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On the same date the IX Tank Battalion was renumbered XVIII Tank Battalion. On 1 September 1964, the 1st Armored Bersaglieri Regiment was transferred from the Infantry Division "Granatieri di Sardegna" to the II Armored Brigade "Centauro" of the Armored Division "Centauro". On the same day the regiment received the reformed VI Tank Battalion.
The 1st Bersaglieri Battalion is named for the founder of the Bersaglieri corps General Alessandro Ferrero La Marmora, while the 11th Battalion, which had received the war flag of the 182nd Regiment "Garibaldi", was named for the island of Caprera where Italy's national hero Giuseppe Garibaldi spent the last years of his life.
I Battalion [12] [13] 1st Bersaglieri 1915–18: Libya 1918: Italian Front: 24 Feb. 1916: 1st Bersaglieri Regiment disbanded and battalion became autonomous 28 May 1918: returned to Italy 29 June 1918: entered 1st Group/1st Assault Div. II Battalion [15] [16] 2nd Bersaglieri Libya Battalion fighting rebels in Libya since 15 Feb. 1915.
CIV Army Corps Machine Gunners Battalion; Skiers Battalion "Monte Cervino" (arrived February 1942) Command Platoon; 1st Skiers Company; 2nd Skiers Company; 80th Support Weapons Company (Machine guns and 81mm Mod. 35 mortars) II Anti-tank Cannons Battalion (47/32 anti-tank cannons) 1st Bersaglieri Motorcyclists Company
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 ...
As a replacement, the brigade received units from brigades disbanded during the army's drawdown of forces after the end of the Cold War in 1991: from the disbanded Armored Brigade "Mameli" came the 3rd Tank Battalion "M.O. Galas", the 5th Tank Battalion "M.O. Chiamenti" and the 23rd Bersaglieri Battalion "Castel di Borgo" and from the 8th ...
In the following years the brigade was further reduced: on 29 October 2002 the 2nd Regiment "Granatieri di Sardegna" in Spoleto was disbanded and its remaining two mechanized companies came under the 1st Regiment "Granatieri di Sardegna" as 2nd Battalion "Cengio". On 1 January 2005 the 1st Bersaglieri Regiment was disbanded and the name ...
11th Bersaglieri Battalion "Caprera", [1] in Orcenico Superiore (VCC-1 armored personnel carriers; battalion was transferred on 1 July 1976 from the disbanded 182nd Armored Infantry Regiment "Garibaldi", of the Mechanized Division "Folgore") [1] 26th Bersaglieri Battalion "Castelfidardo" (VCC-1 armored personnel carriers), [3] in Pordenone