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'Military Navy'; abbreviated as MM) is one of the four branches of Italian Armed Forces and was formed in 1946 from what remained of the Regia Marina (Royal Navy) after World War II. As of August 2014, the Italian Navy had a strength of 30,923 active personnel, with approximately 184 vessels in service, including minor auxiliary vessels.
Naval ensign of Italy. This is a list of active Italian Navy ships.The navy maintains approximately 181 ships in service, [1] including minor auxiliary vessels. The fleet has started a process of renewal that will see 50 ships retired by 2025 and replaced by 30 multi-mission ships. [2]
Italian Navy F-35B Lightning II (right) and AV-8B Harrier II (foreground) alongside an F-18E Super Hornet of the US Navy Italian Navy SH-101A ASuW/ASW helicopter. The Air Forces Command is headed by a Counter admiral and trains and maintains all the aerial assets of the navy. The commanding officer of the Naval Aviation Command also heads the ...
Regia Marina naval jack until 1900. The Regia Marina was established on 17 March 1861 following the proclamation of the formation of the Kingdom of Italy.Just as the Kingdom was a unification of various states in the Italian peninsula, so the Regia Marina was formed from the navies of those states, though the main constituents were the navies of the former kingdoms of Sardinia and Naples.
These five forces comprise a total of 340,885 men and women with the official status of active military personnel, of which 167,057 are in the Army, Navy and Air Force. [1] [6] [7] [8] The President of the Italian Republic heads the armed forces as the President of the High Council of Defence established by article 87 of the Constitution of Italy.
2 Italian Navy. 3 Italian Air Force. 4 References. Toggle the table of contents. List of military equipment of Italy. ... List of aircraft used by Italian Air Force [6]
The Decima Flottiglia MAS (Decima Flottiglia Motoscafi Armati Siluranti, also known as La Decima or Xª MAS) (Italian for "10th Torpedo-Armed Motorboat Flotilla") was an Italian flotilla, with marines and commando frogman unit, of the Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy).
The Italian Navy special forces unit is the Divers and Raiders Grouping "Teseo Tesei" (Comando Raggruppamento Subacquei e Incursori Teseo Tesei - COMSUBIN). Specifically the 250-350 men of the Operational Raiders Group are the special forces section of the elite unit.