Amabutho ase-Italy ahlomile e-Eastern Front
Amabutho ase-Italy ahlomile e-Eastern Front
Ngo-June 2, 1941, phakathi nomhlangano nomholi kanye noshansela we-Reich, u-Adolf Hitler, eBrenner Pass, uNdunankulu wase-Italy uBenito Mussolini wezwa ngamasu eJalimane okuhlasela i-USSR. Lokhu akuzange kummangaze, njengoba ngo-May 30, 1941, wanquma ukuthi lapho kuqalwa umsebenzi waseJalimane u-Barbarossa, amayunithi ase-Italy nawo kufanele abambe iqhaza ekulweni namaBolshevism. Ekuqaleni, uHitler wayemelene nakho, ethi kwakungenzeka ngaso sonke isikhathi ukunikeza usizo oluwujuqu, uDuce, ngokuqinisa amabutho akhe eNyakatho Afrika, kodwa washintsha umqondo wakhe futhi ngoJuni 30, 1941, ekugcineni wawamukela umqondo wo ukubamba iqhaza kozakwabo wase-Italy emkhankasweni waseRussia.
I-Cavalry Tankmen - iGruppo Carri Veloci "San Giorgio"
Ngosuku lobudlova baseJalimane ngokumelene ne-USSR (Juni 22, 1941), uGeneral Francesco Zingales waqokwa ukuba abe umkhuzi we-Italian Expeditionary Force eRussia (Corpo Spedizione neRussia - CSIR), kodwa ngesikhathi sohambo oluya phambili wagula kakhulu. , futhi esikhundleni sakhe kwathathwa uJenene Giovanni Messe. Umnyombo we-CSIR wawuhlanganisa amayunithi e-4th Army amiswe enyakatho ye-Italy. Lezi kwakuyizi: I-9th Infantry Division "Pasubio" (General Vittorio Giovanelii), i-52nd Infantry Division "Turin" (General Luigi Manzi), iNkosana Amadeo d'Aosta (General Mario Marazziani) kanye nebutho lezimoto "Ihembe Elimnyama" "Tagliamento " . Ngaphezu kwalokho, kwathunyelwa izingxenye ezihlukene zezimoto, izikhali, unjiniyela kanye ne-sapper, kanye namabutho angemuva - ingqikithi yamasosha ayizinkulungwane ezi-3 (kuhlanganise namaphoyisa angama-62), ehlome ngezibhamu nezibhamu ezingaba ngu-000, nezimoto ezingu-2900.
Amandla amakhulu asheshayo e-Italian Expeditionary Force eRussia kwakuyiPanzer Group San Giorgio, eyayiyingxenye ye-3rd Fast Division. Yayihlanganisa amabutho amabili agibela amahhashi kanye nebutho le-Bersaglieri, elalihlanganisa izimpi ezintathu ezinezimoto kanye nebutho lamathangi alula. Amabutho agibela amahhashi empeleni ayegibele, futhi ama-bersalier ayehlome amabhayisikili agoqayo futhi, uma kudingekile, ayekwazi ukusebenzisa izimoto. I-3rd Fast Division yabuye yasekelwa iqembu lamathangi alula - tankettes CV 35. Ukuhlukaniswa kwalolu hlobo lweyunithi kwakuthandwa yiqiniso lokuthi amabutho ase-Italy ahlomile ekuqaleni ayehloselwe ukuxhumana nabahamba ngezinyawo, amayunithi ahamba ngezimoto kanye namayunithi amahhashi asheshayo. Lokhu kwakuzoba usizo kubathwali bezisebenzi zezikhali zase-Italy e-Eastern Front.
Sekukonke, kwakhiwe izigaba ezintathu ezisheshayo: 1. I-Celere Division "Eugenio di Savoia" enendlunkulu e-Udine, 2. I-Celere Division "Emanuele Filiberto Testa di Ferro" eFerrara kanye ne-3. I-Celere Division "Prince Amedeo Duca D'Aosta" Milan. Ngesikhathi sokuthula, ngayinye yalezi zigaba yayinebutho lethangi. Ngakho-ke, ngokulandelana, isigaba ngasinye sabelwa: I-Gruppo Squadroni Carri Veloci "San Giusto" ene-CV 33 kanye ne-CV 35; II Gruppo Squadroni Carri Veloci "San Marco" (CV 33 kanye CV 35) kanye III Gruppo Squadroni Carri Veloci "San Martino" (CV 35), okuyinto ngokushesha yaqanjwa kabusha "San Giorgio". Ama-squadrons amathangi alula, ahlanganisa ama-tankette squadrons amathathu, akhiwe avela emabuthweni agibela amahhashi futhi atholakala ekamu elifanayo nelo lonke iqembu. Lokhu kwenze kwaba lula ukusebenza ndawonye. Ngaphambi nje kokuqala kwempi, ama-squadrons ahlelwa kabusha - kangangokuthi manje ayenenkampani yokulawula kanye namaqembu amane angama-light tanks angu-15 ngalinye - inani lama-tankettes angu-61, kuhlanganise nama-5 anesiteshi somsakazo. Impahla ibihlanganisa imoto yabagibeli, amaloli angu-11, ogandaganda abangu-11, ogandaganda abangu-30, ama-trailer ezinhlamvu angu-8 nezithuthuthu ezingu-16. Abasebenzi bebengamaphoyisa angama-23, okungamaphoyisa angama-29 nabesilisa abangama-290.
Isisekelo sezimoto ezihlomile zase-Italy zazingamathangi alula (tankettes) CV 35, amayunithi okuqala aphuma emgqeni womhlangano ngoFebhuwari 1936. Bebehlome ngezibhamu ezimbili zohlobo lwe-8mm. Amanguqulo anenganono engu-20 mm, i-flamethrower kanye nomkhuzi nawo akhiqizwa. Ukukhiqizwa kwe-serial kwaphela ngoNovemba 1939. Ngokusho kwedatha ethembeke kakhulu kaNicola Pignato, ama-tankette angu-2724 i-CV 33 ne-CV 35 akhiqizwa, angu-1216 athengiswa phesheya. Ngo-July 1940, ibutho lase-Italy lalinama-tankette angu-855, angu-106 ayelungiswa, angu-112 asetshenziswa ezikhungweni zokuqeqesha, angu-212 ayegcinwe.
Amayunithi ase-Italy aqala ukusebenza kwawo e-Ukraine ngemashi yomshwalense, ngemva kokuthulula emigwaqweni yesitimela, eya ekwakhiweni kwamasosha. Lapho efika, amaNtaliyane amangala ngenani elikhulu lamasosha ezitha kanye nenani elikhulu lemishini esetshenziswa futhi yabhujiswa yibo. I-Pasubio Infantry Division kanye ne-3rd High-Speed Division, isebenzisa amaloli namahhashi, yasondela endaweni yokulwa ngokushesha kakhulu. Owokugcina ukufika kwakuyisigaba samasosha ahamba ngezinyawo eTurin. Amayunithi ase-Italy afinyelele ukulungela okuphelele kokulwa ngo-Agasti 5, 1941.
