text: Anti-aircraft Battery "MS 807" (4x 90/53 anti-aircraft guns)
  Anti-aircraft Battery "MS 881" (4x 90/53 anti-aircraft guns)
  Anti-aircraft Battery "MS 905" (4x 76/40 anti-aircraft guns)
  Anti-aircraft Battery "MS 940" (4x 90/53 anti-aircraft guns)
  Additionally the German Army's 281st Flak Battalion had been transferred to Messina with eight 8.8 cm Flak and six smaller caliber anti-aircraft batteries. After arriving in Messina the 281st Battalion was renamed "Flak Subgroup Messina". Retreating Italian army troops brought a further three 75/46 and six 90/53 anti-aircraft batteries to Messina. On 2 August the retreating 22nd Flak Brigade of the Luftwaffe arrived in Messina and took command of all Axis air-defense units.
  14th CC.NN. Maritime Artillery Legion
  14th CC.NN. Maritime Artillery Legion, in Reggio Calabria
  Calabrian Command Group North, at Fort Siacci
  Coastal Artillery Battery "Beleno" (6x 280/9 coastal defense howitzers)
  Artillery Battery "RE 196" (4x 105/28 field guns; Royal Italian Army)
  Searchlights at Scilla, Santa Trada, and Punta Pezzo
  Calabrian Command Group South, in Pentimele Sud
  Coastal Artillery Battery "Pellizzari" (4x 280/9 coastal defense howitzers)
  Coastal Artillery Battery "Conteduca" (4x 152/50 and 1x 120/40 naval guns)
  Artillery Battery "RE 197" (4x 105/28 field guns; Royal Italian Army)
  Searchlights at Catona and Pentimele; reconnaissance Station at Torre Lupo
  Anti-aircraft Command Group Reggio Calabria: