10th Engineer Regiment (Italy)
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The 10th Engineer Regiment (Italian: 10° Reggimento Genio Guastatori) is a military engineer regiment of the Italian Army based in Cremona in Lombardy. Today the regiment is the engineer unit of the 132nd Armored Brigade "Ariete".[3][4]
10th Engineer Regiment | |
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10° Reggimento Genio Guastatori | |
Active | 5 Nov. 1926 — 8 Sept. 1943 10 Oct. 1975 — today[1] |
Country | Italy |
Branch | Italian Army |
Role | Combat engineers |
Part of | 132nd Armored Brigade "Ariete" |
Garrison/HQ | Cremona |
Motto(s) | "Al mio valor l'aspro cimento è sprone" |
Anniversaries | 24 June 1918 - Second Battle of the Piave River |
Decorations | 1× War Cross of Military Valor 1× Silver Cross of Army Merit 1× Bronze Cross of Army Merit 1× Bronze Medal of Red Cross Merit[2] |
Insignia | |
Sappers gorget patches |
The 10th Engineer Regiment was formed in 1926. During the Second Italo-Ethiopian War and during World War II the regiment formed engineer battalions and smaller units for deploying divisions. The regiment was disbanded by invading German forces after the announcement of the Armistice of Cassibile on 8 September 1943. In 1953 the III Army Corps Engineer Battalion was formed and assigned to the III Army Corps. In 1975 the battalion was named for the Lario river and assigned the flag and traditions of the 10th Engineer Regiment. In 1993, the battalion was disbanded and the regiment's flag was transferred to the newly formed 10th Pioneer Regiment. Since 2000, the regiment is assigned to the 132nd Armored Brigade "Ariete".[4][1] The regimental anniversary falls, as for all engineer units, on June 24, the end of the Second Battle of the Piave River in 1918.[3]