Auto-Saharan Companies (Compagnie Auto-Avio-Sahariane) were Italian military units specialised in long range patrols of the Sahara Desert. Companies were...

Desert Campaign. The deep desert saw operations by the Italian Auto-Saharan Companies, in combat with the Allied Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) and the...

To overcome this, Graziani designed a mobile units he named "Auto-Saharan" companies. They combined armored cars, scouting vehicles, and motorized infantry...

company with 6 × 47/32 mod. 1935 anti-tank guns Kufra Oasis 2 × Libyan fortification machine gun companies 1 × Auto-Saharan Company 1 × Auto-Saharan Company...

campaign in Tunisia. It was mainly assigned to aviation companies of the Auto-Saharan Company and the 103rd Battalion. Surviving vehicles were later used...

Machine-gun companies, with 280 askari (local infantry) and an Auto-Saharan Company, the Compagnia Sahariana di Cufra. The Saharan companies were a mixed...

which included all the desert garrisons in southern Libya and the "Auto-Saharan companies" which clashed with the Long Range Desert Group and the Free French...

planned attack on Kufra when the patrol was engaged by the Italian Auto-Saharan Company on 31 January 1941, near Gebel Sherif. During the action Captain...

309 served in Libya during the first part of World War II with the Auto-Saharan Company, with good operational results. After the loss of the African colonies...

campaign. The Italian Auto-Saharan Companies (Compagnie Auto-Avio-Sahariane, a desert patrol group formed on three to five companies, with various vehicles...