The 12th Alpini Regiment ( it, 12° Reggimento Alpini) is an inactive regiment of the Italian Army's mountain infantry speciality, the

Alpini The Alpini are the Italian Army's specialist mountain infantry. Part of the army's infantry corps, the speciality distinguished itself in combat during World War I and World War II. Currently the active Alpini units are organized in two operatio ...

, which distinguished itself in combat during World War I and World War II. First formed on 15 February 1936 to command the units of the 7th Alpini Regiment, which did not participate in the Second Italo-Ethiopian War, the regiment was disbanded on 1 July 1937 upon the 7th Alpini Regiment's command return to Italy. Formed again on 8 August 1992 as unit of the

Alpine Brigade "Cadore" The Alpine Brigade "Cadore" was a light Infantry brigade of the Italian Army, specializing in mountain warfare. Its core units were Alpini, the mountain infantry corps of the Italian Army, that distinguished itself in combat during World War I an ...

, the regiment was inactivated 31 January 1997

History

The regiment was formed again on 8 August 1992 by elevating the existing Alpini Battalion "Pieve di Cadore" to regiment. Between 1 August 1887 and 11 November 1975 the battalion was part of the 7th Alpini Regiment. After the 7th Alpini Regiment was disbanded during the 1975 Italian Army reform the battalion, based in Tai di Cadore, became one the battalions of the

. As the traditions and war flag of the 7th Alpini Regiment were assigned to the "Feltre" battalion, the Pieve di Cadore battalion was granted a new war flag on 12 November 1976 by decree 846 of the President of the Italian Republic

Giovanni Leone Giovanni Leone (; 3 November 1908 – 9 November 2001) was an Italian politician, jurist, and university professor. A founding member of the Christian Democracy (DC), Leone served as the President of Italy from December 1971 until June 1978. H ...

. The Silver Medal of Military Valour awarded to the 7th Alpini Regiment for the regiment's service in the Greco-Italian war, the Gold Medal of Civil Valour awarded to the 7th Alpini Regiment for its service after the Vajont disaster and the

Messina earthquake The 1908 Messina earthquake (also known as the 1908 Messina and Reggio earthquake) occurred on 28 December in Sicily and Calabria, southern Italy with a moment magnitude of 7.1 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (''Extreme''). The epicente ...

Medal of Merit awarded to the 7th Alpini Regiment in 1908, were duplicated for the new flag of the Pieve di Cadore battalion. With the downsizing of the Italian Army after the end of the

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the 12th Alpini Regiment and its battalion were disbanded on 31 January 1997.

Structure

When the regiment was disbanded it had the following structure: * CoA mil ITA rgt alpini 012

Regimental Command ** Nappina blu - Regimental supports

Command and Logistic Support Company ** Nappina rossa

Alpini Battalion " Pieve di Cadore" *** Nappina rossa

67th Alpini Company *** Nappina rossa

68th Alpini Company *** Nappina rossa

75th Alpini Company *** Nappina rossa

167th Mortar Company

External links

12th Alpini Regiment on vecio.it

Sources

* Franco dell'Uomo, Rodolfo Puletti: ''L'Esercito Italiano verso il 2000 - Volume Primo - Tomo I'', Rome 1998, Stato Maggiore dell'Esercito - Ufficio Storico, page: 501

References

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