ITALIAN MOTOCICLISTI FORCE RATING

Regular: -4
Command Dice: 5
PLATOON HEADQUARTERS
Tenente and Primo Sergente, both Senior Leaders,
armed with pistol or SMG and two riflemen. Two
motorcycles.
Three Squads per Platoon, each

Italian CTV - Raggruppamento SQUADS ONE TO THREE

Repartí Specializzati Sergente, Junior Leader, armed with a rifle or SMG.
5 Riflemen. 3 Motorcycles.
PLOTONE DI MOTOCICLISTI All men in the platoon are equipped with hand
(NATIONALIST ) grenades and carry rifles, except where noted.
The Motorcycle Platoons of the RRS were small Scout Squads may start the game dismounted – if so,
units. The Platoon command element consisted of a they  apply  the  RRS  ‘Mobility’  characteristic.
Lieutenant (Tenente), a Platoon Sergeant (Primo
Sergente) and two Riflemen (Fucilieri), the whole
element mounted on two motorcycles. ARMY SUPPORT LIST NOTES
Most of the support options on the list will be self-
Each platoon had three Sections (Squadra), each explanatory. All tanks and armoured cars come with a
composed of a Sergeant (Sergente) a Corporal Junior Leader. Vehicles do not have radios.
(Caporale) and four Fucilieri, with three motorcycles
per section. Typically the officers carried pistols, with Transport only vehicles, such as a car are simply
other ranks carrying the Moschetto M.91 Carbine, vehicles, which come with no crew. Remember, you
although one or more SMGs might be found within will need to allocate men to drive these.
the platoon.
As this is a motorised formation every ground support
The typical support for these groups was the Lancia weapon and infantry unit may be provided with a
IZM armoured cars of the Compagnia de truck to tow or carry it. A Truck can tow a single
Automitragliatrice (Motorised Machinegun Company), infantry, anti-tank or anti-aircraft gun, or carry up to
or the CV 33/35 tanks of the Carristi Companies. three machine gun teams, or a single infantry section.
Support could also be provided by motorised artillery
unit, possibly a unit of the CV 33/35  ‘Fiamme’  of  the   A Spanish Infantry Platoon will always come with its
Flamethrower tank company, all of which were full complement of Leaders. Weapon Teams rarely
attached to the RRS. come with a Leader, whereas heavier support
weapons do. Where two or more support weapons of
In addition a Spanish motorised infantry company was the same type are selected, a single Junior Leader is
deployed to support the RRS. These were deployed in provided to command the Section. The lists show all
their platoons and carried in two trucks as two half- Junior Leader assignments where they are present for
platoons, one commanded by their Lieutenant, the all troops barring vehicles as discussed above. The
other by their Platoon Sergeant. following support options need some notes.

In addition, when anti tank support was added it is MOTOCICLISTI

understood that it came from the mixed platoons that Additional motorcycle squads may be added and if
were made up of a single gun of the well regarded three are taken as support, an additional platoon
Cannone da 47/32 and three 37mm Cannone da command element is gained without counting as a
37/45. support choice. They may also take the Moto-
Mitragliatrice support option if two or three squads
are taken.
 ITALIAN CTV RRS SUPPORT LIST SPANISH INFANTRY SECTION
LIST ONE Refer to the Peninsular Army Infantry list for
Medical Orderly organizational details. This selection is for one-half of
Adjutant a platoon, always considered to be commanded by a
Roadblock Junior Leader. They are taken dismounted.
Barbed Wire
Small Truck to tow or carry a single weapon team. Presuming that these units also had their 50mm
Engineer Mine Clearance Team, 3 men Mortar Teams, these must also have been split
Engineer Demolition Team, 3 men between the sections and are added into the total
AP Ammunition for CV 33/35 Section strength, giving one LMG Team, Two Rifle
LIST TWO Teams and a Mortar Team. There is a single Senior
Pre-Game Barrage Leader and one member of a single team may be a
Heavy Cover barricade Junior Leader.
Truck to transport entire Infantry or Weapon Section
Convert Motorciclisti to Moto-Mitragliatrice
ITALIAN HAND GRENADES
Lancia Ansaldo IZM armoured car
Italian hand grenades depended on the force of an
LIST THREE
impact-­‐based   detonation   system,   which   proved  
Sniper Team, 2 men
unreliable  in  action.  To  reflect  this  they  roll  with  a  -­‐1  
CV 33/35 Tank
Additional Motorciclisti Squad to hit their target.
Cannone da 37/45 A/T Gun, 5 crew, Junior Leader*
65/17 Infantry Gun, 5 crew and Junior Leader*
Spanish Infantry Section (Green) with Junior Leader*** CTV RRS CHARACTERISTICS
LIST FOUR MOBILITY
Cannone-Mitragliera 20/65 AA gun with 5 crew* For each squad you can gain one free Patrol phase
Cannone da 47/32 A/T gun, 5 crew and Junior Leader1 move with one of your markers as per the rules.
Engineer Section with Junior Leader When deployed dismounted troops are placed on-
T-26B Tank** table without their motorcycles.
LIST FIVE
- In addition, a dismounted squad(s) may move with
LIST SIX 1D6 or 2D6 and then assume a Tactical stance when
75/27 Field Gun Battery with observer activated by a Leader using two Command Initiatives.
CV 33/35 Lanciafiamme
1
Only one selection. SAVOIA!
*Not before April 1937. The battle cry of the House of Savoy was the signal to
**Not before 1938. hurl grenades and assault the enemy. To reflect this,
***Not after April 1937. when a Senior Leader attached to a Team or Squad
MOTO-MITRAGLIATRICE uses two Command Initiatives, he may lead a charge
There were units of Motorcycle Machineguns within against   any   enemy   within   12”   preceded   by   a   hail   of  
the RRS. These shared the same organisation and role grenades.
as the Motorcycle Platoons, except each squad had a
single Breda M.30 light machine gun as well as its Roll 1D6, subtracting 1 if the enemy is in light cover, 2
carbines. If this option is taken, the three original core if in hard cover. On a roll of 1 or 2, one hand grenade
squads of the platoon must allot one figure as the
has hit the target unit; on 3 or 4, two grenades hit; on
weapon’s  gunner  and  another  as  its  loader.
5 or 6, three grenades hit the target. Roll for the
MOTORCYCLES effect of these and the Team or Squad may then
Motorcycles   operate   as   wheeled   vehicles   but   re-­‐roll   move with up to 3D6 to try to initiative Close Combat.
any  1’s  rolled.
GRUPPO MITRAGLIATORI
75/27 FIELD GUN BATTERY As expected, the Italian tactical doctrine of using the
Refer to the Specific Rules for a 75/27 Artillery Squad Sergente to regulate control of the machine
Battery. gun group applied to the forces of the RRS.

AP AMMUNITION To reflect this doctrine when the Sergente is attached

The CV 33/35 may be equipped with Armour Piercing to a machine gun team and uses two or more
ammunition as a level one choice. If taken the round Command Initiatives to direct their fire, he may add
has an AP of 1 and ammunition lasts only in the turn it
is fired. D3 to the Team’s  Firepower dice.