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The '''Tank and Armoured Cars Group''' ('''''Agrupación de carros de asalto y autos blindados''''' in Spanish) was the first armoured formation of the Corps of Volunteer Troops (''[[Corpo Truppe Volontarie]]'', or CTV) involved in the [[Spanish Civil War]].  Between 3 February and 8 February 1937, Italian armour played a successful part during the [[Battle of Málaga (1937)|Battle of Málaga]].  But, between 8 March and 23 March 1937, this group was involved in the [[Battle of Guadalajara]] which turned out to be a Republican victory.

== Order of battle March 1937 ==
* '''Tank and Armoured Cars Group''' - Colonel Carlo Rivolta
** 1st Tank Company - Capitán Oreste Fortuna
** 2nd Tank Company - Capitán Paolo Paladini
** 3rd Tank Company - Capitán Miduri
** 4th Tank Company - Capitán Carcio
** 1st Armoured Car Company
** 1st Motorized Machinegunners Company - Capitán Ricci
** 47mm Anti-tank Gun Section  
** Chemical-Flamethrower Company

== Order of battle fall 1938 ==
* '''Tankers Grouping''' - Colonel Roberto Olmi
** Command Company
** Assault Tanks Regiment
*** 3× Tank battalions (2× Italian, 1× Spanish; each battalion fielded two tank companies with [[L3/35]] tankettes)
** 1x Motorized-Mechanized Battalion (1× [[Bersaglieri]] company, 1× motorcyclist-machinegunners Company, 1× armoured cars company)
** 1× [[Arditi]] battalion (reinforced with 1× machinegunners company)
** 1× Mixed Group (1× battery with [[Cannone da 65/17 modello 13|65/17 mod. 13]] mountain guns, 2× batteries with [[Cannone da 47/32|47/32]] [[anti-tank gun]]s, 1× anti-aircraft battery)
** 1× L3/35 Lf Flamethrower Company

==See also==
* [[L3/35]]
* [[Cannone da 47/32 M35]]

== Sources ==
*de Mesa, José Luis, ''El regreso de las legiones: la ayuda militar italiana a la España nacional, 1936-1939'',  García Hispán, Granada:España, 1994 {{ISBN|84-87690-33-5}} {{in lang|es}}

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