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The Bersaglieri Corps were a high-mobility light infantry at their inception in 1836, with their specific situation evolving with changes in warfare. In the nineteenth century, Bersaglieri acted as skirmishers or shock troops, moving from place to place by running.
The 1st Bersaglieri Regiment (Italian: 1° Reggimento Bersaglieri) is an active unit of the Italian Army based in Cosenza in the Calabria region. The regiment is part of the Italian infantry corps' Bersaglieri speciality and operationally assigned to the Bersaglieri Brigade "Garibaldi".
The 1st Bersaglieri Division received the same equipment as the other ENR divisions, but they were forced, more than once, to give armaments and materials up to German units sent to fight on the Western Front. The 14,000 men strong Division was then to join the Monterosa Division at the Gothic Line. It was attached to the German 14th Army. Many ...
On 18 June 1886, all Bersaglieri battalions resumed their original numbering and afterwards the 2nd Bersaglieri Regiment consisted of the II Battalion, IV Battalion, and XVII Battalion. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The II Battalion had been formed by the Royal Sardinian Army in 1848 and included the 2nd Company, which had been formed in January 1837 and was the ...
The 10th Bersaglieri Regiment (Italian: 10° Reggimento Bersaglieri) is an inactive unit of the Italian Army last based in Palermo in Sicily. The regiment is part of the Italian Army's infantry corps' Bersaglieri speciality. The regiment was formed in 1871 by the Royal Italian Army with preexisting battalions.
The 9th Bersaglieri Regiment (Italian: 9° Reggimento Bersaglieri) is an inactive unit of the Italian Army last based in Bellinzago Novarese in Lombardy. The regiment is part of the Italian Army's infantry corps' Bersaglieri speciality and was last operationally assigned to the Armored Brigade "Centauro" .
A second provisional company formed by the 3rd Bersaglieri Regiment was attached to the 10th Bersaglieri Battalion "Bezzecca", when that battalion deployed to Lebanon on from 15 February to 13 July 1983. [8] [9]
On 9 September 1993 the 67th Bersaglieri Battalion "Fagaré" lost its autonomy and the next day entered the reformed 18th Bersaglieri Regiment. [4] [5] A company of the 18th Bersaglieri Regiment was the first Italian unit to deploy to North Macedonia for a possible NATO-led ground invasion of Kosovo during the Kosovo War.