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Normal Carabinieri patrol vehicles are dark blue with a white roof, with a red stripe along the side. Carabinieri license plates begin with "CC" or previously with "EI" (formerly Esercito Italiano, Italian Army), and a Carabinieri car is traditionally called a Gazzella . Small or medium-sized cars are used for ordinary patrol work, with larger ...
The Mobile Carabinieri Battalion of Florence was organized on: 3 Carabinieri on foot companies; 1 Cyclist Carabinieri Company; 1 Machine-guns Section (2 Sections for seven Mobile Battalions: Torino 1°, Milano 1°, Firenze, Roma 1°, Roma 2°, Roma 3°, Palermo). [3] p. 24; The Florence Mobile Battalion was disbanded by royal decree on 30 ...
The 1st Carabinieri Regiment "Piemonte" could track its origins to 1920 when, by a decree of the Minister of War, 18 Carabinieri Mobile Battalions (each 743 or 764 Carabinieri-strong) were established; [2] p. 116 two of these Battalions were based in Turin and named Carabinieri Mobile Battalion "Torino 1°" and Carabinieri Mobile Battalion "Torino 2°".
Armor of a Heavy Cuirassier of the 16th century. The first examples of a division of Archers and Esquires for the security of members of House of Savoy are dated back to the 15th century, but only during the dukedom of Emmanuel Philibert (1553–1580) a "Guard of Honor of the Prince" (Guardia d'Onore del Principe) was established with about fifty army-men led by a captain.
The 356th Celere Section of the Royal Carabinieri (Italian: 356ª Sezione Celere CC.RR.) was an Italian Royal Carabinieri military police unit during World War II. The unit served within the 3rd Cavalry Division "Principe Amedeo Duca d'Aosta" on the Eastern Front [ 1 ] for the whole duration of the campaign.
A formation Company of the 13th Carabinieri Regiment "Friuli Venezia Giulia" on parade on 2 June 2012. Carabinieri of the 13th Carabinieri Regiment "Friuli Venezia Giulia" are trained through a demanding training course. Aspiring operators attend a course lasting approximately 6 months divided into two phases, with intermediate and final ...
The 11th Carabinieri Mechanized Brigade (Italian: 11° Brigata Meccanizzata Carabinieri) was the Carabinieri formation, established in 1963 and disestablished in 2001, dedicated to the performance of military duties, the support to Territorial Organization, the participation in civil protection operations and to ensure the emergency reserve for the General Command.
The history of Carabinieri Paratroopers dates back to World War II.On 5 June 1940, the Chief of Staff of the Italian Royal Army, then Army General Mario Roatta, requested the Commandant General of the Royal Carabinieri, at the time Lieutenant General Riccardo Moizo, to establish a Royal Carabinieri Paratroopers Battalion, approving an earlier request of General Moizo.