List of active units of the Italian Army

Coat of Arms of the Italian Army

The Italian Army has a large number of active units. This page lists brigades, regiments, battalions, and other formations and units grouped by their administrative corps. Units grouped under their operational headquarters are listed at Operational Structure of the Italian Army.

The units are listed by order of precedence. The text in bold shows the unit's historic name or names. After the unit name, the date of foundation (*XXXX) and the location it is currently based follow.

Infantry Corps

Coat of Arms 1st Granatieri Regiment

Coat of Arms 1st Infantry Regiment

Coat of Arms 17th Infantry Regiment

Granatieri (Grenadiers)

Granatieri di Sardegna Mechanized Brigade *1831 (Rome) will disband by 2016
1st Granatieri di Sardegna Regiment *1659 (Rome)

Fanteria (Infantry)

Friuli Division Command *1884 (Florence)
Acqui Division Command *1831 (San Giorgio a Cremano)
Aosta Mechanized Brigade *1831 (Messina)
Air Assault Brigade (Bologna)
Pinerolo Mechanized Brigade *1831 (Bari)
Sassari Mechanized Brigade *1915 (Sassari)
Infantry School *1849 (Cesano)
5th Infantry Regiment Aosta *1690 (Messina)
9th Infantry Regiment Bari *1734 (Bari)
17th Infantry Regiment Acqui *1703 (Capua)
28th Infantry Regiment Pavia *1860 (Pesaro)
47th Infantry Battalion Ferrara *1859 (Capua) (under 17th Infantry Regiment)
62nd Infantry Regiment Sicilia *1861 (Catania)
66th Infantry Regiment Trieste *1862 (Forlì)
80th Infantry Regiment Roma *1889 (Cassino)
82nd Infantry Regiment Torino *1884 (Barletta)
85th Infantry Regiment Verona *1884 (Verona)
151st Infantry Regiment Sassari *1915 (Cagliari)
152nd Infantry Regiment Sassari *1915 (Sassari)
235th Infantry Regiment Piceno *1917 (Ascoli Piceno)

Bersaglieri (Sharpshooters)

Coat of Arms 3rd Bersaglieri Regiment

Coat of Arms 8th Alpini Regiment

Coat of Arms 183rd Paratroopers Regiment

Garibaldi Bersaglieri Brigade *1975 (Caserta)
1st Bersaglieri Regiment *1861 (Cosenza)
3rd Bersaglieri Regiment *1861 (Teulada)
6th Bersaglieri Regiment *1861 (Trapani)
7th Bersaglieri Regiment *1871 (Bari)
8th Bersaglieri Regiment *1871 (Caserta)
11th Bersaglieri Regiment *1883 (Orcenigo Superiore)

Alpini (Alpine Infantry)

Tridentina Division *1935 (Bolzano)
Taurinense Alpine Brigade *1935 (Turin)
Julia Alpine Brigade *1935 (Udine)
Alpini Training Center *1934 (Aosta)
2nd Alpini Regiment *1882 (Cuneo)
3rd Alpini Regiment *1882 (Pinerolo)
4th Alpini Parachutist Regiment Monte Cervino *1882 (Verona)
5th Alpini Regiment *1882 (Vipiteno)
6th Alpini Regiment *1882 (San Candido)
7th Alpini Regiment *1887 (Belluno)
8th Alpini Regiment *1909 (Cividale)
9th Alpini Regiment *1919 (L'Aquila)

Paracadutisti (Paratroopers)

Folgore Parachute Brigade *1941 (Livorno)
Paratroopers Training Center *1939 (Pisa)
9th Paratrooper Assault Regiment Col Moschin *1918 (Livorno)
183rd Paratrooper Regiment Nembo *1943 (Pistoia)
185th Paratrooper Reconnaissance Regiment (LRRP) Folgore *1941 (Livorno)
186th Paratrooper Regiment Folgore *1941 (Siena)
187th Paratrooper Regiment Folgore *1941 (Livorno)

Lagunari (Marines)

Lagunari Regiment Serenissima *1951 (Venice)

Cavalry Corps

Coat of Arms 2nd Cavalry Regiment

Coat of Arms 1st Tank Regiment

Cavalleria di Linea (Cavalry of the Line)

Pozzuolo del Friuli Brigade *1835 (Bologna)
Cavalry School *1849 (Lecce)
1st Cavalry Regiment Nizza Cavalleria (Dragoons) *1690 (Pinerolo)
2nd Cavalry Regiment Piemonte Cavalleria (Dragoons) *1692 (Trieste)
3rd Cavalry Regiment Savoia Cavalleria (Dragoons) *1692 (Grosseto)
4th Cavalry Regiment Genova Cavalleria (Dragoons) *1682 (Palmanova)
5th Cavalry Regiment Lancieri di Novara (Lancers) *1828 (Codroipo)
6th Cavalry Regiment Lancieri di Aosta (Lancers) *1774 (Palermo)
8th Cavalry Regiment Lancieri di Montebello (Lancers) *1859 (Rome)
19th Cavalry Regiment Cavalleggeri Guide (Chevau-légers) *1859 (Salerno)

Carristi (Tank Units)

Ariete Armored Brigade *1937 (Pordenone)
1st Armored Regiment *1936 (Teulada)
4th Tank Regiment *1941 (Persano)
31st Tank Regiment *1937 (Altamura)
32nd Tank Regiment *1938 (Spilimbergo)
132nd Tank Regiment *1941 (Cordenons)

Artillery Corps

Coat of Arms 5th Artillery Regiment

Coat of Arms 121st Air-Defense Regiment

Coat of Arms 41st ISTAR Regiment

Artiglieria Terrestre (Field Artillery)

Each Field Artillery regiment consists of a HQ platoon, a target acquisition battery, a logistic support battery and an artillery group with either a command platoon and four firing batteries with 8x howitzers each (if armed with self-propelled howitzers), or a command platoon and four firing batteries with 6x FH-70 each (if armed with FH-70 towed howitzers)

Horse Artillery Regiment Voloire *1831 (Milano)
1st Mountain Artillery Regiment *1887 (Fossano)
3rd Mountain Artillery Regiment *1902 (Tolmezzo)
5th Heavy Artillery Regiment Superga *1850 (Portogruaro)
8th Self-propelled Artillery Regiment Pasubio *1696 (Persano)
21st Self-propelled Artillery Regiment Trieste *1888 (Foggia)
24th Self-propelled Artillery Regiment Peloritani *1888 (Messina)
52nd Self-propelled Artillery Regiment Torino *1916 (Vercelli)
132nd Self-propelled Artillery Regiment Ariete *1939 (Maniago)
185th Parachute Artillery Regiment Folgore *1941 (Bracciano)

Artiglieria Controaerei (Air-defense Artillery)

Each Air-defense Artillery regiment consists of a HQ battery, a logistic support battery and an air-defense group.

Air-defense Artillery Command *1941 (Sabaudia)
Air-defense Artillery Training Regiment (Sabaudia)
4th Air-defense Artillery Regiment Peschiera *1930 (Mantova)
17th Air-defense Artillery Regiment Sforzesca *1888 (Sabaudia)
121st Air-defense Artillery Regiment Ravenna *1941 (Bologna)

Special Artillery Units

7th NBC-Defense Regiment Cremona *1860 (Civitavecchia)
41st ISTAR Electronic Warfare Regiment Cordenons *1915 (Sora)
13th HUMINT Battalion Aquileia *1960 (Anzio)

Engineer Corps

Railway Engineer Regiment *1895 (Castel Maggiore)
2nd Bridge Engineer Regiment *1883 (Piacenza)
2nd Alpine Engineer Regiment *1860 (Trento)
3rd Engineer Regiment *1926 (Udine)
4th Engineer Regiment *1922 (Palermo)
5th Engineer Regiment *1895 (Macomer)
6th Pioneer Regiment *1926 (Rome)
8th Paratroopers Engineer Regiment *1926 (Legnago)
10th Engineer Regiment *1920 (Cremona)
11th Engineer Regiment *1928 (Foggia)
21st Engineer Regiment *1937 (Caserta)
32nd Alpine Engineer Regiment *1940 (Turin)

Signal Corps

Coat of Arms 11th Signal Regiment

Signal Brigade for Maneuver Support *1998 (Anzio)
Signal Brigade for National Support *2000 (Anzio)
RISTA-IEW ISTAR & Electronic Warfare Brigade *2001 (Anzio)
NATO Rapid Deployable Corps (NRDC-IT) Support Brigade *2001 (Milan)
Signal and IT School (Rome)
1st Signal Regiment *1919 (Milan)
2nd Alpine Signal Regiment (Alpini) *1926 (Bolzano)
3rd Signal Regiment *1883 (Rome)
7th Signal Regiment *1918 (Sacile)
11th Signal Regiment *1940 (Civitavecchia)
32nd Signal Regiment *1953 (Padova)
33rd Electronic Warfare Regiment Falzarego *1975 (Cassino)
44th Signal Support Regiment *1957 (Rome)
46th Signal Regiment *1976 (Palermo)
184th Signal Support Regiment *1944 (Treviso)
232nd Signal Regiment *1939 (Avellino)

Transport and Material Corps

Aosta Logistic Regiment (Messina)
Ariete Logistic Regiment *1942 (Remanzacco)
Folgore Logistic Regiment *1975 (Pisa)
Friuli Logistic Regiment *1976 (Budrio)
Garibaldi Logistic Regiment *1963 (Persano)
Julia Logistic Regiment *1981 (Meran)
Pinerolo Logistic Regiment (Bari)
Sassari Logistic Regiment (Teulada)
Taurinense Logistic Regiment *1991 (Rivoli)
Joint Forces Maneuver Regiment (Rome)
1st Transport Regiment (Bellinzago Novarese)
8th Transport Regiment Casilina (Rome)
33rd Logistic Support Regiment (Solbiate Olona)
11th Transport Battalion Flaminia (Rome)

Army Aviation Corps

Coat of Arms 4th Army Aviation Regiment

Army Aviation Brigade *1996 (Viterbo)
Army Aviation Training Center *1951 (Viterbo)
1st Army Aviation Regiment Antares *1976 (Viterbo)
2nd Army Aviation Regiment Sirio *1996 (Lamezia Terme)
3rd Special Operations Helicopter Regiment Aldebaran *1976 to 1998, since 2015 again active (Viterbo)
4th Army Aviation Regiment Altair *1976 (Bolzano)
5th Army Aviation Regiment Rigel *1976 (Casarsa della Delizia)
7th Army Aviation Regiment Vega *1996 (Rimini)
1st Army Aviation Support Regiment Idra *1953 (Bracciano)
2nd Army Aviation Support Regiment Orione *1957 (Bologna)
3rd Army Aviation Support Regiment Aquila *1965 (Orio al Serio)
4th Army Aviation Support Regiment Scorpione *1976 (Viterbo)

Italian Armed Forces

Esercito Italiano (Army) Marina Militare (Navy) Aeronautica Militare (Air Force) Arma dei Carabinieri (Gendarmerie)