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{{Short description|Armoured unit of the Italian Royal Army during the Second World War}} | {{Short description|Armoured unit of the Italian Royal Army during the Second World War}} | ||
{{Use dmy dates|date=July | {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}} | ||
{{Use British English|date=November | {{Use British English|date=November 2019}} | ||
{{Infobox military unit | {{Infobox military unit | ||
| unit_name = Babini Group ({{lang|it|Raggruppamento Babini/Brigata Corazzata Speciale}}) | | unit_name = Babini Group ({{lang|it|Raggruppamento Babini/Brigata Corazzata Speciale}}) | ||
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On 29 August 1940 the commander of the Northern Africa High Command [[Marshal of Italy|Marshal]] [[Rodolfo Graziani]] ordered, on advice of [[General]] [[Valentino Babini]], that the Libyan Tank Command ({{lang-it|Comando Carri Armati Della Libia}}), entrusted to General Valentino Babini, be constituted under his direct control. All tanks in [[Italian Libya]] were to come under the new arrangements laid down in Graziani's {{nowrap|order N. 1/210045}}. | On 29 August 1940 the commander of the Northern Africa High Command [[Marshal of Italy|Marshal]] [[Rodolfo Graziani]] ordered, on advice of [[General]] [[Valentino Babini]], that the Libyan Tank Command ({{lang-it|Comando Carri Armati Della Libia}}), entrusted to General Valentino Babini, be constituted under his direct control. All tanks in [[Italian Libya]] were to come under the new arrangements laid down in Graziani's {{nowrap|order N. 1/210045}}. | ||
* '''Libyan Tank Command''', General Valentino Babini<ref>{{cite web |last1=Maresciallo D'Italia Rodolfo Graziani |title=N. 1/210045 di prot. Op. Comando carri armati della Libia |url=http://www.regioesercito.it/articolivari/espcor.htm |publisher=Comandante Superiore Forze Armate A.S. |access-date=24 November | * '''Libyan Tank Command''', General Valentino Babini<ref>{{cite web |last1=Maresciallo D'Italia Rodolfo Graziani |title=N. 1/210045 di prot. Op. Comando carri armati della Libia |url=http://www.regioesercito.it/articolivari/espcor.htm |publisher=Comandante Superiore Forze Armate A.S. |access-date=24 November 2019}}</ref>{{sfn|Christie|1999|pp=32, 48}}{{sfn|Walker|2003|p=61}} | ||
** '''1st Tank Group''' ({{lang-it|1° Raggruppamento Carristi}}), Colonel Pietro Aresca (4th Tank Infantry Regiment), destined to operate with the [[XXIII Army Corps (Italy)|XXIII Corps]] | ** '''1st Tank Group''' ({{lang-it|1° Raggruppamento Carristi}}), Colonel Pietro Aresca (4th Tank Infantry Regiment), destined to operate with the [[XXIII Army Corps (Italy)|XXIII Corps]] | ||
*** Command of the [[4th Tank Regiment (Italy)|4th Tank Infantry Regiment]] | *** Command of the [[4th Tank Regiment (Italy)|4th Tank Infantry Regiment]] | ||
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* {{cite journal |last=Guglielmi |first=D. |title=Autocannoni e portees in Africa Settentrionale |trans-title=Armoured Cars and Portées in North Africa |language=it |date=December 2005 |pages=32–33 |journal=Storia Militare |publisher=Albertelli Edizioni Speciali |location=Parma, Italy |issn=1122-5289}} | * {{cite journal |last=Guglielmi |first=D. |title=Autocannoni e portees in Africa Settentrionale |trans-title=Armoured Cars and Portées in North Africa |language=it |date=December 2005 |pages=32–33 |journal=Storia Militare |publisher=Albertelli Edizioni Speciali |location=Parma, Italy |issn=1122-5289}} | ||
* {{cite web |last=Wavell |first=A. |url=http://ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/UK/LondonGazette/37628.pdf |title=Archibald Wavell's Despatch on Operations in the Western Desert From 7th December, 1940 to 7th February 1941 |work=Supplement to the [[London Gazette]], Number 37628 |date=26 June 1946 |access-date=31 October | * {{cite web |last=Wavell |first=A. |url=http://ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/UK/LondonGazette/37628.pdf |title=Archibald Wavell's Despatch on Operations in the Western Desert From 7th December, 1940 to 7th February 1941 |work=Supplement to the [[London Gazette]], Number 37628 |date=26 June 1946 |access-date=31 October 2009}} | ||
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