"A", in Paceco - Lieutenant Colonel Renato Perrone Headquarters Company/ XII Tank Battalion "L" 1st Company/ CXXXIII Self-propelled Anti-tank Battalion (47/32 L40 self-propelled guns) 4th Company/ CII Tank Battalion (R35 tanks) 3rd Company/ CDXLVIII Motorized Coastal Battalion 2nd Battery/ CX Motorized Artillery Group (75/27 field guns) 2nd Section/ 328th Anti-aircraft Battery/ 22nd Artillery Regiment "Aosta" (20/65 anti-aircraft guns) Mobile Group "B", in Santa Ninfa - Lieutenant Colonel Vito Gaetano Mascio Headquarters Company/ CXXXIII Self-propelled Anti-tank Battalion 3rd Company/ CXXXIII Self-propelled Anti-tank Battalion (47/32 self-propelled guns) 6th Company/ CII Tank Battalion (R35 tanks) 1st and 2nd companies/ CDXLVIII Motorized Coastal Battalion 161st Bersaglieri Motorcyclists Company 6th Battery/ CCXXXIII Motorized Artillery Group (75/27 field guns) 2nd Section/ 10th Anti-aircraft Battery/ 25th Artillery Regiment "Assietta" (20/65 anti-aircraft guns) Mobile Group "C", in Portella Misilbesi - Lieutenant Colonel Osvaldo Mazzei Headquarters Company/ CII Tank Battalion 2nd Company/ CXXXIII Self-propelled Anti-tank Battalion (47/32 self-propelled guns) 5th Company/ CII Tank Battalion (R35 tanks) 4th Company/ CDXLVIII Motorized Coastal Battalion 104th Anti-tank company (47/32 anti-tank guns) 10th Battery/ IV Group/ 25th Artillery Regiment "Assietta" (75/27 field guns) 4th Section/ 326th Anti-aircraft Battery/ 25th Artillery Regiment "Assietta" (20/65 anti-aircraft guns) XII Army Corps Reserve The 26th Infantry Division "Assietta" had been transferred from its bases and recruiting area in eastern Piedmont to Sicily in August 1941. The division's pre-deployment headquarters were in Asti, while's its two infantry regiments had been based in Asti (29th) and Tortona (30th), with the division's artillery regiment also based at Asti. 26th Infantry Division "Assietta" - Generale di Divisione Francesco Scotti, from 26 July: Generale di Brigata Ottorino Schreiber 29th Infantry Regiment "Assietta" 3x Fusilier battalions Support Weapons Company (65/17 infantry support guns) Mortar Company (81mm Mod. 35 mortars) 30th Infantry Regiment "Assietta" 3x Fusilier battalions Support Weapons Company (65/17 infantry support guns) Mortar Company (81mm Mod. 35 mortars) 17th CC.NN. Legion "Cremona" XVII CC.NN. Battalion (detached to Tactical Group "Campobello-Ravanusa") XVIII CC.NN. Battalion 259th CC.NN. Machine Gun Company (detached to Tactical Group "Campobello-Ravanusa") 25th Artillery Regiment "Assietta" I Artillery Group (100/17 howitzers; detached to XXIX Coastal Brigade) II Artillery Group (100/17 howitzers) III Artillery Group (75/27 field guns) IV Artillery Group (75/27 field guns; 10th Battery detached to Mobile Group "C") 10th Anti-aircraft Battery (20/65 anti-aircraft guns; 2nd Section detached to Mobile Group "B") 326th Anti-aircraft Battery (20/65 anti-aircraft guns; 4th Sections detached to Mobile Group "C") XXVI Mortar Battalion (81mm Mod.