Regiment "Cavalleggeri di Lodi" (15th)
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The Regiment "Cavalleggeri di Lodi" (15th) (Italian: Reggimento "Cavalleggeri di Lodi" (15°) - "Chevau-légers of Lodi") is a cavalry unit of the Italian Army based in Lecce in Apulia. The regiment was formed after the Second Italian War of Independence and participated in the Third Italian War of Independence. In World War I the regiment fought dismounted on the Italian front, the Albanian front, the Western front, and the Macedonian front. After the war the regiment was disbanded. During World War II the regiment was reformed and served in the Tunisian campaign in which it was destroyed. During the Cold War the unit served as the reconnaissance group of the Armored Division "Centauro" and after 1986 as the tank group of the Mechanized Brigade "Brescia". In 1995 the regiment was disbanded, only to be reformed in 2020 as the reconnaissance unit of the Mechanized Brigade "Pinerolo".[4][5]
Regiment "Cavalleggeri di Lodi" (15th) | |
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Reggimento "Cavalleggeri di Lodi" (15°) | |
Active | 16 Sept. 1859 - 20 May 1920 15 Feb. 1942 - 13 May 1943 30 Oct. 1975 - 31 Oct. 1995 10 Jan. 2020 - today[1][2] |
Country | Italy |
Branch | Italian Army |
Part of | Mechanized Brigade "Pinerolo" |
Garrison/HQ | Lecce |
Motto(s) | "Lodi s'immola"[1] |
Anniversaries | 26 October 1911 - Battle of Bu Meliana[1] |
Decorations | 3x Silver Medals of Military Valor 1x Bronze Medal of Civil Merit]][3] |
Insignia | |
"Cavalleggeri di Lodi" gorget patches |