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1st Armored Regiment (Italy)
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The 1st Armored Regiment (Italian: 1° Reggimento Corazzato) is an armored warfare training regiment of the Italian Army based in Teulada in Sardinia. The regiment is assigned to the Army Military Command "Sardegna".[1] The regiment was formed in 1936 as a training and administrative formation. During World War II the regiment participated in June 1940 in the Italian invasion of France. In summer 1940, the regimental command was sent to Libya, where it was tasked with administrative and logistical duties. On 6-7 February 1941, the regimental command was destroyed during the Battle of Beda Fomm. In March 1941, the regiment was reformed, but it remained in Vercelli for the rest of the war and was disbanded by German forces after the Armistice of Cassibile was announced on 8 September 1943.[2]
1st Armored Regiment | |
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1° Reggimento Corazzato | |
![]() Regimental coat of arms | |
Active | 15 Sept. 1936 — 8 Feb. 1941 15 March 1941 — 8 Sept. 1943 10 July 1948 — 1 April 1949 1 May 1974 — today |
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Branch | Italian Army |
Part of | Army Military Command "Sardegna" |
Garrison/HQ | Teulada |
Motto(s) | "Folgore nella battaglia" |
Anniversaries | 15 September 1936 |
Insignia | |
Tank units gorget patches |
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The regiment was reformed in 1948, but already in 1949 it was disbanded its personnel and battalions used to reform the 132nd Tankers Regiment. In May 1974, the Armored Units Training Center in Teulada in Sardinia was renamed 1st Armored Infantry Regiment. Since then the regiment is tasked with managing the Capo Teulada Training Range and provide the opposing force for visiting units. Originally the unit, like all Italian tank units, was part of the army's infantry arm, but on 1 June 1999 the tankers specialty was transferred from the infantry arm to the cavalry arm. The regiment's anniversary falls, unique among all tank units, on 15 September 1936, the day the regiment was founded.[2]