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Alpine Brigade "Taurinense"

January 01, 1970

This article is about the currently active Italian Army Alpine Brigade "Taurinense". For the World War II Royal Italian Army division, see 1st Alpine Division "Taurinense".

The Alpine Brigade "Taurinense" is a light Infantry brigade of the Italian Army, specializing in Mountain Combat. Its core units are Alpini, the mountain infantry corps of the Italian Army, that distinguished itself in combat during World War I and World War II. The brigade's name "Taurinense" alludes to the Roman name Augusta Taurinorum for the city of Turin around which the brigade is based. Accordingly the brigade's coat of arms is modeled after Turin's coat of arms. The brigade carries on the name and traditions of the 1st Alpine Division "Taurinense".

Alpine Brigade "Taurinense"
Brigata Alpina "Taurinense"
Coat of Arms of the Alpine Brigade "Taurinense"
Active15 April 1952 – today
CountryItaly
BranchItalian Army
RoleAlpini
SizeBrigade
Part ofAlpine Troops Command
Garrison/HQTurin
Colorsgreen
EngagementsIraq Operation Provide Comfort
Bosnia SFOR
Mozambique ONUMOZ
Kosovo KFOR
Afghanistan ISAF
Commanders
Current
commander		Brigadier Federico Bonato
A Regiment "Nizza Cavalleria" (1st) Centauro column on exercise in Cincu, Romania 2019

History edit

Constitution edit

The Taurinense was constituted on 15 April 1952 in the city of Turin. Initially the brigade was part of the III Army Corps and consisted of the following units:

In the following years the brigade was augmented with further units:

  •   Alpini Battalion "Mondovì" (1953) as 4th battalion of the 4th Alpini Regiment
  •   Alpini Paratroopers Platoon, in Turin (1953)
  • Light Aircraft Section "Taurinense", at Turin-Venaria Reale Air Base (1958)

On 26 October 1962 the Alpini Battalion "Mondovì" moved to Paluzza in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region to augment the Alpine Brigade "Julia", followed by the Mountain Artillery Group "Pinerolo", which moved to Tolmezzo on 1 December 1963 to join the Julia. The same year the Alpini Battalion "Aosta" was transferred to the Alpine Formation and Training Center in Aosta, but returned to the 4th Alpini Regiment in 1967. From 1964 to 1967 the "Saluzzo" was placed into reserve status. The Alpini Paratroopers Platoon merged with the paratrooper platoons of the other four alpine brigades on 1 April 1964 to form the Alpini Paratroopers Company in Bolzano under direct command of the 4th Army Corps. The same year the 4th Mortar Company was disbanded and its mortars and troops divided among the brigade's Alpini battalions. On 1 June 1966 the 2nd Alpini (Recruits Training) Regiment joined the brigade. The regiment's four battalions were named for the four alpine brigades to which the conscripts were sent after training: Tridentina, Orobica, Cadore, and Taurinense. In 1970 the Mountain Artillery Group "Mondovì" was raised and added to the 1st Mountain Artillery Regiment. Thus in 1972 when the brigade was transferred from the III Army Corps to the IV Army Corps it consisted of the following units:

1975 Reorganization edit

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"Taurinense" locations 1989

With 1975 Italian Army reform the regimental level was abolished and battalions came under direct command of multi-arms brigades. At the same time the army reduced and realigned its forces and therefore the Taurinense saw some changes to its composition: the "Aosta" battalion was once more transferred to the Alpine Formation and Training Center, the Mountain Artillery Group "Susa" was renamed "Pinerolo", while the Mountain Artillery Group "Mondovì" was disbanded. The brigade headquarters and the signal company were merged to form the Command and Signal Unit "Taurinense". An anti-tank company was raised, and the Services Grouping "Taurinense" was reorganized as a logistic battalion. The 2nd Alpini Regiment (Recruits Training) had already been disbanded on 31 October 1974 and with one of its training battalion joining the Taurinense as Alpini Battalion "Mondovì".

After the reform the brigade's two Alpini battalions had an authorized strength of 950 men, while the two artillery groups had an authorized strength of 610 men and fielded 18 M56 105mm pack howitzers each. The new composition was:

  •   Alpine Brigade "Taurinense", in Turin
    •   Command and Signal Unit "Taurinense", in Turin
    •   Alpini Battalion "Mondovì" (Recruits Training), in Cuneo
      •   Headquarters and Service Company
      •   9th Alpini (Training) Company
      •   10th Alpini (Training) Company
      •   11th Alpini (Training) Company
      •   103rd Alpini (Training) Company
    •   Alpini Battalion "Saluzzo", in Borgo San Dalmazzo
      •   Headquarters and Service Company
      •   21st Alpini Company
      •   22nd Alpini Company
      •   23rd Alpini Company
      •   106th Heavy Mortar Company
    •   Alpini Battalion "Susa", in Pinerolo
      •   Headquarters and Service Company
      •   34th Alpini Company
      •   35th Alpini Company
      •   36th Alpini Company
      •   133rd Heavy Mortar Company
    •   Mountain Artillery Group "Aosta", in Saluzzo
      •   Headquarters and Service Battery
      •   4th Mountain Artillery Battery
      •   5th Mountain Artillery Battery
      •   6th Mountain Artillery Battery
    •   Mountain Artillery Group "Pinerolo", in Susa
      •   Headquarters and Service Battery
      •   7th Mountain Artillery Battery
      •   8th Mountain Artillery Battery
      •   40th Mountain Artillery Battery
    •   Logistic Battalion "Taurinense", in Rivoli
      •   Command and Services Platoon
      •   1st Light Logistic Unit
      •   2nd Light Logistic Unit
      •   Medium Logistic Unit
    •   Anti-tank Company "Taurinense", in Turin
    •   Engineer Company "Taurinense", in Abbadia Alpina
    • Army Light Aviation Unit, at Turin-Venaria Reale Air Base (renamed 4th Reconnaissance Helicopter Squadron and transferred to the 4th Army Aviation Regiment "Altair" on 31 January 1976)

On 1 June 1978 the Airmobile Medical Unit "Taurinense" was formed by reorganized the 101st Field Hospital as a rapid deployable medical asset. The only such unit in the Italian Army.

Strategic plans in case of war edit

After the 1975 reform the 4th Alpine Army Corps was responsible to defend the Italian border along the main chain of the alps from the Swiss-Austrian-Italian border tripoint in the west to the Italian-Yugoslavian border in the east. In case of war with Yugoslavia the 4th Alpine Army Corps would remain static in its position guarding the left flank of the 5th Army Corps, which would meet the enemy forces in the plains of Friuli-Venezia Giulia. The only brigade which would have seen combat in such a case would have been the Julia.

In case of a war with the Warsaw Pact the 4th Alpine Army Corps had two war planes: one in the case the Soviet Southern Group of Forces and Hungarian Army would march through Yugoslavia and the other in case the Warsaw Pact would violate the Austrian neutrality and march through Austria. In case the enemy forces would come through Yugoslavia, the Julia would cover the mountainous left flank of the 5th Army Corps, which with its four armoured and five mechanized brigades would try to wear down the enemy before it could break out into the North Italian Padan plain. The other alpine brigades would remain static.

In the more likely case the Soviet and Hungarian divisions would invade Austria and march through Southern Styria and through the Drava valley in Carinthia the alpine brigades would have been the first front line units of the Italian Army. The Julia would have defended the Canal valley, the Cadore the Piave valley, the Tridentina the Puster valley, while the Orobica had a special mission. The Taurinense was to be kept in reserve and deployed as needed: either to reinforce the other alpine brigades; or to block with the Paratroopers Brigade "Folgore" and Motorized Brigade "Friuli" the Apennine passes into central Italy if enemy forces would have been able to cross the lower Adige and Po rivers; or to block with the French 27th Mountain Infantry Brigade the French-Italian mountain passes in case Warsaw Pact forces would have conquered all of Northern Italy. If the 5th Army Corps with reinforcement from the 3rd Army Corps would have been able to stop Warsaw Pact forces before the Piave river the Taurinense was would have deployed to Norway to support NATO's Allied Command Europe Mobile Force.

1990s reorganization edit

On 23 March 1991 the Mountain Artillery Group "Pinerolo" was disbanded. On 1 August 1992 the "Saluzzo" battalion was integrated in the reactivated 2nd Alpini Regiment. The same month the Anti-tank Company was disbanded. On 19 September 1992 the Mountain Artillery Group "Aosta" entered the reactivated 1st Mountain Artillery Regiment. With the entry of the "Susa" battalion into the reactivated 3rd Alpini Regiment on 23 October 1993 the reorganization of the brigade was for the time complete. Both Alpini regiments consisted of one battalion and a support company. The Command and Signal Unit was merged with the Engineer Company into the Command and Tactical Supports Unit. The new composition was:

When the Alpine Brigade "Cadore" was disbanded in 1997, the two remaining regiments of that brigade passed to the Alpine Brigade "Julia", which in turn ceded the 9th Alpini Regiment to the "Taurinense". At the same time the Alpini (Recruits Training) Battalion "Mondovì" was disbanded. The same year the 2nd Alpini Regiment moved from Borgo San Dalmazzo into the base of the disbanded "Mondovì" in Cuneo. In 2002 the Logistic Battalion "Taurinense" was disbanded. On 1 September 2002 the 2nd Battalion of the Ferrovieri Engineer Regiment was merged with the Engineer Company of the brigade's Command and Tactical Supports Unit to form the 32nd Engineer Battalion, which joined the Taurinense on the same date. In On 24 September 2004 the 32nd Engineer Battalion was expanded to 32nd Engineer Regiment.[1]

Organization edit

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Taurinense units 2022
(The 9th Alpini Regiment is based in L'Aquila in central Italy)
 
3rd Alpini Regiment mortar platoon
 
1st Field Artillery Regiment (Mountain) on exercise

The brigade is part of the Alpine Troops Command and based in the Piedmont region of northern Italy, with the 9th Alpini Regiment based in the central region of Abruzzo. The brigade headquarters is in the city of Turin. As of 4 October 2022 the brigade is organized as follows:

Equipment edit

The Alpini regiments are equipped with Bv 206S tracked all-terrain carriers and Lince light multirole vehicles. The maneuver support companies of the Alpini regiments are equipped with 120mm mortars and Spike anti-tank guided missiles. The cavalry regiment is equipped with Centauro tank destroyers and VTLM Lince vehicles. The brigade's artillery regiment fields 18x FH-70 towed howitzers and an unknown number of M56 105mm pack howitzers in the direct fire role.[2]

Gorget patches edit

Main article: Italian Army gorget patches

The personnel of the brigade's units wears the following gorget patches:[3]

References edit

  1. ^ "32° Reggimento Genio Guastatori - La Storia". Italian Army. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Obice da 155/39 FH-70". Esercito Italiano. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Brigata Alpina "Taurinense"". Italian Army. Retrieved 13 December 2019.

Sources edit

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This article is about the currently active Italian Army Alpine Brigade Taurinense For the World War II Royal Italian Army division see 1st Alpine Division Taurinense The Alpine Brigade Taurinense is a light Infantry brigade of the Italian Army specializing in Mountain Combat Its core units are Alpini the mountain infantry corps of the Italian Army that distinguished itself in combat during World War I and World War II The brigade s name Taurinense alludes to the Roman name Augusta Taurinorum for the city of Turin around which the brigade is based Accordingly the brigade s coat of arms is modeled after Turin s coat of arms The brigade carries on the name and traditions of the 1st Alpine Division Taurinense Alpine Brigade Taurinense Brigata Alpina Taurinense Coat of Arms of the Alpine Brigade Taurinense Active15 April 1952 todayCountryItalyBranchItalian ArmyRoleAlpiniSizeBrigadePart ofAlpine Troops CommandGarrison HQTurinColorsgreenEngagementsIraq Operation Provide ComfortBosnia SFOR Mozambique ONUMOZ Kosovo KFOR Afghanistan ISAFCommandersCurrentcommanderBrigadier Federico Bonato A Regiment Nizza Cavalleria 1st Centauro column on exercise in Cincu Romania 2019 Contents 1 History 1 1 Constitution 1 2 1975 Reorganization 1 2 1 Strategic plans in case of war 1 3 1990s reorganization 2 Organization 3 Equipment 4 Gorget patches 5 References 6 SourcesHistory editConstitution edit The Taurinense was constituted on 15 April 1952 in the city of Turin Initially the brigade was part of the III Army Corps and consisted of the following units nbsp Alpine Brigade Taurinense in Turin nbsp Headquarters and Headquarters Platoon in Turin nbsp 4th Alpini Regiment in Turin nbsp Headquarters Platoon nbsp Alpini Battalion Aosta in Aosta nbsp Alpini Battalion Saluzzo in Borgo San Dalmazzo nbsp Alpini Battalion Susa in Pinerolo nbsp 4th Mortar Company in Turin nbsp 1st Mountain Artillery Regiment in Rivoli nbsp Command Unit in Rivoli nbsp Mountain Artillery Group Aosta in Saluzzo nbsp Mountain Artillery Group Susa in Susa nbsp Mountain Artillery Group Pinerolo in Mondovi nbsp Light Air defense Group disbanded on 1 January 1956 nbsp Mixed Engineer Company in Turin later split into a Signal Company and an Engineer Company In the following years the brigade was augmented with further units nbsp Alpini Battalion Mondovi 1953 as 4th battalion of the 4th Alpini Regiment nbsp Alpini Paratroopers Platoon in Turin 1953 Light Aircraft Section Taurinense at Turin Venaria Reale Air Base 1958 On 26 October 1962 the Alpini Battalion Mondovi moved to Paluzza in the Friuli Venezia Giulia region to augment the Alpine Brigade Julia followed by the Mountain Artillery Group Pinerolo which moved to Tolmezzo on 1 December 1963 to join the Julia The same year the Alpini Battalion Aosta was transferred to the Alpine Formation and Training Center in Aosta but returned to the 4th Alpini Regiment in 1967 From 1964 to 1967 the Saluzzo was placed into reserve status The Alpini Paratroopers Platoon merged with the paratrooper platoons of the other four alpine brigades on 1 April 1964 to form the Alpini Paratroopers Company in Bolzano under direct command of the 4th Army Corps The same year the 4th Mortar Company was disbanded and its mortars and troops divided among the brigade s Alpini battalions On 1 June 1966 the 2nd Alpini Recruits Training Regiment joined the brigade The regiment s four battalions were named for the four alpine brigades to which the conscripts were sent after training Tridentina Orobica Cadore and Taurinense In 1970 the Mountain Artillery Group Mondovi was raised and added to the 1st Mountain Artillery Regiment Thus in 1972 when the brigade was transferred from the III Army Corps to the IV Army Corps it consisted of the following units nbsp Alpine Brigade Taurinense in Turin nbsp Headquarters and Headquarters Company in Turin nbsp 2nd Alpini Recruits Training Regiment in Cuneo nbsp Command and Services Company in Cuneo Alpini Battalion Cadore in Boves Alpini Battalion Orobica in Cuneo Alpini Battalion Taurinense in Bra Alpini Battalion Tridentina in Cuneo nbsp 4th Alpini Regiment in Turin nbsp Command and Services Company in Turin nbsp Alpini Battalion Aosta in Aosta nbsp Alpini Battalion Saluzzo in Borgo San Dalmazzo nbsp Alpini Battalion Susa in Pinerolo nbsp 1st Mountain Artillery Regiment in Rivoli nbsp Command Battery in Rivoli nbsp Mountain Artillery Group Aosta in Saluzzo nbsp Mountain Artillery Group Susa in Susa nbsp Mountain Artillery Group Mondovi in Mondovi nbsp Services Grouping Taurinense in Rivoli nbsp Engineer Company Taurinense in Turin nbsp Signal Company Taurinense in Abbadia Alpina Light Aviation Unit Taurinense at Turin Venaria Reale Air Base 1975 Reorganization edit nbsp nbsp Taurinense nbsp Mondovi nbsp Saluzzo nbsp Susa nbsp Aosta nbsp Pineroloclass notpageimage Taurinense locations 1989 With 1975 Italian Army reform the regimental level was abolished and battalions came under direct command of multi arms brigades At the same time the army reduced and realigned its forces and therefore the Taurinense saw some changes to its composition the Aosta battalion was once more transferred to the Alpine Formation and Training Center the Mountain Artillery Group Susa was renamed Pinerolo while the Mountain Artillery Group Mondovi was disbanded The brigade headquarters and the signal company were merged to form the Command and Signal Unit Taurinense An anti tank company was raised and the Services Grouping Taurinense was reorganized as a logistic battalion The 2nd Alpini Regiment Recruits Training had already been disbanded on 31 October 1974 and with one of its training battalion joining the Taurinense as Alpini Battalion Mondovi After the reform the brigade s two Alpini battalions had an authorized strength of 950 men while the two artillery groups had an authorized strength of 610 men and fielded 18 M56 105mm pack howitzers each The new composition was nbsp Alpine Brigade Taurinense in Turin nbsp Command and Signal Unit Taurinense in Turin nbsp Alpini Battalion Mondovi Recruits Training in Cuneo nbsp Headquarters and Service Company nbsp 9th Alpini Training Company nbsp 10th Alpini Training Company nbsp 11th Alpini Training Company nbsp 103rd Alpini Training Company nbsp Alpini Battalion Saluzzo in Borgo San Dalmazzo nbsp Headquarters and Service Company nbsp 21st Alpini Company nbsp 22nd Alpini Company nbsp 23rd Alpini Company nbsp 106th Heavy Mortar Company nbsp Alpini Battalion Susa in Pinerolo nbsp Headquarters and Service Company nbsp 34th Alpini Company nbsp 35th Alpini Company nbsp 36th Alpini Company nbsp 133rd Heavy Mortar Company nbsp Mountain Artillery Group Aosta in Saluzzo nbsp Headquarters and Service Battery nbsp 4th Mountain Artillery Battery nbsp 5th Mountain Artillery Battery nbsp 6th Mountain Artillery Battery nbsp Mountain Artillery Group Pinerolo in Susa nbsp Headquarters and Service Battery nbsp 7th Mountain Artillery Battery nbsp 8th Mountain Artillery Battery nbsp 40th Mountain Artillery Battery nbsp Logistic Battalion Taurinense in Rivoli nbsp Command and Services Platoon nbsp 1st Light Logistic Unit nbsp 2nd Light Logistic Unit nbsp Medium Logistic Unit nbsp Anti tank Company Taurinense in Turin nbsp Engineer Company Taurinense in Abbadia Alpina Army Light Aviation Unit at Turin Venaria Reale Air Base renamed 4th Reconnaissance Helicopter Squadron and transferred to the 4th Army Aviation Regiment Altair on 31 January 1976 On 1 June 1978 the Airmobile Medical Unit Taurinense was formed by reorganized the 101st Field Hospital as a rapid deployable medical asset The only such unit in the Italian Army Strategic plans in case of war edit After the 1975 reform the 4th Alpine Army Corps was responsible to defend the Italian border along the main chain of the alps from the Swiss Austrian Italian border tripoint in the west to the Italian Yugoslavian border in the east In case of war with Yugoslavia the 4th Alpine Army Corps would remain static in its position guarding the left flank of the 5th Army Corps which would meet the enemy forces in the plains of Friuli Venezia Giulia The only brigade which would have seen combat in such a case would have been the Julia In case of a war with the Warsaw Pact the 4th Alpine Army Corps had two war planes one in the case the Soviet Southern Group of Forces and Hungarian Army would march through Yugoslavia and the other in case the Warsaw Pact would violate the Austrian neutrality and march through Austria In case the enemy forces would come through Yugoslavia the Julia would cover the mountainous left flank of the 5th Army Corps which with its four armoured and five mechanized brigades would try to wear down the enemy before it could break out into the North Italian Padan plain The other alpine brigades would remain static In the more likely case the Soviet and Hungarian divisions would invade Austria and march through Southern Styria and through the Drava valley in Carinthia the alpine brigades would have been the first front line units of the Italian Army The Julia would have defended the Canal valley the Cadore the Piave valley the Tridentina the Puster valley while the Orobica had a special mission The Taurinense was to be kept in reserve and deployed as needed either to reinforce the other alpine brigades or to block with the Paratroopers Brigade Folgore and Motorized Brigade Friuli the Apennine passes into central Italy if enemy forces would have been able to cross the lower Adige and Po rivers or to block with the French 27th Mountain Infantry Brigade the French Italian mountain passes in case Warsaw Pact forces would have conquered all of Northern Italy If the 5th Army Corps with reinforcement from the 3rd Army Corps would have been able to stop Warsaw Pact forces before the Piave river the Taurinense was would have deployed to Norway to support NATO s Allied Command Europe Mobile Force 1990s reorganization edit On 23 March 1991 the Mountain Artillery Group Pinerolo was disbanded On 1 August 1992 the Saluzzo battalion was integrated in the reactivated 2nd Alpini Regiment The same month the Anti tank Company was disbanded On 19 September 1992 the Mountain Artillery Group Aosta entered the reactivated 1st Mountain Artillery Regiment With the entry of the Susa battalion into the reactivated 3rd Alpini Regiment on 23 October 1993 the reorganization of the brigade was for the time complete Both Alpini regiments consisted of one battalion and a support company The Command and Signal Unit was merged with the Engineer Company into the Command and Tactical Supports Unit The new composition was nbsp Alpine Brigade Taurinense in Turin nbsp Command and Tactical Supports Unit Taurinense in Turin nbsp 2nd Alpini Regiment nbsp Alpini Battalion Saluzzo in Borgo San Dalmazzo nbsp 3rd Alpini Regiment nbsp Alpini Battalion Susa in Pinerolo nbsp 1st Mountain Artillery Regiment nbsp Mountain Artillery Group Aosta in Saluzzo nbsp nbsp Alpini Recruits Training Battalion Mondovi in Cuneo nbsp nbsp Logistic Battalion Taurinense in Rivoli When the Alpine Brigade Cadore was disbanded in 1997 the two remaining regiments of that brigade passed to the Alpine Brigade Julia which in turn ceded the 9th Alpini Regiment to the Taurinense At the same time the Alpini Recruits Training Battalion Mondovi was disbanded The same year the 2nd Alpini Regiment moved from Borgo San Dalmazzo into the base of the disbanded Mondovi in Cuneo In 2002 the Logistic Battalion Taurinense was disbanded On 1 September 2002 the 2nd Battalion of the Ferrovieri Engineer Regiment was merged with the Engineer Company of the brigade s Command and Tactical Supports Unit to form the 32nd Engineer Battalion which joined the Taurinense on the same date In On 24 September 2004 the 32nd Engineer Battalion was expanded to 32nd Engineer Regiment 1 Organization edit nbsp nbsp Taurinense nbsp Nizza Cavalleria 1 nbsp 2 Alpini nbsp 3 Alpini nbsp 1 Field Art nbsp 32 Engineer nbsp Logistic Rgtclass notpageimage Taurinense units 2022 The 9th Alpini Regiment is based in L Aquila in central Italy nbsp 3rd Alpini Regiment mortar platoon nbsp 1st Field Artillery Regiment Mountain on exercise The brigade is part of the Alpine Troops Command and based in the Piedmont region of northern Italy with the 9th Alpini Regiment based in the central region of Abruzzo The brigade headquarters is in the city of Turin As of 4 October 2022 the brigade is organized as follows nbsp Alpine Brigade Taurinense in Turin nbsp 1st Alpini Command and Tactical Supports Unit in Turin nbsp Command Company nbsp Signal Company nbsp Regiment Nizza Cavalleria 1st in Bellinzago Novarese Command and Logistic Support Squadron Armored Squadrons Group nbsp 2nd Alpini Regiment in Cuneo nbsp Command and Logistic Support Company nbsp Alpini Battalion Saluzzo nbsp 3rd Alpini Regiment in Pinerolo nbsp Command and Logistic Support Company nbsp Alpini Battalion Susa nbsp 9th Alpini Regiment in L Aquila nbsp Command and Logistic Support Company nbsp Alpini Battalion L Aquila nbsp Alpini Battalion Vicenza nbsp 1st Field Artillery Regiment Mountain in Fossano nbsp Command and Logistic Support Battery nbsp 7th Surveillance Target Acquisition and Tactical Liaison Battery nbsp Mountain Artillery Group Aosta nbsp 32nd Engineer Regiment in Fossano nbsp Command and Logistic Support Company nbsp 30th Sapper Battalion nbsp Logistic Regiment Taurinense in Rivoli nbsp Command and Logistic Support Company nbsp Logistic BattalionEquipment editThe Alpini regiments are equipped with Bv 206S tracked all terrain carriers and Lince light multirole vehicles The maneuver support companies of the Alpini regiments are equipped with 120mm mortars and Spike anti tank guided missiles The cavalry regiment is equipped with Centauro tank destroyers and VTLM Lince vehicles The brigade s artillery regiment fields 18x FH 70 towed howitzers and an unknown number of M56 105mm pack howitzers in the direct fire role 2 Gorget patches editMain article Italian Army gorget patches The personnel of the brigade s units wears the following gorget patches 3 nbsp 1st Alpini Command and Tactical Supports Unit nbsp Regiment Nizza Cavalleria 1st nbsp 2nd Alpini 3rd Alpini and 9th Alpini Regiment nbsp 1st Field Artillery Regiment Mountain nbsp 32nd Engineer Regiment nbsp Logistic Regiment Taurinense References edit 32 Reggimento Genio Guastatori La Storia Italian Army Retrieved 10 November 2019 Obice da 155 39 FH 70 Esercito Italiano Retrieved 23 June 2019 Brigata Alpina Taurinense Italian Army Retrieved 13 December 2019 Sources editItalian Army Homepage History of the Alpine Brigade Taurinense Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Alpine Brigade 22Taurinense 22 amp oldid 1220386275, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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