5th Engineer Regiment (Italy)
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The 5th Engineer Regiment (Italian: 5° Reggimento Genio Guastatori) is a combat engineer regiment of the Italian Army based in Macomer in Sardinia. Today the regiment is the engineer unit of the Mechanized Brigade "Sassari".[3][4][1]
5th Engineer Regiment | |
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5° Reggimento Genio Guastatori | |
Active | 1 Nov. 1895 - 8 Sept. 1943 5 Jan. 1951 - 1 June 2001 1 Jan. 2003 - today[1] |
Country | Italy |
Branch | Italian Army |
Type | Combat engineer |
Role | Bomb disposal CBRN defense Close-quarters combat Demining Demolition Desert warfare Military engineering Mountain warfare Patrolling Raiding Reconnaissance Route clearance Route reconnaissance Urban warfare |
Size | Regiment |
Part of | Mechanized Brigade "Sassari" |
Garrison/HQ | Macomer |
Motto(s) | "Impervia cedant" |
Anniversaries | 24 June 1918 - Second Battle of the Piave River |
Decorations | 2x Bronze Medals of Army Valor 1x Bronze Medal of Civil Valor[2] |
Insignia | |
Sappers gorget patches |
The 5th Engineer Regiment was formed in 1895. During World War I the regiment's battalions and companies fought in all sectors of the Italian front. In 1919 the regiment was renamed Miners Engineer Regiment and disbanded in 1922. In November 1926 the regiment was reformed and on this occasion received its own battle flag. During the Second Italo-Ethiopian War and World War II the regiment formed engineer battalions and smaller units for deploying divisions. In September 1943 the regiment was disbanded by invading German forces. In 1951 the regiment was reformed and assigned to the V Army Corps. At the end of 1975 the regiment was disbanded and its flag and traditions assigned to the 5th Engineer Battalion "Bolsena". In December 2000 the battalion was reorganized as 5th Paratroopers Engineer Battalion "Bolsena" and assigned to the Paratroopers Brigade "Folgore". In June 2001 the battalion was renamed to 8th Paratroopers Sappers Battalion and the flag of the 5th Engineer Regiment was transferred to the Shrine of the Flags in the Vittoriano in Rome. At the end of 2002 the 45th Infantry Regiment "Reggio" in Sardinia was disbanded and the next day the 5th Engineer Regiment was reformed with the personnel and materiel of the disbanded regiment.[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]