battalion "Munguia"
    • Battery 65/17
    • Engineer Section
  • 4th Regiment
    • 1st Battalion "Peña Amarilla"
    • 2nd Battalion
    • 3rd Battalion "Algorta"
    • Battery 65/17
    • Engineer Section
  • Assault Battalion
  • Artillery Group
    • Group 75/27
    • Battery 149/12
    • Antitank Battery 37mm
    • Battery 20mm AA
  • Engineer Company
  • Division Truck Unit

The Flechas Negras Brigade was later expanded to form the Flechas Division.

See also

Sources
  • 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
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