2nd Engineer Regiment (Italy)

The 2nd Engineer Regiment (Italian: 2° Reggimento Genio Guastatori) is a military engineer regiment of the Italian Army based in Trento in Trentino. Founded in 1860 it is currently the oldest engineer regiment of the Italian Army. Since 1954 it has been part of the 4th Alpine Army Corps and therefore has a strong association with the army's mountain infantry corps, the Alpini, with which the regiment shares the distinctive Cappello Alpino. Today the regiment is the engineer unit of the Alpine Brigade "Julia" and specializes in mountain combat.[3]

2nd Engineer Regiment
2° Reggimento Genio Guastatori
Regimental coat of arms
Active1860 - 8 September 1943
20 April 1954 - 6 November 1975
13 October 1995 - today[1]
Country Italy
BranchItalian Army
RoleCombat engineers
Part ofAlpine Brigade "Julia"
Garrison/HQTrento
Motto(s)"Per omnia asperrima"
Anniversaries24 June 1918 - Second Battle of the Piave River
EngagementsSecond Italian War of Independence
Brigandage in Southern Italy
Third Italian War of Independence
Capture of Rome
First Italo-Ethiopian War
Italo-Turkish War
World War I
Occupation of Constantinople
World War II
UN Operation in Mozambique
UN Operation in Somalia II
War in Afghanistan
Decorations
1x Silver Medal of Military Valour
2x Bronze Medals of Military Valour
1x Bronze Medal of Army Valour
1x Silver Medal of Civil Valour
1x Silver Cross of Army Merit[2]
Insignia
Alpine sappers gorget patches
Alpine sappers Nappina
A soldier from the 2nd Engineer Regiment patrolling the Via della Conciliazione in Rome

Current structure

As of 2019 the 2nd Engineer Regiment consists of:[4]

  • Regimental Command, in Trento
    • 3rd Command and Logistic Support Company
    • XXXI Sappers Battalion "Iseo"
      • 1st Sappers Company "Tobruk"
      • 7th Sappers Company "Tigre"
      • 5th Mobility Support Company "Audace"
      • 124th Deployment Support Company "Lupi"

The Command and Logistic Support Company fields the following platoons: C3 Platoon, Transport and Materiel Platoon, Medical Platoon, Commissariat Platoon, and EOD Platoon. Each of the two sapper companies fields a Command Platoon, an Advanced Combat Reconnaissance Teams Platoon, and two sapper platoons. The Deployment Support Company and Mobility Support Company field the battalion's heavy military engineering vehicles: Biber bridgelayers, Dachs armored engineer vehicles, cranes, excavators, Medium Girder Bridges etc. The sapper companies and Command and Logistic Support Company are equipped with VTLM "Lince" and VTMM "Orso" vehicles.

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See also

References
  1. "2° Reggimento Genio Guastatori - La Storia". Italian Army. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  2. "2° Reggimento Genio Guastatori - Il Medagliere". Italian Army. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  3. "2° Reggimento Genio Guastatori". Italian Army. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  4. "2° Reggimento Genio Guastatori". Vecio.it. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
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