been raised on 15 April 1942 by the depot of the 49th Artillery Regiment "Parma" in Teramo. In June 1942 the division was transferred to Apulia and tasked with the coastal defence of the Salento peninsula. The division's units were garrisoned in Brindisi, Otranto, Santa Maria di Leuca, Gallipoli, and Leporano. On 28 July 1942 the three battalions of the 336th Infantry Regiment were reorganized as motorized units and in September the battalions were shipped to Libya to bring the depleted 16th Motorized Division "Pistoia" back up to strength: I Battalion/ 336th Infantry Regiment "Piceno" became the III Battalion/ 35th Infantry Regiment "Pistoia" II Battalion/ 336th Infantry Regiment "Piceno" became the I Battalion/ 36th Infantry Regiment "Pistoia" III Battalion/ 336th Infantry Regiment "Piceno" became the III Battalion/ 36th Infantry Regiment "Pistoia" The battalions of the 336th Infantry Regiment were reformed in Chieti and by the December 1942 the regiment was back at full strength. The division remained in the Salento area until the announcement of the Armistice of Cassibile on 8 September 1943. Together with the 58th Infantry Division "Legnano", the 210th Coastal Division, and the XXXI Coastal Brigade the Piceno redeployed immediately to form a defensive line from Taranto through Grottaglie, Francavilla Fontana, and Latiano to Brindisi, to screen the landing of the British 1st Airborne Division at Taranto on 9 September from attacks of the German 1st Fallschirmjäger Division. Combat Group "Piceno" After the Germans had retreated from Southern Italy the Piceno entered the Italian Co-belligerent Army and on 10 October 1944 was reorganized as Combat Group "Piceno", which was equipped with British Army materiel. On 8 January 1945 the Piceno moved to Cesano near Rome, where on 25 January 1945 the Combat Group was renamed: Replacements Training Center for the Italian Forces in Combat (). On 31 January 1945 the 235th and 336th infantry regiments were renamed 1st Replacements Training Regiment and 2nd Replacements Training Regiment, while the 152nd Artillery Regiment was renamed Artillery Replacements Regiment and moved to Bracciano. On 31 January 1946 all three regiments were dissolved and their personnel used to create the Italian Army's Infantry School in Cesano and Artillery School in Bracciano. Organization 152nd Infantry Division "Piceno" 152nd Infantry Division "Piceno" 235th Infantry Regiment "Piceno" Command Company 3x Fusilier battalions Support Weapons Company (47/32 anti-tank guns) Mortar Company (81mm Mod. 35 mortars) 236th Infantry Regiment "Piceno" (left the division in March 1942)