3rd Signal Regiment (Italy)
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The 3rd Signal Regiment (Italian: 3° Reggimento Trasmissioni) is a national support signals regiment of the Italian Army headquartered in Rome in Lazio. The regiment is the army's oldest signals regiment and assigned to the army's Signal Command. The regiment's three battalions operate and maintain the army's signal network in central Italy and Sardinia. The regiment was formed in 1883 as an engineer regiment, which in 1895 became responsible for training the army's telegraph personnel and providing telegraph units to operational units. In 1912 the regiment added the training of radio personnel to its duties. During World War I the regiment formed a total of 127 companies, 59 of which were transferred in 1918 to the newly formed 7th Signal Regiment (Telegraphers). In 1920 the regiment was disbanded and its companies formed into battalions, which were assigned the army's army corps commands.[3][4]
3rd Signal Regiment | |
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3° Reggimento Trasmissioni | |
Active | 1 Nov. 1883 — 31 March 1920 31 Dec. 1975 — today[1] |
Country | Italy |
Branch | Italian Army |
Part of | Signal Command |
Garrison/HQ | Rome |
Motto(s) | "Nello spazio mi affermo" |
Anniversaries | 20 June 1918 - Second Battle of the Piave River |
Decorations | 1x Gold Cross of Army Merit[2] |
Insignia | |
Signallers gorget patches |
In 1943 the Italian Co-belligerent Army formed a signal battalion for its general staff, which after the war supported the Army General staff in Rome. In 1957 the battalion was designated as X Signal Battalion. In 1975 the battalion was named for the Lanciano Pass and assigned the flag and traditions of the 3rd Engineer Regiment (Telegraphers). In 1993 battalion entered the newly formed 3rd Signal Regiment, which continued to support the army's general staff. In 1998 the regiment was tasked with the operation and maintenance of the army's signal network in central Italy and the Tuscany and Emilia-Romagna regions and therefore received the Battalion "Abetone" from the disbanded 43rd Signal Regiment and some units and personnel of the 44th Signal Regiment. In 2000 the regiment received the Battalion "Gennargentu", which operates and maintains the army's telecommunication network in Sardinia.[1][4] The regimental anniversary falls, as for all signal units, on June 20, the height of the Second Battle of the Piave River in 1918.[5]