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The 2nd Alpini Regiment ... the day Italy entered World War II, the regiment fielded 160 officers and 5,046 other ranks for a total strength of 5,206 men. The ...
After the return of the 7th Regiment, the 12 Alpini regiment was dissolved. In 1941 the 6th Alpine Division Alpi Graie was raised with reserve units of the other five Alpine divisions. Thus Italy fielded the following six alpine divisions during World War II: 1st Alpine Division "Taurinense" 2nd Alpine Division "Tridentina" 3rd Alpine Division ...
Italian Army cavalry regiments are the army's only units, which have the name before their number, and who do not include a description of the type of unit in their name (unlike other regiments like i.e. 5th Alpini Regiment, 2nd Engineer Regiment, 32nd Tank Regiment, etc.)
Each Alpini regiment included a headquarters company, with a platoon of flamethrowers. Each regiment also included three Alpini battalions and the service support units assigned. At full strength, the firepower for an Alpini regiment was 27 heavy machine guns, 81 light machine guns, 27 45 mm mortars, 12 81 mm mortars, and 27 flamethrowers.
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 ...
Pages in category "Regiments of Italy in World War II" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. ... 2nd Alpini Regiment; 3rd Alpini Regiment;
This is a list of the World War II divisions of the Royal Italian Army of the ... 2nd Alpine Division "Tridentina" 3rd Alpine Division "Julia" (Julian March ...
The 2nd Alpine Division "Tridentina" (Italian: 2ª Divisione alpina "Tridentina") was a division of the Royal Italian Army during World War II, which specialized in mountain warfare. The Alpini that formed the divisions are a highly decorated and elite mountain corps of the Italian Army comprising both infantry and artillery units.