131st Engineer Battalion "Ticino"
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The 131st Engineer Battalion "Ticino" (Italian: 131° Battaglione Genio Pionieri "Ticino") is an inactive military engineer unit of the Italian Army last based in Novara in Piedmont. The battalion was formed in 1958 and assigned to the Armored Division "Centauro". In 1975 the battalion was named for the Ticino river and received the number 131st, which had been used by the 131st Engineer Company that served with the 131st Armored Division "Centauro" during the Tunisian Campaign of World War II. With the name and number the battalion was also assigned the flag and traditions of the 9th Engineer Regiment, which had been active between 1926 and 1943. In 1986 the Armored Division "Centauro" was disbanded and the battalion was assigned to the 3rd Army Corps. In 1993 the battalion was disbanded and part of its personnel joined the 10th Engineer Regiment.[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.[1]
131st Engineer Battalion "Ticino" | |
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131° Battaglione Genio Pionieri "Ticino" | |
Active | 30 Sept. 1926 — 14 Sept. 1943 1944 — 1945 21 Oct. 1975 — 10 June 1993[1] |
Country | Italy |
Branch | Italian Army |
Role | Combat engineers |
Garrison/HQ | Novara |
Motto(s) | "Col senno e con la mano" |
Anniversaries | 24 June 1918 - Second Battle of the Piave River |
Engagements | World War I World War II |
Decorations | 1x Bronze Medal of Military Valor 1x Bronze Medal of Civil Merit[1] |
Insignia | |
Engineers gorget patches |