text: Armored Trains The Royal Italian Navy fielded 14 armored trains, which were equipped with naval guns that had been removed from decommissioned ships. Ten of the trains were assigned to the Armed Forces Command Sicily before the allied landings, with eight trains being transferred to Sicily and two based on the Italian mainland near Reggio Calabria to provide fire for the defense of the Strait of Messina. The ten trains of the Armed Forces Command Sicily on 10 July 1943 were:
  Type 1 Operational Train (4x 120/45 Mod. 1918 naval guns, 4x 20/77 anti-aircraft guns)
  Armored Train 120/1/S, in Siderno (attached to the 211th Coastal Division in Calabria)
  Armored Train 120/3/S, in Porto Empedocle (attached to the 207th Coastal Division)
  Armored Train 120/4/S, in Catania (attached to the 213th Coastal Division)
  Type 2 Operational Train (4x 152/40 naval guns, 4x 20/77 anti-aircraft guns)
  Armored Train 152/1/T, in Termini Imerese (attached to the 208th Coastal Division)
  Armored Train 152/2/T, in Carini (attached to the 208th Coastal Division)
  Armored Train 152/3/T, in Crotone (attached to the 212th Coastal Division in Calabria)
  Type 3 Operational Train (6x 76/40 Mod. 1916 naval guns, 4x 20/77 anti-aircraft guns)
  Armored Train 76/1/T, in Porto Empedocle (attached to the 207th Coastal Division)