In addition to being "motorized" (or truck transportable), the unit included some improvised armored cars.

The Italian radio station in Addis Ababa, capital of Abyssinia, broadcast news about the German Motorized Company.

In November 1940, the German Motorized Company first saw action in the border area between Eritrea and the Sudan.

This small group of men was with Amedeo, Duke of Aosta, at Amba Alagi during one of the final stages of the East African Campaign.

The company was presented with a special triangular flag by Lieutenant-General Luigi Frusci, the Italian Governor of Eritrea.