List of Italian regiments

This list of Italian regiments is not exhaustive. However, it is gradually being improved.

(GR .: Grenadier Regiment, IR .: Infantry Regiment, BR .: Bersaglieri Regiment, AR .: Alpini Regiment, FR .: Parachute Regiment, LR .: Lagunari Regiment, KR .: Cavalry Regiment, PR .: Panzer Regiment)

Emblems of the branches of service of the Italian army

infantry

Grenadiers

Coat of arms of the 1st Grenadier Regiment

As in other European countries, the Italian grenadiers emerged as special companies of the line infantry regiments equipped with grenades. In order to be able to continue throwing grenades , particularly large and powerful soldiers were recruited for the grenade units. When grenades became the general equipment of the infantry , the grenadiers lost their special role. In many armies, the grenadier companies were then combined into guards regiments because of the “guards measure” of their soldiers, which as a rule had special guard duties for the monarch and were considered to be the elite. (In the German Reich, the infantry regiments were generally renamed as grenadier regiments in 1942). In Italy the grenadiers were grouped together after 1815 in the old Piedmontese "Guard Regiment " (1659), which is now part of the " Granatieri di Sardegna " brigade . The other grenadier brigades founded during the unification of Italy were soon transferred to the line infantry.

1st GR. " GRANATIERI DI SARDEGNA " (1659 - Rome ) (1976–1992: 1st Gren.Btl. "Assietta")
2nd GR. "GRANATIERI DI SARDEGNA" (1774 - Spoleto , 2001) (1976–1992: 2nd size sheet "Cengio")
3rd GR. "GRANATIERI DI SARDEGNA" (1926 - Orvieto , 2002) (1976–1992: 3rd Gren.Btl. "Guardie")

3rd / 4th GR. "GRANATIERI DI LOMBARDIA" (1859–1871, then 73rd / 74th IR. "LOMBARDIA")
5th / 6th GR. "GRANATIERI DI NAPOLI" (1861–1871, then 75th / 76th IR. "NAPOLI")
7th / 8th GR. "GRANATIERI DI TOSCANA" (1862–1871, then 77th / 78th IR. "TOSCANA")
10/11 GR. "GRANATIERI DI SAVOIA" (1936–1941) [East Africa, Addis Ababa, Keren ]

Line infantry

Coat of arms of the 1st Infantry Regiment

Until 1926, two infantry regiments formed one brigade and two brigades formed one square division . The regiments were numbered consecutively, the brigades only had names. When the brigades in their previous form were abolished in 1926 and triangular divisions were formed with three regiments each , the regiments were given the names of the brigades to which they had belonged in addition to their previous numbers. The army reform of 1939 created the so-called "binary" division, i.e. divisions with only two infantry regiments. These divisions took over the names of the old brigades, which were dissolved in 1926, and their two infantry regiments. In the following list of line infantry regiments, the regimental names provide information about the brigades and divisions to which the regiments belonged until 1926 and then from 1939 to 1943. Second names indicate that the name of the superordinate large association was changed (usually 1939–1943). In the period from 1975 to 1991 the regiments that were then still active continued to exist as battalions, and from 1991 again as battalion-strength regiments. (In round brackets installation and resolution dates; if only a location without a year is given at the end, the regiment is still stationed there.) [Significant locations in square brackets.]

Line infantry from 1619

See also: List of Savoy and Sardinian regiments of the early modern period
1. IR. “RE” / “SAN GIUSTO” (1624 - Trieste , 2008) [1915–1918: Podgora, Bainsizza, M. Tomba, Alano; 1941–1943: Yugoslavia]
2nd IR. "RE" / "PORDENONE" (1831 - Pordenone , 1993) [1915-1918: Podgora, Bainsizza, M. Tomba, Alano; 1941–1943: Yugoslavia]
3. IR. "PIEMONTE" (1636 - Peloponnese , 1943) [1849: Novara; 1915–1918: Freikofel, Ortigara, S. Marco, Nervesa; 1940–1943: Greece]
4th IR. "PIEMONTE" (1831 - Asti , 1991) [1849: Novara; 1915–1918: Pal Piccolo / Grande, Lemerle, Camporovere; 1940–1943: Greece]
5. IR. “ AOSTA ” (1690 - Messina ) [1859: S. Martino; 1915–1918: Mte. Grappa, Col della Berretta]
6. IR. “AOSTA” (1831–1955) [1859: S. Martino; 1915-1918: Mte. Grappa, Col della Berretta, Mte. Valderoa; 1940–1943: Sicily]
7. IR. “CUNEO” (1701 - Udine , 2001) [1915–1918: Tonale, Isonzo, Asiago, Vittorio Veneto; 1940–1943: France, Greece]
8. IR. “CUNEO” (1831 - Samos , 1943) [1915–1918: Podgora, Grafenberg; 1935-1936: East Africa; 1940–1943: France, Greece]
9. IR. “REGINA” / “BARI” ( Pinerolo , 1734 - Trani ) [1915–1918: S. Michele, Valbella, Piave; 1940–1943: Aegean]
10. IR. “REGINA” (1831 - Leros , 1943) [1915–1918: Bosco Capuccio, S. Michele, Valbella; 1941–1943: Dodecanese, Leros]
11. IR. "CASALE" (1619 - Casale , 1999) [1915-1918: Görz; 1940–1943: Greece]
12. IR. “CASALE” (1831 - Greece , 1943) [1915–1918: Görz, Piave; 1940–1943: Greece]
13. IR. " PINEROLO " (1672-1990) [1915-1918: Cima Echar, Costalunga, Valbella; 1935-1936: East Africa; 1940–1943: France, Greece]
14. IR. “PINEROLO” (1831 - Bari , 1955) [1915-1918: Cima Echar, Costalunga, Valbella; 1935-1936: East Africa; 1940–1943: France, Greece]
15. IR. "SAVONA" (1815 - Egypt , 1942) [1859: Palestro; 1915-1918: Redipuglia, Sei Busi; 1940–1943: North Africa]
16. IR. "SAVONA" (1831 - Savona , 1991) [1859: Palestro; 1915-1918: Redipuglia, Sei Busi; 1940–1943: North Africa]
17. IR. “ACQUI” (1703 - Capua ) [1915–1918: Sei Busi, Selz, Melette; 1940–1943: Greece, Kefalonia]
18. IR. “ACQUI” (1831 - Corfu , 1943) [1915–1918: Isono, Vermegliano; 1943: Greece, Corfu, Kefalonia]

Line infantry from 1848

19. IR. "BRESCIA" ( Vercelli , 1848 - El Alamein , 1942) [18: France, Bligny, Aisne; 1935-1936: East Africa; 1940–1943: North Africa]
20. IR. "BRESCIA" ( Vercelli , 1848 - Brescia , 1991) [18: France, Bligny, Aisne; 1935-1936: East Africa; 1940–1943: North Africa]
21. IR. “CREMONA” (1848 - Alessandria , 2003) [1915–1918: Jamiano, Pertica; 1940–1945: Sardinia, Corsica, Italy, Alfonsine]
22. IR. "CREMONA" (1848 - Cuneo , 1990) [1915-1918: Jamiano, Bosco Capuccio, Asolone; 1940–1945: Sardinia, Corsica, Italy, Primaro]
23. IR. “COMO” / “ISONZO” (1848 - Como , 1996) [1915-1918: S. Lucia del Piave; 1941–1943: Yugoslavia]
24. IR. “COMO” / “ISONZO” ( Alessandria , 1859 - Yugoslavia , 1943) [1915–1918: S. Lucia del Piave; 1941–1943: Yugoslavia]
25. IR. “BERGAMO” ( Alessandria , 1859 - Split , 1943) [1915–1918: S. Lucia, Flondar, Pozzuolo, Piave; 1941–1943: Yugoslavia]
26. IR. “BERGAMO” (1859 - Imperia , 1999) [1915–1918: S. Lucia, Raccogliano, Carpenedolo, M. Lisser; 1941–1943: Yugoslavia]
27. IR. "PAVIA" (1860 - El Alamein , 1942) [1915–1918: Gorizia, seven municipalities; 1940–1942: North Africa]
28. IR. “PAVIA” (1860 - Pesaro , Operative Information ) [1915–1918: Gorizia, seven municipalities; 1940–1942: North Africa]
29. IR. “PISA” / “ASSIETTA” (1859 - Sicily , 1943) [1915–1918: Loquizza; 1940–1943: France, Yugoslavia, Sicily]
30. IR. “PISA” / ”ASSIETTA” (1859 - Verona , 1991) [1915–1918: Sernaglia; 1940–1943: France, Yugoslavia, Sicily]
31. IR. “SIENA” ( Lucca , 1859 - Crete , 1943) [1915–1918: Col del Bosco; 1940–1943: France, Greece, Crete]
32. IR. “SIENA” ( Lucca , 1859 - Crete , 1943) [1915–1918: Castelnuovo; 1940–1943: France, Greece, Crete]
33. IR. “LIVORNO” (1859 - Redipuglia , 1991) [1915–1918: Bainsizza; 1940–1943: France, Sicily]
34. IR. “LIVORNO” (1859 - Piedmont , 1943) [1915–1918: Bainsizza; 1940–1943: France, Sicily]
35. IR. “PISTOIA” ( Livorno , 1859 - Tunisia , 1943) [1915–1918: Podgora; 1940–1943: North Africa, Mareth, Takrouna]
36. IR. “PISTOIA” ( Florence , 1860 - Tunisia , 1943) [1915–1918: Mte. Cengio; 1940–1943: North Africa]
37. IR. “RAVENNA” ( Arezzo , 1859 - Bologna , 1991) [1915–1918: Plava, Sabotino, Zagora, Bainsizza, Mte. Solarolo, Piave; 1942–1943: Russia]
38. IR. “RAVENNA” ( Arezzo , 1859 - Siena , 1943) [1915–1918: Plava, Zagora, Asiago, Mte. Valderoa, Col dell'Orso; 1942–1943: Russia]
39. IR. “BOLOGNA” ( Turin , 1859 - El Alamein , 1942) [1915–1918: Karst; 1940–1943: North Africa]
40. IR. “BOLOGNA” ( Turin , 1859 - Bologna , 1991) [1915–1918: Castelnuovo, Hudi Log; 1940–1943: North Africa]
41. IR. “MODENA” (1859 - Gradisca d'Isonzo , 1995) [1915–1918: Mte. Pertica; 1935-1936: East Africa; 1940–1943: Greece]
42. IR. “MODENA” (1859 - Greece , 1943) [1915–1918: Fiera di Primero; 1935-1936: East Africa; 1940–1943: Greece]
43. IR. “FORLI” ( Florence , 1859 - Athens , 1943) [1915–1918: Plava, M. Lemerle, M. Santo; 1940–1943: France, Greece]
44. IR. “FORLI” ( Florence , 1859 - Athens , 1943) [1915–1918: Mte. Santo; 1940–1943: France, Greece]
45. IR. “REGGIO” / “SABAUDIA” ( Modena , 1859 - Macomer , 2003) [1915–1918: Mte. Valderoa; 1940–1943: Sardinia]
46. IR. “REGGIO” / “SABAUDIA” ( Modena , 1859 - Palermo , 1978) [1915–1918: Mte. Valderoa; 1935-1936: East Africa; 1940–1943: Sardinia]
47. IR. “FERRARA” ( Bologna , 1859 - Capua , 2013) [1915–1918: Görz, Bainsizza, Piave; 1940–1943: Greece, Yugoslavia]
48. IR. “FERRARA” ( Bologna , 1859 - Bari , 1991) [1915–1918: Görz, Bainsizza, Piave; 1940–1943: Greece, Yugoslavia]
49. IR. "PARMA" ( Parma , 1859 - Greece , 1943) [1866: Villafranca, Custoza]
50. IR. “PARMA” ( Parma , 1859 - Albania , 1943) [1915–1918: Tagliamento; 1940–1943: Greece, Yugoslavia]
51. IR. “ALPI” ( Cuneo , 1859 - Ljubljana , 1943) [1915–1918: Marmolada, Col di Lana, Grappa, France, Aisne; 1943: Yugoslavia]
52. IR. “ALPI” ( Cuneo , 1859 - Portogruaro , 1996) [1915–1918: Marmolada, Fedaia, Vidor, France, Aisne; 1943: Yugoslavia]
53. IR. “UMBRIA” / “SFORZESCA” ( Palermo , 1861 - Udine , 1993) [1915–1918: Cadore, M. Solarolo; 1942/1943: Don]
54. IR. “UMBRIA” / “SFORZESCA” ( Palermo , 1861 - Trieste , 1943) [1915–1918: Cadore, M. Piana; 1942/1943: Don]
55. IR. “MARCHE” ( Pesaro , 1861 - Dubrovnik , 1943) [1915–1918: Mte. Sabotino; 1941–1943: Yugoslavia]
56. IR. “MARCHE” ( Senigallia , 1861 - Dubrovnik , 1943) [1915–1918: Mte. Sabotino; 1941–1943: Yugoslavia]
57. IR. “ABRUZZI” / “PIAVE” ( Milan , 1861 - Sulmona , 2013) [1915–1918: Oslavia, Görz; 1943: Rome]
58. IR. “ABRUZZI” / “PIAVE” ( Milan , 1861 - Rome , 1943) [1915–1918: Oslavia, Görz; 1943: Rome]
59. IR. "CALABRIA" ( Brescia , 1861 - Cividale , 1991) [1915-1918: Col di Lana; 1940–1945: Sardinia]
60. IR. “CALABRIA” ( Modena , 1861 - Trapani , 2005) [1915–1918: Mte. Tomba; 1940–1945: Sardinia]
61. IR. “SICILIA” / “TRENTO” ( Naples , 1861 - El Alamein , 1942) [1915–1918: Cima Palone, Albania, Macedonia, Bulgaria; 1941–1943: North Africa]
62. IR. “SICILIA” / “TRENTO” ( Nola , 1861 - Catania ) [1915–1918: Passo Buole, Albania, Macedonia, Bulgaria; 1941–1943: North Africa]
63. IR. “CAGLIARI” ( Turin , 1862 - Gorizia , 1991) [1915–1918 :, Karst, Albania, Bulgaria; 1935-1936: East Africa; 1940–1943: France, Greece]
64. IR. “CAGLIARI” ( Turin , 1862 - Peloponnese , 1943) [1915–1918: Karst, Albania, Macedonia, Bulgaria; 1940–1943: France, Greece]
65. IR. “VALTELLINA” / “TRIESTE” ( Turin , 1862 - Tunisia , 1943) [1915–1918: Selo; 1941–1943: North Africa]
66. IR. “VALTELLINA” / “TRIESTE” ( Turin , 1862 - Forlì ) [1915–1918: Jamiano, Tre Pezzi; 1941–1943: North Africa, Enfidaville]
67. IR. “PALERMO” / “LEGNANO” ( Turin , 1862 - Milan , 1995) [1918–1919: Albania, Macedonia, Russia, Murmansk; 1944: Montelungo]
68. IR. “PALERMO” / “LEGNANO” ( Turin , 1862 - Bergamo , 1989) [1915–1920: M. Santo; Albania, Macedonia; 1945: Bologna, Brescia]
69. IR. “ANCONA” / “SIRTE” ( Alessandria , 1862 - Tobruk , 1941) [1915–1918: Fajti hrib, Monte Giove; 1940/1941: Libya]
70. IR. “ANCONA” / “SIRTE” ( Alessandria , 1862 - Tobruk , 1941) [1915–1918: Asiago, Fossalta di Piave; 1940/1941: Libya]
71. IR. “PUGLIE” ( Milan , 1862 - Kosovo , 1943) [1915–1918: Oslavia; 1941–1943: Yugoslavia]
72. IR. “PUGLIE” ( Milan , 1862 - Kosovo , 1943) [1915–1918: Podgora, Pasubio; 1941–1943: Yugoslavia]
73. IR. “LOMBARDIA” (3rd GR; 1871 - Pordenone , 1986) [1915–1918: Nad Logen, Pecinka, Veliki Hribach; 1941–1943: Yugoslavia]
74. IR. “LOMBARDIA” (4th GR; 1871 - Croatia , 1943) [1915–1918: Boschini, Rubbia, Montello, Grappa; 1941–1943: Yugoslavia]
75. IR. “NAPOLI” (5th GR; 1871 - Cosenza , 1958) [1915–1918: Monfalcone, France, Chemin des Dames; 1943: Sicily]
76. IR. "NAPOLI" (6th GR; 1871 - Cividale , 1997) [18: France, Courmas, Chemin des Dames; 1943: Sicily]
77. IR. "(LUPI DI) TOSCANA" (7th GR; 1871 - Rome , 1989) [1915-1918: Fajti hrib, Sabotino, Piave; 1940–1943: Greece, France]
78. IR. "(LUPI DI) TOSCANA" (8th GR; 1871 - Florence , 2008) [1915–1918: Fajti hrib, Sabotino, Piave; 1940–1943: Greece, France]
79. IR. “ROMA” / “PASUBIO” ( Rome , 1884 - Campania , 1943) [1915–1918: Piave, Grappa; 1941–1943: Russia]
80. IR. “ROMA” / “PASUBIO” ( Rome , 1884 - Cassino ) [1915–1918: Piave, Grappa; 1941–1943: Nikitowka (Russia)]
81. IR. “TORINO” ( Turin , 1884 - Gorizia , 1943) [1915–1918: Piave; 1942/1943: Russia]
82. IR. “TORINO” ( Turin ; 1884 - Barletta ) [1915–1918: Piave; 1942/1943: Cherkovo, Russia]
83. IR. “VENEZIA” ( Alessandria , 1884 - Montenegro , 1943) [1915–1918: Bainsizza; 1940–1943: Greece, Yugoslavia]
84. IR. “VENEZIA” ( Alessandria , 1884–2000) [1915–1918: Bainsizza; 1940–1943: Greece, Yugoslavia]
85. IR. “VERONA” / “SABRATHA” ( Tortona , 1884 - Verona ) [1915–1918: S. Michele, Pasubio, Hermada, Malakastra; 1940–1942: North Africa]
86. IR. “VERONA” / “SABRATHA” ( Novi Ligure , 1884 - El Alamein , 1942) [1915–1918: Pasubio, Hermada, Malakastra; 1940–1942: North Africa]
87. IR. “FRIULI” ( Milan , 1884 - Pistoia , 1991) [1915–1918: Monfalcone, Flitsch; 1940–1945: Yugoslavia, Corsica, Bologna]
88. IR. “FRIULI” ( Milan , 1884 - Pistoia , 1958) [1915–1918: Monfalcone, Flitsch; 1940–1945: Yugoslavia, Corsica, Bologna]
89. IR. “SALERNO” / “COSSERIA” ( Bologna , 1884 - Salerno , 1991) [1915–1918: France, Onrezy, Reims, Chemin des Dames; 1942/1943: Don]
90. IR. “SALERNO” / “COSSERIA” ( Bologna , 1884 - Lombardy , 1943) [1915–1918: Nova Vas, Hermada; France; 1942/1943: Don]
91. IR. “BASILICATA” / “SUPERGA” ( Naples , 1884 - Potenza , 2009) [1915–1918: Monfenera, Col di Lana, Grappa; 1940–1943: France, Tunisia]
92. IR. “BASILICATA” / “SUPERGA” ( Naples , 1884 - Foligno , 1996) [1915–1918: Monfenera, M. Tomba; 1940–1943: France, Tunisia]
93. IR. “MESSINA” ( Gaeta , 1884 - Ancona , 1944) [1915–1918: Panovizza; 1941–1943: Yugoslavia]
94. IR. “MESSINA” ( Lecce , 1884 - Yugoslavia , 1943) [1915–1918: Panovizza; 1941–1943: Yugoslavia]

Line infantry from 1915

The following regiments came into being through general mobilization . During the First World War, they mostly consisted of members of the so-called " Mobile and Territorial Militia ", which could roughly be compared with the Landwehr of German-speaking armies. Regiments disbanded in 1917 were usually defeated in the twelfth battle of the Isonzo . All other regiments listed below were disbanded in 1919/20 with eight exceptions (Brigades "Sassari", "Liguria", "Arezzo", "Avellino"). If a later year is given in round brackets, the regiment was disbanded in 1919 and later set up again.

95. IR. "UDINE" (1916 - L'Aquila , 1936) [1915–1918: Bainsizza]
96. IR. "UDINE" (1916–1936) [1915–1918: Paljevo]
97. IR. "GENOVA" (1916 - Ascoli Piceno , 1936) [1915–1918: Gorizia]
98. IR. "GENOVA" (1916 - Mantua , 1917) [1915–1918: Gorizia]
99. IR. "TREVISO" (1917–1920)
100. IR. "TREVISO" (1918–1920) [1915–1918: Mte. S. Francesco, Mte. Cornone]
111. IR. “PIACENZA” (1915 - Rome , 1943) [1915–1918: S. Michele, Oslavia, Castelgomberto, Nervesa; 1942–1943: Liguria, Latium]
112. IR. “PIACENZA” (1915 - Rome , 1943) [1915–1918: Sei Busi, M. Zebio, M. Fior, Vittorio Veneto; 1942–1943: Liguria, Latium]
113. IR. “MANTOVA” (1915–1945) [1915–1918: Val Lagarina, Nad Bregom, Hermada, Montello, Piave; 1942–1943: Calabria, Campania]
114. IR. “MANTOVA” ( Mantua , 1915 - Udine , 1995) [1915–1918: Selo, Moriago, Sernaglia, Trichiana; 1941–1945: Calabria to Friuli]
115. IR. “TREVISO II” / “MARMARICA” ( Belluno , 1915 - Libya , 1941) [1915–1918: Basson, Sabotino, Vertoibizza; 1940/1941: North Africa]
116. IR. “TREVISO II” / “MARMARICA” ( Sacile , 1915 - Libya , 1941) [1915–1918: Sober, Sperone dei Ricoveri; 1940/1941: North Africa]
117. IR. "PADOVA" (1915–1920) [1915–1918: Monfalcone, Passo Buole, Col del Rosso, Col d'Echelle]
118. IR. "PADOVA" (1915–1920) [1915–1918: Castelnuovo, Mte. Zovetto, Selo, Hermada, Col del Rosso / Echelle]
119. IR. “EMILIA” ( Bologna , Marken , 1915–1944) [1915–1918: Görz; 1941–1944: Yugoslavia, Kotor, Apulia; then Div. "PICENO", "MANTOVA"]
120. IR. "EMILIA" ( Ravenna , 1915 - Udine , 1991) [1915-1918: Porte di Salton; 1941–1945: Yugoslavia, Kotor, Apulia, Naples]
121. IR. “MACERATA” ( Ancona , 1915 - Macerata , 2000) [1915–1918: Vittorio Veneto; 1941–1943: Yugoslavia]
122. IR. “MACERATA” ( Ancona , 1915 - Rijeka , 1943) [1915–1918: Vittorio Veneto; 1942–1943: Yugoslavia]
123. IR. “CHIETI” (1915 - Chieti , 2012) [1915–1918: Krni hrib]
124. IR. "CHIETI" (1915–1920) [1915–1918: Krni hrib]
125. IR. “LA SPEZIA” ( Massa , 1915 - Tunisia , 1943) [1915–1918: Zagorje, Macedonia; Malta planned, North Africa, Tunisia]
126. IR. “LA SPEZIA” ( Pisa , 1915 - Tunisia , 1943) [1915–1918: Zagorje, Macedonia; 1941–1943: Malta planned, North Africa, Tunisia]
127. IR. “FIRENZE” ( Florence , 1915 - Albania , 1943) [1915–1918: Kuk; 1940–1943: Western Alps, Yugoslavia, Albania]
128. IR. “FIRENZE” ( Arezzo , 1915 - Albania , 1943) [1915–1918: Kuk; 1940–1943: Western Alps, Yugoslavia, Albania]
129. IR. “PERUGIA” ( Perugia , 1915 - Greece , 1943) [1915–1918: Rocce Rosse, Cà Boschini; 1941–1943: Yugoslavia, Albania]
130. IR. “PERUGIA” ( Rome , 1915 - Spoleto , 1996) [1915–1918: Fagarè del Piave; 1941–1943: Yugoslavia, Albania]
131. IR. "LAZIO" (1915–1917) [1915–1918: Mte. S. Michele]
132. IR. "LAZIO" (1915–1936) [1915–1918: Rocce Rosse, Mte. S. Michele]
133. IR. “BENEVENTO” (1915–1917) [1915–1918: Vermegliano, Costa Alta, Görz, Karn. Alps]
134. IR. "BENEVENTO" (1915–1917) [1915–1918: Sei Busi, M. Colombara, S. Caterina, Karn. Alps]
135. IR. "CAMPANIA" (1915-1922) [1915-1918: Vittorio Veneto; 20: Upper Silesia ]
136. IR. "CAMPANIA" (1915–1919) [1915–1918: Mte. Solarolo, Mte. Grappa]
137. IR. "BARLETTA" (1915–1920) [1915–1918: Kostajnevica, Montello]
138. IR. "BARLETTA" (1915–1920) [1915–1918: Kostajnevica, Montello]
139. IR. “BARI” ( Lecce , 1915–1946) [1915–1918: S. Michele, Zebio, Monfalcone, Mte. Asolone; 1940–1945: Greece, Sardinia]
140. IR. “BARI” ( Bari , 1915–1944) [1915–1918: S. Michele, Zebio, Monfalcone, Mte. Asolone; 1940–1945: Greece, Sardinia]
141. IR. "CATANZARO" ( Catanzaro , 1915 - Pantelleria , 1995) [1915-1918: Oslavia, M. Mosciagh; 1940/1941: North Africa, Bug Bug, Bardia]
142. IR. “CATANZARO” ( Cosenza , 1915 - Libya , 1941) [1915–1918: Mte. S. Michele, Nad Logem, Nad Bregom, Hermada; 1940/1941: North Africa]
143. IR. "TARANTO" (1915–1919) [1915–1918: San Marco, Görz, Montello, Alano]
144. IR. "TARANTO" (1915–1919) [1915–1918: San Marco, Görz, Montello, Alano]
145. IR. "CATANIA" (1915–1946) [1915–1918: Pal Piccolo / Grande, Freikofel, Jamiano, Selo, Piave]
146. IR. "CATANIA" (1915–1936) [1915–1918: Val d'Astico, M. Cimone, M. Zebio, Selo, Piave]
147. IR. "CALTANISSETTA" (1915–1917) [1915–1918: Bosco Lancia, Freikofel, Hudi Log, Mrzli]
148. IR. "CALTANISSETTA" (1915–1917) [1915–1918: Bosco Capuccio, Bosco Lancia, S. Michele, Gabriel]
149. IR. "TRAPANI" (1915–1920) [1915–1918: Isonzo, Quero]
150. IR. "TRAPANI" (1917–1920) [1915–1918: Isonzo, Quero]
151. IR. “SASSARI” ( Sinnai , 1915 - Cagliari ) [1915–1918: Karst, Seven Municipalities, Piave; 1941–1943: Yugoslavia, Rome]
152. IR. “SASSARI” ( Tempio Pausania , 1915 - Sassari ) [1915–1918: Col del Rosso, Col d'Echelle; 1941–1943: Yugoslavia, Rome]
153. IR. “NOVARA” ( Novara , 1915 - Trieste , 1943) [1915–1918: Oslavia, Asiago, Piave; 1943: renamed to 53rd IR "SFORZESCA"]
154. IR. "NOVARA" ( Como , 1915 - Trieste , 1943) [1915–1918: Val d'Astico, Fagarè, Zenson, 1943: renamed to 54th IR "SFORZESCA"]
155. IR. "ALESSANDRIA" (1915–1917) [1915–1918: Mte. S. Michele, Cima Quattro]
156. IR. "ALESSANDIRA" (1915–1917) [1915–1918: Mte. S. Michele, Cima Quattro]
157. IR. “LIGURIA” / “CIRENE” ( Genoa , 1915 - Albenga , 2004) [1915–1918: M. Zovetto, M. Zomo; 1940/1941: Sidi el Barrani , Bardia]
158. IR. “LIGURIA” / “CIRENE” ( Genoa , 1915 - Libya , 1941) [1915–1918: M. Zovetto, Col di Lana, Pasubio; 1940/1941: Sidi el Barrani, Bardia]
159. IR. "MILANO" (1914–1917) [1915–1918: Folgaria, Zebio, Isonzo, Jelenik]
160. IR. "MILANO" (1914–1917) [1915–1918: Val d'Astico, Mrzli, Bainsizza]
161. IR. "IVREA" (1915–1919) [1915–1918: Costesin, Macedonia, Bulgaria]
162. IR. "IVREA" (1915–1919) [1915–1918: Costesin, Macedonia, Bulgaria]
163. IR. "LUCCA" (1917–1919) [1915–1918: Görz, Montello]
164. IR. "LUCCA" (1917–1919) [1915–1918: Görz, Montello]
165. IR. "LIGURIA" / "TARO" (1917–1918) (3rd Rgt "LIGURIA", renamed IR. 208 in 1918) [1915–1918: Melette, Col del Rosso, Col d'Echelle]
182. IR. "GARIBALDI" ( Viterbo , 1945 - Sacile , 1976) (originated from the former partisan division "Garibaldi" [1943–1945: Yugoslavia])
201. IR. "SESIA" (1915–1920) [1915–1918: M. Maggio, Col Posina, Vallarsa, Görz, Piave]
202. IR. "SESIA" (1915–1920) [1915–1918: M. Corno, Borcola, M. Majo, M. Calgari, Hudi Log, Fagarè]
203. IR. "TANARO" (1915–1919) [1915–1918: Albania, Macedonia]
204. IR. "TANARO" (1915–1919) [1915–1918: Albania, Macedonia]
205. IR. "LAMBRO" (1915–1917) [1915–1918: Oslavia]
206. IR. "LAMBRO" (1915–1917) [1915–1918: Oslavia]
207. IR. “TARO” ( Piacenza , 1916 - France , 1943) [1915–1918: Coni Zugna, Passo Buole, Asiago; 1940–1943: Balkans]
208. IR. “TARO” ( Parma , 1915 - France , 1943) [1915–1918: Coni Zugna, Passo Buole, Bainsizza; 1940–1943: Balkans]
209. IR. "BISAGNO" (1915-1919) [1915-1918: Losson]
210. IR. “BISAGNO” ( Livorno , 1915 - Gala Sidama, 1941) [1915–1918: Piave; 1940/1941: East Africa]
211. IR. “PESCARA” ( Ancona , 1916 - Amba Alagi, 1941) [1915–1918: S. Caterina, Görz; 1940/1941: Amba Alagi]
212. IR. "PESCARA" (1915–1917) [1915–1918: Asiago, S. Caterina, Görz, Hoie, Mesniak]
213. IR. "ARNO" (1915–1936) [1915–1918: Mte. S. Michele]
214. IR. "ARNO" (1915–1917) [1915–1918: Mte. Lemerle]
215. IR. "TEVERE" (1915-1919) [1915-1918: Cima di Bocche, Fajti hrib, Montello, Nervesa]
216. IR. "TEVERE" (1915–1919) [1915–1918: Fajti hrib, Pod Nakusnik, Fadalto, Ponte delle Alpi]
217. IR. "VOLTURNO" (1915-1919) [1915-1918: M. Corno, Pasubio, Piave]
218. IR. "VOLTURNO" (1915–1919) [1915–1918: M. Trappola, Piave, Saletto, Candelù]
219. IR. "SELE" (1915–1917) [1915–1918: Colle Xomo, M. Novegno, Bainsizza]
220. IR. "SELE" (1915–1917) [1915–1918: Vallarsa, Sogli di Campiglia, Bainsizza]
221. IR. "IONIO" (1915–1919) [1915–1918: Mte. S. Gabriele, Piave]
222. IR. "IONIO" (1915–1936) [1915–1918: Mte. S. Gabriele, Piave]
223. IR. "ETNA" (1915–1917) [1915–1918: Selo, Mte. Sisemol, Oslavia, M. Nero, Mrzli Vrh]
224. IR. "ETNA" (1915–1917) [1915–1918: Selo, Mte. Sisemol, Oslavia, M. Nero, Mrzli Vrh]
225. IR. “AREZZO” ( Castelfranco , 1916 - Arezzo , 1999) [1915–1918: Hermada, Capo Sile; 1935-1936: East Africa; 1940–1943: Greece, Albania]
226. IR. “AREZZO” ( Castelfranco , 1916 - Albania , 1943) [1915–1918: Flondar, Duino, Piave; 1940–1943: Greece, Yugoslavia, Albania]
227. IR. “ROVIGO” ( Verona , 1916 - Liguria , 1943) [1915–1918: Vertoibizza; 1942–1943: Piedmont, Liguria]
228. IR. “ROVIGO” ( Padua , 1916 - Liguria , 1943) [1915–1918: Vertoibizza; 1942–1943: Piedmont, Liguria]
229. IR. "CAMPOBASSO" (1916–1917) [1915–1918: Sabotino, S. Caterina, Görz]
230. IR. "CAMPOBASSO" (1916–1917) [1915–1918: Mte. Santo, Gabriel, Zagorje]
231. IR. “AVELLINO” / “BRENNERO” (1916 - Avellino , 2004) [1915–1918: Zagora, Zagomilla, Vodice; 1940–1943: Greece, Albania]
232. IR. “AVELLINO” / “BRENNERO” (1916 - Albania , 1943) [1915–1918: Isonzo, Piave; 1940/1941: Western Alps, Greece, Albania]
233. IR. "LARIO" (1917–1919) [1915–1918: Selo, Pinzano]
234. IR. "LARIO" (1917–1919) [1915–1918: Nova Vas, Canove, Val d'Assa]
235. IR. "PICENO" (1917 - Ascoli Piceno ) [1915-1918: Selo, M. Testa; 1941–1945: Italy]
236. IR. "PICENO" (1917-1946) [1915-1918: Selo, Korite, Pasubio; 1941–1945: Sardinia]
237. IR. “GROSSETO” (1917) [1915–1918: M. Forno, Trusnje, Bainsizza, Pte. della Delizia]
238. IR. "GROSSETO" (1917) [1915–1918: Bainsizza]
239. IR. "PESARO" (1917–1937) [1915–1918: M. Zebio, Sober, Mortegliano, M. Grappa]
240. IR. "PESARO" (1917–1937) [1915–1918: Asolone, Grappa, Pertica]
241. IR. "TERAMO" (1917– Libya , 1920) [1915–1918: Kuk, Kobilek, Col del Rosso]
242. IR. "TERAMO" (1917 - Libya , 1920) [1915–1918: Vodice, Madoni, Col del Rosso]
243. IR. "COSENZA" (1917–1936) [1915–1918: Hudi Log, Vrsic, Ponte di Piave]
244. IR. "COSENZA" (1917–1992) [1915–1918: Korite, Ponte di Piave, San Donà di Piave]
245. IR. "SIRACUSA" (1917) [1915–1918: Jamiano, Komarje, Canal di Ledra, Sequals]
246. IR. “SIRACUSA” (1917) [1915–1918: Kostajnevica, Pte. Cornino, Polcenigo]
247. IR. "GIRGENTI" (1917) [1915–1918: Bainsizza, Kobilek, Pte. della Delizia]
248. IR. "GIRGENTI" (1917) [1915–1918: Bainsizza, Kobilek, Pte. della Delizia]
249. IR. "PALLANZA" (1917–1919) [1915–1918: Fajti hrib, Seluggio, S. Sebastiano]
250. IR. "PALLANZA" (1917–1919) [1915–1918: Kostajmevica, Fajti hrib, Campomolon]
251. IR. "MASSA CARRARA" (1917–1919) [1915–1918: Mte. Presolan, Mte. Longon, Val delle Bocchette]
252. IR. "MASSA CARRARA" (1917–1919) [1915–1918: Mte. Presolan, Mte. Longon, Val delle Bocchette]
253. IR. "PORTO MAURIZIO" (1917–1919) [1915–1918: Codroipo, Nervesa]
254. IR. "PORTO MAURIZIO" (1917–1919) [1915–1918: Camporovere, Val Sasso, Vittorio Veneto]
255. IR. "VENETO" ( Udine , 1917-1943) [1915-1918: Piave; 1943: renamed to 81st IR "TORINO"]
256. IR. “VENETO” ( Forlì , 1917–1943) [1915–1918: Piave; 1943: renamed to 82nd IR "TORINO"]
257. IR. “TORTONA” (1917) [1915–1918: Bainsizza] (renamed to 21. IR “CREMONA” in November 1917)
258. IR. “TORTONA” (1917) [1915–1918: Bainsizza] (renamed to 22. IR “CREMONA” in November 1917)
259. IR. “MURGE” ( Tortona , 1917 - Rijeka , 1943) [1915–1918: Hermada; 19: Libya; 1941–1943: Yugoslavia]
260. IR. “MURGE” ( Novi Ligure , 1917 - Rijeka , 1943) [1915–1918: Hermada; 19: Libya; 1941–1943: Yugoslavia]
261. IR. "ELBA" (1917) [Vodice, Oscedrih, San Gabriele, Passo Zagradan, Castel del Monte]
262. IR. "ELBA" (1917) [Vodice, Oscedrih, San Gabriele, Passo Zagradan, Castel del Monte]
263. IR. "GAETA" (1917–1921) [1915–1918: Hermada, Pertica, Grappa, Quero, Feltre]
264. IR. "GAETA" (1917–1920) [1915–1918: Hermada, Grappa, Arcade, Spresiano, Quero]
265. IR. “LECCE” ( Taranto , 1917 - Crete , 1943) [1915–1918: Cà Folina al Piave; 19: Libya; 1941–1943: Crete]
266. IR. "LECCE" (1917–1919) [1915–1918: Volkovnjak, Faiti hrb, Cà Folina, Col del Rosso]
267. IR. "CASERTA" (1917–1935) [1915–1918: Piave]
268. IR. "CASERTA" (1917–1935) [1915–1918: Piave]
269. IR. "AQUILA" (1917–1919) [1915–1918: Canove di Sotto, Fadalto]
270. IR. "AQUILA" (1917–1919) [1915–1918: Bainsizza, Nervesa]
271. IR. "POTENZA" (1917–1919) [1915–1918: Bainsizza, Fagarè del Piave]
272. IR. "POTENZA" (1917–1919) [1915–1918: Bainsizza, Saletto]
273. IR. "POTENZA" (1917) [1915–1918: Bainsizza]
274. IR. "BELLUNO" (1917) [1915–1918: Bainsizza]
275. IR. "BELLUNO" (1917) [1915–1918: Bainsizza]
276. IR. "BELLUNO" (1917) [1915–1918: Bainsizza]
277. IR. “VICENZA” ( Piacenza , 1917 - Russia , 1943) [1915–1918: Bainsizza; 1942–1943: Russia]
278. IR. “VICENZA” ( Bra , 1917 - Russia , 1943) [1915–1918: Bainsizza; 1942–1943: Russia]
279. IR. "VICENZA" (1917) [1915–1918: Bainsizza]
280. IR. "FOGGIA" (1917–1919) [1915–1918: Vittorio Veneto]
281. IR. "FOGGIA" (1917–1919) [1915–1918: Mte. S. Gabriele, Görz, Vittorio Veneto]
282. IR. "FOGGIA" (1917) [1915–1918: Stol, Piave]
291. IR. "ZARA" ( Zadar , 1942–1943) [1942–1943: Dalmatia]
292. IR. "ZARA" ( Zadar , 1942–1943) [1942–1943: Dalmatia]

Regiments of the number series 300

As a rule, these regiments only existed from 1941 to 1943. They "subsequently" represented the third infantry regiments of some "binary" divisions and in some cases emerged from so-called fascist "black shirt legions". In the regimental numbers, the number 3 stands for the third regiment, the other two numbers are the numbers of old regiments that supplement them, the name is that of the higher division. 317. IR “ACQUI” stands z. B. So for the third IR of the division "ACQUI", in addition to the 17th IR (and 18th IR) of the division.

303. IR. "PIEMONTE" ( Messina , 1941 - Greece , 1943) [1941–1943: Greece]

309. IR. "REGINA" ( Barletta , 1942 - Rhodos , 1943) [1942–1943: Rhodos]

311. IR. "CASALE" ( Ravenna , 1941 - Rijeka , 1943) [1941–1943: Yugoslavia]

313. IR. “PINEROLO” ( Constantinople , 1920 - Thessaly , 1943) [1922–1923: Turkey; 1941–1943: Greece]

317. IR. "ACQUI" ( Meran , 1941 - Kefalonia , 1943) [1941–1943: Kefalonia]

321. IR. "CREMONA" ( Sardinia , 1942 - Marken , 1944)

331. IR. "BRENNERO" (1941 - Rhodes , 1943) [1942–1943: Rhodes]

336. IR. "PICENO" ( Chieti , 1942–1943) [1942–1943: Italy]

340. IR. "BARI" (Sardinia, 1943)

341. IR. "MODENA" ( Imperia , 1941 - Crete , 1943) [1941–1943: Greece, Crete]

343. IR. "FORLI" ( Cosenza , 1941 - Albania , 1943) [1941–1943: Calabria, Albania]

350. IR. "AFRICA SETTENTRIONALE" ( Tripoli , 1942 - Tunisia , 1943) [1942–1943: former border troop association 1. Rgt GaF]

359. IR. "CALABRIA" (Sardinia, 1943)

363. IR. "CAGLIARI" ( Vercelli , 1941 - Peloponnese , 1943) [1942–1943: Greece]

383. IR. "VENEZIA" ( Cremona , 1941 - Tirana , 1943) [1942–1943: Yugoslavia, Albania]

387. IR. "FRIULI" ( Corsica , 1943 - Naples , 1944) (formerly 88th Black Shirt Legion )

Bersaglieri

Coat of arms of 3rd Bersaglier Regiment

Coat of arms of the 28th Bersaglieri Battalion

By 1883, 12 Bersaglieri regiments had been set up with battalions that had existed since 1848 and placed directly under the army corps as corps disposition troops. During the First World War, the number of Bersaglieri regiments was increased to 21, some of which fought in pure Bersaglieri brigades. During World War II, they formed the infantry in the fast, motorized, and armored divisions. Even after 1945 the Bersaglieri placed the infantry in the armored divisions and then in the armored brigades, exceptionally they are also assigned to other units. From 1975 to 1991 there were independent Bersaglieri battalions, today regiments again, but with battalion strength.

1st BR. (1861 - Cosenza ) [1940–1943: Balkans, southern France]
2nd BR. (1861 - Legnano , 2001) [1940–1943: Greece]
3rd BR. (1861 - Teulada ) [1940–1943: Balkans, Russia, Italy]
4th BR. (1861-1944) [1915-1918: Isonzo, Bainsizza, Piave; 1940–1943: Balkans]
5th BR. (1861–1943) [1940–1943: Greece, North Africa, Cap Bon]
6th BR. (1861 - Trapani ) [1915-1918: Bovec, Bainsizza, Sasso Rosso; 1940–1943: Yugoslavia, Russia]
7th BR. (1871 - Altamura ) [1915-1918: Flondar, Jamiano; 1940–1943: El Alamein, Mareth]
8th BR. (1871 - Caserta ) [1915-1918: Cadore, Piave; 1940–1943: El Alamein, Enfidaville]
9th BR. (1871–1943) [1940–1943: North Africa]
10th BR. (1871–1943) [1940–1943: North Africa, Cap Bon, Sicily]
11th BR. (1883 - Orcenico Sup. ) [1920: Marienwerder ; 1940–1943: Yugoslavia]
12th BR. (1883 - Trapani , 2005) [1915-1918: Isonzo, Piave; 1940–1943: Yugoslavia, El Alamein]
13th BR. (1917-1920)
14th BR. (1917-1920)
15th BR. (1917-1920)
16th BR. (1917-1920)
17th BR. (1917-1920)
18th BR. (1917 - Cosenza , 2005) [1940–1943: South of France, Rome]
19th BR. (1917-1920)
20th BR. (1917-1920)
21st BR. (1917-1918)

Alpini

Coat of arms of the 2nd Alpine Regiment

Coat of arms of the 4th Alpine Regiment

The Alpini regiments existed during World War II from up to 10 mountain infantry battalions, which were named after mountain villages, mountains or valleys. These battalions often operated independently or were assigned to various other units. In particular, the battalions named after valleys did not come into being until 1915 with reservists. From 1919 onwards, these were almost completely absent, the rest partly from 1975 to 1992, when the regimental level was abolished. [In square brackets (former) battalion names.]

1st AR. (1882 - Bozen , 1943) ["Ceva", "Mondovi", "Pieve di Tecco"]
2nd AR. (1882 - Cuneo ) ["Borgo San Dalmazzo", "Dronero", "Saluzzo" ]
3rd AR. (1882 - Pinerolo ) ["Pinerolo", "Fenestrelle", "Exilles", "Susa" ]
4th AR. (1882 - Verona , today special forces) [ "Aosta" (educ.), "Monte Cervino" (Para.), "Intra", "Ivrea"]
5th AR. (1882 - Sterzing ) [ "Morbegno" , "Tirano", "Edolo"]
6. AR. (1882 - Innichen , today apprenticeship) ["Verona", "Vicenza", "Bassano" (educated), "Trento"]
7. AR. (1887 - Belluno ) [ "Feltre" , "Pieve di Cadore", "Belluno"]
8. AR. (1909 - Venzone ) ["Gemona", "Tolmezzo" , "Cividale"]
9. AR. (1919 - L'Aquila ) [ "L'Aquila" , "Vicenza" ]
("10. AR" = "Associazione Nazionale Alpini")

11th AR. (1935–1943, 1992 - Bruneck , 2001) [most recently "Trento", from 6.]
12. AR. (1935–1937, 1992 - Belluno , 1997) [most recently "Pieve di Cadore", from 7th]
14. AR. (1993 - Venzone , 2005) ["Tolmezzo", dated 8th]
15. AR. (1992 - Chiusaforte , 1995) ["Cividale", dated 8.]
16. AR. (1991 - Belluno , 2004) ["Belluno", dated 7.]
18th AR. (1997 - Meran , 2004) ["Edolo", from 5th, only training]

The first nine regiments stationed from west to east form the historical core of the Alpini. As the unofficial name of the Alpine Association, the 10th forms a kind of reservist comradeship . Regiments 11 and 12 were created due to the Italian colonial war in East Africa. The regiments temporarily set up in the 1990s (up to No. 18) were partly training associations.

Paratroopers

Coat of arms of the 183rd Paratrooper Regiment

These paratrooper regiments (FR) and parachute artillery regiments (FAR) were subordinate to the paratrooper divisions "Folgore" (185th) and "Nembo" (184th) during World War II. From 1975 to 1992 the regiments continued to exist as battalions, then again as battalion-strength regiments. The regiments that are still active today are either combined in the Folgore Paratrooper Brigade or they are subordinate to the Army's Special Forces Command .

184. FAR. NEMBO ( Pisa , 1942 - Gradisca d'Isonzo , 1996) (airborne artillery, later tank artillery)
183. FR. NEMBO ( Florence , 1943 - Pistoia ) [1943–1945: Sardinia, Filottrano, Grizzano, Poggio Rusco]
184. FR. NEMBO ( Viterbo , 1943 - Marken , 1944) [1944: Sardinia, Abbadia di Fiastra, Filottrano]
185. FR. FOLGORE / NEMBO ( Tarquinia , 1941 - Livorno ) (special forces)
186. FR. FOLGORE (Tarquinia, 1941 - Siena ) [1942: Alam el Halfa, El Alamein]
187. FR. FOLGORE (Tarquinia, 1942 - Livorno ) [1942: Alam el Halfa, El Alamein]
185. FAR. FOLGORE (Tarquinia, 1942 - Bracciano ) (airborne artillery; from 2000 to 2013 Fernspäh-Rgt.)
9. FR COL MOSCHIN (1918 - Livorno) (Special Forces)

In 1943, four paratrooper battalions were set up in Viterbo for the planned paratrooper division "Ciclone" (183rd). Neither the division nor its regiments came into being until the armistice.

Coat of arms of the Lagunari regiment

Lagunari

The Lagunari were set up in Venice in the 1950s to secure the lagoon-rich southern flank of the V Corps stationed in northeast Italy. Until 1975 the Lagunari regiment "Serenissima" had the battalions "Marghera", "Piave" and "Isonzo". In 1975 the 1st Lagunari Battalion “Serenissima” was created from the “Piave” battalion, the remaining battalions went to the mechanized line infantry. In 1992 the regiment was re-established with the battalions “Serenissima” (infantry) and “Sile” (transport), today only a battalion strength.

cavalry

Line cavalry

Coat of arms 3rd Cavalry Regiment

Coat of arms of the 8th Cavalry Regiment

The oldest Italian cavalry regiments originated in Savoy and Piedmont in the 17th century . In the course of the unification of Italy, riders from other Italian states were taken over, but not their associations. The only exception was the regiment Lancieri di Firenze (9th) from Tuscany . A peculiarity of the Italian cavalry is that the regimental numbers are placed afterwards in brackets. The regiments are divided into departments ( battalions ), the Italian gruppo squadroni are called, then the latter in squadrons ( Squadrone ).

Between the two world wars, the cavalry regiments were partially motorized, combined in "fast divisions" (formerly "cavalry divisions") or assigned to large units for special tasks. After 1945 initially set up exclusively as a tank reconnaissance unit, later also equipped with battle tanks. Since 1991 again (partly heavy) tank reconnaissance regiments (battalion strength, with B-1 " Centauro " armored vehicles).

1st KR. "Nice Cavalleria" (1690 - Bellinzago Novarese ) [u. a. Spanish, Polish, etc. Austrian Succession Wars; Monfalcone 1916]
2nd KR. "Piemonte Cavalleria " (1692 - Trieste ) [Sforzesca, 1859]
3rd KR. "Savoia Cavalleria" (1692 - Grosseto ) [Wars of Succession; Jsbuschensky, 1942]
4th KR. "Genova Cavalleria" (1683 - Palmanova ) [Madonna di Campagna, 1706; Brichetto, 1796; Pozzuolo del Friuli, 1917]
5th KR. “ Lancieri di Novara” (1828 - Codroipo ) [Pozzuolo del Friuli, 1917; Jagodnij, Don, 1942]
6th KR. "Lancieri di Aosta" (1774 - Palermo ) [Monte Vento, 1866]
7th KR. "Lancieri di Milano" (1859–1989) [Monastir, 1918]
8th KR. "Lancieri di Montebello" (1859 - Rome ) [Rome, 1943]
9th KR. "Lancieri di Firenze" ( Florence , 1753 - Grosseto , 1995) [Vittorio Veneto, 1918]
10th KR. "Lancieri di Vittorio Emanuele II" (1859 - Rome , 1943) [Monastir, 1918]
11th KR. " Cavalleggeri di Foggia" (1863–1920) [Vittorio Veneto, 1918]
12th KR. "Cavalleggeri di Saluzzo" (1848–1990) [Istrago, 1918]
13th KR. "Cavalleggeri di Monferrato" (1850 - Balkans , 1943) [Montebello, 1859]
14th KR. "Cavalleggeri di Alessandria" (1850–1979) [Villafranca, 1866; Poloj, 1942]
15th KR. “Cavalleggeri di Lodi” (1859 - Lecce ) [Libya, 1911; France, 1918; Libya, 1942]
16. KR. "Cavalleggeri di Lucca" (1859 - Rome , 1943) [Macedonia, 1918]
17th KR. "Cavalleggeri di Caserta" (1863–1919) [Montello, 1918]
18th KR. "Cavalleggeri di Piacenza" (1859–1919) [Monte Grappa, 1918]
19th KR. "Cavalleggeri Guide" (1859 - Salerno ) [Oliosi, 1866]
20th KR. "Cavalleggeri di Roma" (1871-1919) [Monfalcone, 1916]
21st KR. "Cavalleggeri di Padova" (1883–1919) [Vittorio Veneto, 1918]
22nd KR. "Cavalleggeri di Catania" (1883 - Turin , 1919) [Albania, Semeni, 1918]
23rd KR. "Cavalleggeri di Umberto I" (1887–1919) [Albania, 1918]
24th KR. "Cavalleggeri di Vicenza" (1887–1919) [Bainsizza, 1917]
25th KR. "Lancieri di Mantova" (1909–1919) [Castion di Strada, 1918]
26th KR. "Lancieri di Vercelli" (1909-1919) [p. Odorico, 1918]
27th KR. "Cavalleggeri di Aquila" (1909–1919) [Paradiso, 1918]
28th KR. "Cavalleggeri di Treviso" (1909–1989) [Monfalcone, 1916]
29th KR. "Cavalleggeri di Udine" (1909–1919) [Vertojbizza, 1916]
30. KR. "Cavalleggeri di Palermo" (1915 - Sicily , 1943) [Albania, Semeni, 1918]
KR. "Dragoni" or "Cavalleggeri di Sardegna" (1726–1944) [Albania, Semeni, 1918]

Armored force

Coat of arms 1st Panzer Regiment

Coat of arms of the 31st Panzer Regiment

The beginnings of the Italian armored forces go back to a test and training unit set up in Verona in September 1918 , which had a few Schneider CA1 , Renault FT and Fiat 2000 tanks . In December 1918, a first company was set up in Turin , which was moved to Rome together with the training unit in 1920 and there ( Forte Tiburtino ) was initially expanded into a battalion. On October 1, 1927, a first tank regiment was formed (5 battalions, 3 of them in northeast Italy; Fiat 3000 ), which was transferred to Bologna in 1931 . In 1936, this (unnumbered) regiment initially resulted in four light regiments (1-4), which were assigned to the infantry . In addition, some cavalry units were armed, e.g. Some with light, fast cavalry tanks. In 1937 the two tank brigades "Centauro" and "Ariete" were set up, which in 1939 were renamed into Panzer Divisions. The numbering of the regiments was usually based on the numbering of the divisions, in other cases regiments only provided battalions for other divisions. The following regiments (including on M13 / 40 and variants) were subordinate to the armored divisions " Centauro " (131st), " Ariete " (132nd) and " Littorio " (133rd). The armored force is officially part of the cavalry today. Three regiments still active (in battalion strength) are subordinate to the brigades " Ariete " (32nd, 132nd) and " Garibaldi " (4th). The 1st Panzer Regiment only exists as a training area command in Teulada , Sardinia.

1. PR. ( Vercelli , 1936 - Teulada ; education)
2. PR. ( Verona , 1936–1938, then 32nd PR)
3. PR. ( Rome , 1927, then Bologna , 1936 - Persano near Salerno , 1975)
4. PR. ( Rome , 1936 - Persano) [1940–1943: Tobruk, Rome]
31. PR. CENTAURO ( Siena , 1937 - Lecce , 2020) [1940–1943: Balkans, North Africa]
32nd PR. ARIETE ( Verona , 1938 - Tauriano ) [1940–1943: North Africa, El Alamein]
33. PR. (LITTORIO) ( Parma , 1939 - Ozzano near Bologna , 2000)
131. PR. CENTAURO ( Siena , 1941 - Persano, 2013) [1940–1943: Sicily]
132. PR. ARIETE ( Rome , 1941 - Cordenons near Pordenone ) [1940–1943: North Africa, El Alamein]
133. PR. (LITTORIO) ( Verona , 1941 - Lecce , 2002) [1940–1943: North Africa, El Alamein]

From 1975 to 1992 the regimental level in Italy was abolished. The battalions of the above-mentioned tank regiments were independent at this time and had their own numbering. Up to 1989 there were a total of 30 tank or tank cavalry battalions, each of which was usually equipped with 49 main battle tanks of the types Leopard 1 (920), M60 (300) or M47 (remainder). Some of the battalions were mixed and had only two tank companies.

The Italian army put a total of around 1,500 M47 tanks into service from 1952 to 1971, the last of which were not retired until 1989. In the 1960s, 300 heavier M60s were procured, 200 of which were built under license by Oto Melara . They remained in service until the early 1990s. To replace the outdated M47, the army bought 200 Leopard 1s from Krauss-Maffei in 1971 , and another 720 were built under license in Italy. In addition, 137 armored recovery vehicles were procured , 64 Biber bridge-laying armored vehicles and 40 Dachs armored personnel carriers , all of which belong to the Leopard family and were also manufactured under license. A large number of these tanks are still in a material depot in Lenta, northern Italy, together with other discarded armored vehicles .

The tank and cavalry units that still exist today are equipped with the Ariete (200) battle tank and the Centauro wheeled tank (almost 300 of the former 400). The 120 remaining Leopard 1A5s were decommissioned in 2007 and 2008.

artillery

Coat of arms of the 1st Artillery Regiment

Arms of the 8th Artillery Regiment

Coat of arms of the 5th Mountain Artillery Regiment

Like all older Italian army troops, the artillery comes from the army of the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont . Charles Emanuel I of Savoy ordered with a decree of July 30, 1625 that the Bombardieri, organized according to guilds , were to be transferred to a special unit within the militia . This decree is considered to be the birth of the Italian artillery. As a real branch of the army , however, it did not emerge until August 27, 1774 under the name Corpo Reale di Artiglieria . A corresponding artillery and fortress building school was founded in 1739, however, and a first artillery regiment was established in 1743. From 1860 onwards, as part of the unification of Italy, a number of artillery troops from the other Italian states were incorporated into the Piedmontese and thus Italian army. Initially there were 3 fortress artillery regiments , 4 field artillery regiments and a supporting regiment with consecutive numbering (1-8). In the following years, heavy field artillery, mountain artillery and coastal artillery units as well as a mounted artillery regiment were added, and during the First World War also army anti-aircraft and NBC defense units, which are still part of the artillery in Italy today. The numbering of the associations was now based on their respective sub-genus.

In June 1940 the number of artillery regiments in the various areas was:

54 field artillery regiments (for infantry divisions)
5 mountain artillery regiments (for mountain divisions)
3 armored artillery regiments (for armored divisions)
2 motorized artillery regiments (for motorized divisions)
3 rapid artillery regiments (for rapid divisions)
18 corps artillery regiments (heavy field artillery)
5 army artillery regiments
9 border artillery regiments (of the border troops)
5 anti-aircraft artillery regiments

There were also smaller associations and units, u. a. also airborne artillery.

After the Second World War, individual regiments that had distinguished themselves were set up again. In 1959 an independent rocket artillery brigade ( 3rd Aquileia ) was established, which was equipped with missiles of the " Lance " type (and American nuclear warheads ), among other things . Otherwise, in the course of the army reform of 1975, the regimental level was also largely abolished in the artillery sector. The numerous independent battalions carried on the traditions of several earlier regiments. From 1992 the battalions (in Italy: "Departments") again took on the name regiment, but still had battalion strength. In the 1990s, many of these regiments were gradually disbanded. Since 1999 the Italian artillery has officially known only two sub-types: the "land artillery" and the "anti-aircraft artillery". Then there is the NBC defense . The land artillery staff are trained at the Artillery School in Bracciano, those of the air defense at the Army Air Defense School in Sabaudia .

The remaining artillery regiments (including NBC defense) are now subordinate to a support command or the individual combat brigades. The air defense units were concentrated in the Army Air Defense Command (Sabaudia), with smaller units in the area of the other brigades.

After the end of the Cold War, 320 Oto Melara M-56 , 36 M107 , 36 M110 , 423 M114 , 36 M115 , 120 Lance and some of the 164 FH70 and 220 M109 were retired from the artillery .

The most important weapon systems of the Italian artillery at the moment are the MLRS rocket launcher and the self-propelled howitzer 2000 .

See also:

Pioneers

Coat of arms of the 2nd Mountain Spy Regiment

The pioneer troop was set up on June 11, 1775 in the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont . From 1824 it was called Corpo Reale del Genio . In 1861 the engineering troops of other Italian states were integrated and initially two regiments were formed. By 1910 there were two sappers , a telegraph , a miner , a pontooner and a railway pioneer regiment , as well as smaller units. In the course of the First World War, some other sub-genera were added to the above, including the Lagunari , which today belong to the infantry. After the war there were 18 mixed pioneer regiments as well as 2 mine, 1 railway pioneer and 2 bridge pioneer regiments. Several other units ( raggruppamenti ) and battalions were added to these regiments during the Second World War . In 1952, the new telecommunications force emerged from the pioneer group. Until 1975 there were 3 pioneer regiments, 1 blocking unit, 1 bridge pioneer and 1 railway pioneer regiment in addition to smaller units. In the course of the army reform of 1975, the regiments were abolished with a few exceptions, and in 1992 the remaining battalions reassumed the name regiment.

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Telecommunications force

Coat of arms of the telecommunications school in Cecchignola near Rome

Coat of arms 11th telecommunications regiment

Coat of arms of the 33rd Telecommunications Regiment

A first military telegraph service was established on September 12, 1860. In the following years, the first telegraph companies were established in the two existing pioneer regiments, which were taken over by the new 3rd pioneer regiment in Florence in 1883 . The year 1883 is considered to be the founding year of the Italian telegraph force , which at the time was part of the pioneer group. In 1895 the 3rd Engineer Regiment was renamed the 3rd Telegraph Engineer Regiment, which was divided into four telegraph battalions and one support battalion. In the course of the First World War, the regiment (1918 also with the support of the 7th Engineer Regiment) set up a total of 68 telegraph companies, which were assigned to other associations for support. During the war, the scientist Guglielmo Marconi served as a volunteer with the 3rd Telegraph Pioneer Regiment. In 1926 the first and second telegraph regiments emerged from the latter and were dissolved in 1932. Their then independent battalions or companies went to support higher staffs (above all "Army Corps Telecommunications Battalions") or became part of other engineer regiments. After the Second World War, the Telecommunications Battalion of the Army General Staff took over the traditions of the 3rd Telecommunications Regiment (formerly 3rd Engineer Regiment from 1883), which was re-established in 1993 as the 10th Lanciano Telecommunications Battalion. The telecommunications force was spun off from the engineer force in 1953, but without giving it the status of a branch of service. This did not happen until December 30, 1997 ( Arma delle Trasmissioni ). Today the force consists of two sub-genres: " Telematics " (operational support, national infrastructure) and " Electronic warfare ".

In the list below only currently active telecommunications regiments. The first four regiments (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 7th) were taken over as such by the pioneer troops, the remainder were usually formed from telecommunications battalions (13th, 41st artillery) that were set up later. The numerous former independent battalions are not taken into account here.

1. FMR. (1926 - Milan ) (2 bags; subordinated to the NATO Rapid Deployable Corps - Italy )
2. FMR. (1926 - Bozen ) (2 mountain telecommunications bags, operational support)
3. FMR. (1883 - Rome ) (3 bags; national infrastructure)
7. FMR. (1918 - Sacile ) (2 bags; operational support)
11. FMR. (1940 - Civitavecchia ) (2 bags; deployment support .; 1940 set up as battalion, 1975 11th bag "Leonessa")
13. FMBtl. (1960 - Anzio ) ( HUMINT ; formerly 13º Gruppo Acquisizione Obiettivi - GRACO )
32nd FMR. (1953 - Padua ) (2 bags; nat. Infrastructure .; 1953–1975 Fm.Btl. Staff 3rd Army in Padua)
33. FMR. (1975 - Treviso ) (1 bag; electronic warfare)
41. FMR. (1915 - Sora ) (1 bag, actual article Rgt .; battlefield surveillance)
44. FMR. (1957 - Rome ) (1 bag; support association)
46. FMR. (1975 - Palermo ) (2 bags; nat. Infrastructure; originated from Fm. Comp. In Sicily)
184. FMR. (1944 - Treviso ) (1 bag; support association; formerly Fm.Btl. Of Inf.Div. Folgore )
232. FMR. (2004 - Avellino ) (2 bags .; deployment support .; 1958 bag "Ariete", 1975 232. bag "Fadalto", closed in 1991, renewed in 2004)

With the exception of the 1st telecommunications regiment of the NRDC and the two support regiments 44 and 184, which are subordinate to the logistics command of the army, all regiments and the telecommunications school in Cecchignola near Rome are managed by the telecommunications command .

See also:

Italian army, branches of service

Logistics team

Coat of arms of the logistics school in Cecchignola near Rome

Although there were several older supply and train units in the Italian army , these are not considered to be the origin of today's logistics force. The latter was created in 1902, initially in the form of a small motorized unit of the railway pioneers , which on September 1, 1906, took on the name of the motor vehicle section ( Sezione Automobilisitica ; 1926: Servizio Automobilistico ). From it the independent motor corps ( Corpo Automobilisitico ) emerged in 1935, which lost or surrendered around 14,300 of its 37,000 vehicles due to the Italian campaigns in Spain and East Africa by 1940 (to Franco ). From 1942 to 1948, the existing transport formations were called regiments ( reggimenti autieri ). In the course of the army reform of 1975, each brigade received a logistics battalion, which meant that the previous motor vehicle troops were not only responsible for transport, but also for supply and maintenance. On December 30, 1997, the logistics force was given the status of a branch of arms ( Arma dei Trasporti e dei Materiali , also known as Tramat ), reflecting its fundamental importance in numerous foreign missions. The logistics battalions named after the brigades were combined with the transport and logistics battalions of the higher management levels in new transport and logistics regiments in 2001 and placed under a logistics brigade. In 2013 this step was reversed and each brigade was assigned a logistics regiment (battalion strength).

The logistics command of the army in Rome, which is responsible for matters of principle and territorial tasks, manages the 44 and 184 telecommunications support regiments, the 8th transport regiment, a military dog center and repair centers in Piacenza , Nola (heavy weapons), Terni (light weapons) and Rome (telecommunications). The logistic support command of the operational area (COMFOTER-SPT) reports two large logistic regiments and four medical battalions.

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Army aviators

Coat of arms AVES

Wappen Army Aviation Training Center

Coat of arms of the 4th Army Aviation Regiment

The Italian Army Aviation ( Aviazione dell'Esercito , AVES for short) emerged in their modern version in the 1950s, initially as part of the artillery force . After a strong expansion in the 1960s, from 1975 they received formations at regimental level ( ragruppamenti ). The three corps of the field army in northern Italy each received a mixed regiment, another regiment remained together with the training center at the Viterbo military airfield north of Rome. The divisions each had a smaller army aviation unit until the division level was abolished in 1986, as did the territorial commands in central and southern Italy.

Italian Army Aviation Regiments (HFR) are divided into divisions ( battalions ) and squadrons ( companies) . Based on the traditional names of the cavalry , the department is referred to as Gruppo Squadroni (German for "squadron group") and the squadron as a squadron (" squadron " or " squadron "). The latter usually have six aircraft and thus swarm strength , which is why the battalion equivalent gruppo squadroni can be compared with a German squadron.

1. HFR "Antares" (1976 - Viterbo ) (including CH-47, Do-228, P.180; for special tasks)
2. HFR "Sirio" (1996 - Lamezia Terme ) (AB-205, AB-212; for southern Italy)
3. HFR "Aldebaran" (1993 - Viterbo) (CH-47, NH90, AB412; until 1998 in Bresso , former III. Corps; since 2014 for special forces)
4. HFR "Altair" (1976 - Bozen ) (AB-205; former IV. Corps)
5. HFR "Rigel" (1976 - Casarsa ) (A-109, A-129, AB-205; formerly V Corps; " Friuli Brigade ")
7. HFR "Vega" (1996 - Rimini ) (A-109, A-129, AB-205, AB-412, NH90; "Friuli Brigade")

The Army Aviation Support Regiments take on the logistics and aircraft maintenance :

1. HFUR "Idra" (1953 - Bracciano )
2. HFUR "Orione" (1957 - Bologna )
3. HFUR "Aquila" (1965 - Orio al Serio )
4. HFUR "Scorpione" (1976 - Viterbo)

See also:

Italian army, aircraft

Others

Border troops

To secure the land borders, especially in the area of the Vallo Alpino , there was a military group called Guardia alla Frontiera from 1934 to 1943 , which essentially consisted of infantry, artillery and engineering troops . The conscripts were supposed to meet the recruitment criteria of the mountain troops (the headgear of which they wore in the Alps in a modified form, with the insignia of the line infantry or artillery, engineering troops ). This organization was divided into area commands (brigades, as corps troops ), sectors (regiments; 23 in Italy, others in Albania and Libya) and sub-sectors (battalions). Apart from a single infantry regiment, which was set up on February 1, 1942 in the Libyan town of Castelbeito and renamed the 350th Infantry Regiment (line) on March 12, 1942, there were separate regiments in the area of the border troops only in the area of artillery (see there). During the Second World War, some units of these border troops were subordinated to the coastal troops (see following section). The Guardia alla Frontiera was dissolved in September 1943.

When the Vallo Alpino in the Eastern Alps was reactivated at the beginning of the Cold War and further fortifications were also built in the Friuli foothills , "regular" (partly cadre) associations of the Alpini, the line infantry and the pioneers (all with the additional designation d ' arresto ) the tasks of the former border troops. The blocking units at regimental level belonged to corps troops and division troops, individual blocking battalions were also subordinated to some brigades in north-east Italy from the mid-1970s . Around 1990 these blocking associations were all disbanded.

Coastal troops

During the Second World War, around 60 coastal regiments with their own numbering (mostly between 100 and 199) were set up in the infantry sector. Their battalions mostly had regimental internal numbering, there were also coastal battalions with their own numbering (mostly between 395 and 499), which were usually independent, but were sometimes also subordinate to the coastal regiments. These units belonged in the broader sense to the "line infantry" (the collar tabs were similar to those of the line in the narrower sense), de facto it was a territorial militia consisting of older reservists with outdated and inadequate equipment. The coastal regiments and independent coastal battalions, together with coastal artillery units, first formed coastal brigades and then from the end of 1941 to September 1943 a total of 24 coastal divisions (numbered from 201). After the armistice of Cassibile and the subsequent German occupation, eight Italian coastal divisions were restructured into support divisions (including three with new numbering), which mostly had to repair war damage and to do reconstruction work. For this reason, their former coastal regiments (and battalions) were usually restructured into pioneer associations, again with their own numbering, and then disbanded in the course of 1945.

Colonial troops

The existing 1,885 to 1,943 Italian colonial troops ( RCTC ) were in the infantry especially from Askari , a term which over time for colonial troops from all Italian colonial territories was used. Regiments were rare among the Italian colonial troops (four among the Libyan troops between 1935 and 1940), and independent battalions were the rule. The latter were sometimes combined into raggruppamenti , but more often into brigades (especially in Italian East Africa ), and these finally, towards the end of the colonial era, sometimes also into divisions. In the area of the cavalry, which partly consisted of camel riders (Meharists, Savaris, Spahis, also Somali mounted Dubats), the squadron (or similarly staffed "gangs") remained the central unit, as did the battery in the artillery, which if necessary were combined into departments (battalion). Other specialized colonial troops usually did not get beyond the company level.

Troop flags

The troops flags and standards of the disbanded regiments are, with few exceptions, the Vittoriano in Rome. In individual cases, active regiments have, in addition to their own troop flags, those of their direct predecessors.

Web links

List of Italian Associations 06/1940 (Italian)
Italian Army 1947–1969 (English)
Italian Army 1976–1989 (English)
Italian cavalry units (Italian)