3rd Engineer Regiment (Italy)
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The 3rd Engineer Regiment (Italian: 3° Reggimento Genio Guastatori) is a military engineer regiment of the Italian Army based in Udine in Friuli-Venezia Giulia. Today the regiment is the engineer unit of the Cavalry Brigade "Pozzuolo del Friuli".[3][4]
3rd Engineer Regiment | |
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3° Reggimento Genio Guastatori | |
Active | 1 Nov. 1926 - 8 Sept. 1943 1 April 1954 - today[1] |
Country | Italy |
Branch | Italian Army |
Role | Combat engineers |
Part of | Cavalry Brigade "Pozzuolo del Friuli" |
Garrison/HQ | Udine |
Motto(s) | "Arresto e distruggo" |
Anniversaries | 24 June 1918 - Second Battle of the Piave River |
Decorations | 1x Silver Medal of Military Valor 2x Bronze Medals of Military Valor 1x Silver Medal of Army Valor 1x Bronze Medal of Army Valor 1x Gold Cross of Army Merit[2] |
Commanders | |
Notable commanders | Gianfranco Ottogalli |
Insignia | |
Sappers gorget patches |
The 3rd Engineer Regiment was formed in 1926. During the Second Italo-Ethiopian War the regiment formed companies and platoons for units deployed to Ethiopia. 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 1954 the unit was reformed as 3rd Engineer Grouping and assigned to the V Army Corps. In 1955 the grouping was renamed 3rd Fortification Pioneers Regiment. In 1975 the regiment was disbanded and the flag and traditions of the 3rd Engineer Regiment passed to the regiment's XXXI Fortification Sappers Battalion, which was renamed 3rd Sappers Battalion "Verbano". In 1991 the battalion was disbanded and 3rd Engineer Regiment reformed. Since 2000 the 3rd Engineer Regiment is assigned to the Cavalry Brigade "Pozzuolo del Friuli".[1][4] 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]