• Source: 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


Flechas Azules Mixed Brigade




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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• Flechas Negras Mixed Brigade
• Flechas Azules Mixed Brigade
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• Corpo Truppe Volontarie
• Flechas Division
• Flechas Azules Division
• Flechas Verdes Division
• Portuguese Colonial War