7th CIMIC Regiment (Italy)
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The 7th CIMIC Regiment (Italian: 7° Reggimento CIMIC) is a military engineer regiment of the Italian Army based in Motta di Livenza in Veneto. The regiment is a multinational civil-military co-operation (CIMIC) unit and assigned to the Tactical Intelligence Brigade. In 1944 the Italian Co-Belligerent Army formed the CIV Mixed Engineer Battalion for the Combat Group "Mantova", which fought on the allied side in the Italian campaign of World War II. In 1946 the battalion split to form the Engineer Battalion "Mantova" and the Connections Battalion "Mantova", which were both assigned to the Infantry Division "Mantova". In 1975 the battalion was renamed 104th Engineer Battalion "Torre" and assigned the flag and traditions of the 7th Engineer Regiment, which had been active between 1926 and 1943. In 1986 the Mechanized Division "Mantova" was disbanded and shortly thereafter so was the battalion.[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] On 25 January 2024 the flag and traditions of the 7th Engineer Regiment, which includes the traditions of the CIV Mixed Engineer Battalion, Engineer Battalion "Mantova", and 104th Engineer Battalion "Torre", were assigned to the Multinational CIMIC Group, which, upon receiving the flag of the 7th Engineer Regiment, was renamed 7th CIMIC Regiment.[2][3][4]
7th CIMIC Regiment | |
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7° Reggimento CIMIC | |
Active | 1 Dec. 1926 — 8 Sept. 1943 1 Nov. 1975 — 31 Oct. 1986 25 Jan. 2024 — today[1] |
Country | Italy |
Branch | Italian Army |
Role | Combat engineers |
Part of | Tactical Intelligence Brigade |
Garrison/HQ | Motta di Livenza |
Motto(s) | "Labor omnia vincit" |
Anniversaries | 24 June 1918 - Second Battle of the Piave River |
Decorations | 1× Bronze Medal of Army Valor[1] |
Insignia | |
CIMIC gorget patches |