When Italy invaded Albania in April 1939, the "Centauro" was equipped with &lt;a href="L3/33"&gt;L3/33&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="L3/35"&gt;L3/35&lt;/a&gt; tankettes. The division also participated in the Greco-Italian War in 1940, just before it received its first &lt;a href="M13/40"&gt;M13/40&lt;/a&gt; tanks in December 1940, and deployed with them at Këlcyrë in January 1941, losing many of them to the Greek artillery fire. In April, the "Centauro" was deployed into Yugoslavia, together with the 4th Division "Littorio", where they performed well despite their outdated equipment. In June 1941 they were recalled to Italy to be re-equipped with german heavy and medium tanks.