By the spring of 1943, all three of Italy’s armoured divisions had been destroyed in North Africa. In response, Benito Mussolini issued orders to create a new armoured division. This new division would have the best weapons and vehicles available (German-made ones, by implication). The personnel would come from combat veterans of the Fascist Party’s armed wing, the Milizia Volontaria per la Sicurezza Nazionale (MVSN, commonly known as Blackshirts)
The division, upgraded from the battle group originally proposed by Mussolini, followed a table of organization that mixed Italian and German practice. It had the battalion-sized “Leonessa” armored group of three companies: one of PzKpfw IVG medium tanks, one of PzKpfw IIIN medium tanks, and one of StuGIIIG assault guns.
The file contains the unit and pcx files. Model is not my own creation. Wyrmshadow helped with the animation files. I merely put the pieces together and cleaned up the model for CivIII and added some what if pieces. A big thanks to everyone that helped out!
The division, upgraded from the battle group originally proposed by Mussolini, followed a table of organization that mixed Italian and German practice. It had the battalion-sized “Leonessa” armored group of three companies: one of PzKpfw IVG medium tanks, one of PzKpfw IIIN medium tanks, and one of StuGIIIG assault guns.
The file contains the unit and pcx files. Model is not my own creation. Wyrmshadow helped with the animation files. I merely put the pieces together and cleaned up the model for CivIII and added some what if pieces. A big thanks to everyone that helped out!
