Logistic Regiment "Pozzuolo del Friuli"

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Logistic Regiment "Pozzuolo del Friuli"
Reggimento Logistico "Pozzuolo del Friuli"
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Regimental coat of arms
Active1 Aug. 1976 — today [1]
CountryFlag of Italy.svg  Italy
Branch Italian Army
Role Military logistics
Part of Cavalry Brigade "Pozzuolo del Friuli"
Garrison/HQ Remanzacco
Motto(s)"Forte e tenace"
Anniversaries22 May 1916 - Battle of Asiago
Decorations Croce al merito dell'esercito silver medal BAR.svg Croce al merito dell'esercito silver medal BAR.svg
2x Silver Crosses of Army Merit [2] [3]
Insignia
Unit gorget patches
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The Logistic Regiment "Pozzuolo del Friuli" (Italian : Reggimento Logistico "Pozzuolo del Friuli") is a military logistics regiment of the Italian Army based in Remanzacco in Friuli-Venezia Giulia. The battalion was formed in 1976 as Logistic Battalion "Mantova" and assigned to the Mechanized Division "Mantova". After the division was disbanded in 1986 the battalion was reorganized as a corps logistic battalion, renamed 8th Maneuver Logistic Battalion "Carso" and assigned to the 5th Army Corps. In 1994 the battalion was reorganized as 8th Maneuver Logistic Regiment "Carso". Today the regiment is the logistic unit of the Cavalry Brigade "Pozzuolo del Friuli". [4] The regimental anniversary falls, as for all units of the Transport and Materiel Corps, on 22 May, the anniversary of the Italian Army's first major automobile use to transport reinforcements to counter the Austro-Hungarian Offensive at Asiago in 1916. [5]

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History

The battalion is the spiritual successor of the logistic units of the Royal Italian Army's 104th Infantry Division "Mantova", which was formed on 15 March 1942 in Verona. The division remained in Piedmont until January 1943 when it was transferred to Nicastro in Calabria. [6] [7]

After allied forces had landed on the Italian peninsula and the Armistice of Cassibile between Italy and the Allies had been announced the division remained loyal to King Victor Emmanuel III. At the beginning of fall 1944 the Italian Co-belligerent Army ordered the division to reorganize as Combat Group "Mantova" destined for the frontlines in central Italy. The division completed its reorganization and arrived at the front just as the German forces in Italy were surrendering. On 15 October 1945 the Combat Group "Mantova" was reorganized as Infantry Division "Mantova". [6] [7]

The Infantry Division "Mantova" was based in Varazze in Liguria until May 1947 when it moved to the city of Udine in north-eastern Italy. On 1 November 1956 the logistic units of the division were assigned to the newly formed Service Units Command "Mantova" in Udine. The command consisted of a medical section, a provisions section, a mobile vehicle park, a mobile workshop, an auto unit, and the 9th Field Hospital. On 1 January 1962 the mobile vehicle park, mobile workshop, and the light workshops of the division's regiments were merged to form the Resupply, Repairs, Recovery Unit "Mantova". [1] [7]

On 1 January 1972 the Service Units Command "Mantova" in Udine was reorganized as Services Grouping Command "Mantova" with a command, the Auto Unit "Mantova", the Provisions Company "Mantova", the Resupply, Repairs, Recovery Unit "Mantova", and the Medical Battalion "Mantova", which consisted of the 9th Field Hospital and a medical company. [1] [7]

Logistic Battalion "Mantova"

As part of the 1975 army reform the units of the Infantry Division "Mantova" were reorganized and on 1 August 1976 the division's services grouping command in Udine was reduced to Logistic Battalion "Mantova", which received all the traditions of the preceding logistic, transport, medical, maintenance, and supply units of the Mantova units. The battalion consisted of a command, a command platoon, a supply and transport company, a medium workshop, and a vehicle park. [7] At the time the battalion fielded 472 men (21 officers, 66 non-commissioned officers, and 385 soldiers). [8]

On 12 November 1976 the battalion was granted a flag by decree 846 of the President of the Italian Republic Giovanni Leone. [7] [9]

On 10 November 1980 the battalion was reorganized and renamed Maneuver Logistic Battalion "Mantova". It consisted now of the following units: [1] [7]

  • CoA mil ITA rgt logistico pozzuolo del friuli.png Battalion Command, in Udine [1] [7]
    • Command and Services Company
    • Supply Company
    • Maintenance Company
    • Medium Transport Company
    • Mixed Transport Company

In 1981 the battalion moved from Udine to Remanzacco. [7]

In 1986 the Italian Army abolished the divisional level and brigades, which until then had been under one of the Army's four divisions, came under direct command of the Army's 3rd Army Corps or 5th Army Corps. As the Mechanized Division "Mantova" carried the traditions of the 104th Infantry Division "Mantova" and Combat Group "Mantova", which had both fought against the Germans during the Italian campaign of World War II, the army decided to retain the name of the division. On 30 September 1986 the Mantova's division command in Udine was disbanded and the next day the command of the Mechanized Brigade "Isonzo" moved from Cividale del Friuli to Udine, where the command was renamed Mechanized Brigade "Mantova". The brigade retained the Isonzo's units, which changed their names from Isonzo to Mantova on the same date. [7] [10] [11]

On the same date, 1 October 1986, the Maneuver Logistic Battalion "Mantova" was assigned to the Support Units Command of the 5th Army Corps. As there existed now the brigade's Logistic Battalion "Mantova" and the former division's Maneuver Logistic Battalion "Mantova" the latter was renamed 8th Maneuver Logistic Battalion "Carso" on 1 November 1986. As per army naming convention for logistic units supporting corps-level commands the battalion was named for a geographic feature in the corps' area of operations; in case of the 8th battalion for the Karst Plateau (Italian : Carso). [1] [7]

From 17 September 1991 to 11 June 1992 the battalion operated a logistic center and medical point in Durrës in Albania to distribute aid to the local population. For its conduct and work in Durrës the battalion was awarded a Silver Cross of Army Merit, which was affixed to the battalion's flag. [2] [7]

Recent Times

On 4 September 1994 the 8th Maneuver Logistic Battalion "Carso" lost its autonomy and the next day the battalion entered the 8th Maneuver Logistic Regiment "Carso". At the same time the battalion also incorporated the 52nd Medical Unit (Reserve). [1] [7]

On 7 May 2001 the regiment joined the Logistic Projection Brigade. On 27 July 2001 the regiment was reorganized as 8th Transport Regiment and consisted of a command, a command and logistic support company, a transport battalion, and a movement control battalion. On 12 September 2013 the Logistic Projection Command was disbanded and the 8th Transport Regiment was assigned to the 132nd Armored Brigade "Ariete". On 1 July 2015 the regiment was transferred to the Cavalry Brigade "Pozzuolo del Friuli" and was renamed Logistic Regiment "Pozzuolo del Friuli" and reorganized as a brigade supporting logistic regiment. [1] For its conduct and work during the COVID-19 pandemic the regiment was awarded a Silver Cross of Army Merit, which was affixed to the regiment's flag. [3]

Organization

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Like all Italian Army brigade logistic regiments the Logistic Regiment "Pozzuolo del Friuli" consists of: [12]

See also

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