1st Regiment "Granatieri di Sardegna"

1st Regiment "Granatieri di Sardegna"
	1° Reggimento "Granatieri di Sardegna"
	Regimental coat of arms
Active	18 April 1659 - today[1]
Country	Italy
Branch	Italian Army
Part of	Mechanized Brigade "Granatieri di Sardegna"
Garrison/HQ	Rome
Motto(s)	"A me le Guardie!"
Anniversaries	18 April 1659 - Founding of the speciality
Decorations	; 1x Military Order of Italy; 2x Gold Medals of Military Valour; 3x Silver Medals of Military Valour; 1x Bronze Medal of Military Valour; 1x 1908 Messina earthquake Medal of Merit[2]
Insignia
Granatieri gorget patches

The 1st Regiment "Granatieri di Sardegna" (Italian: 1° Reggimento "Granatieri di Sardegna") is an active unit of the Italian Army based in Rome in Lazio. The regiment is part of the army's infantry corps' Granatieri (Grenadiers) speciality and operationally assigned to the Mechanized Brigade "Granatieri di Sardegna".[3]

Current structure

As of 2019 the 1st Regiment "Granatieri di Sardegna" consists of:

Regimental Command, in Rome
- Command and Logistic Support Company
- 1st Grenadiers Battalion "Assietta"
  - 1st Grenadiers Company
  - 2nd Grenadiers Company
  - 3rd Grenadiers Company
  - 4th Maneuver Support Company

The Command and Logistic Support Company fields the following platoons: C3 Platoon, Transport and Materiel Platoon, Medical Platoon, and Commissariat Platoon. The regiment is equipped with tracked Dardo infantry fighting vehicles. The Maneuver Support Company is equipped with M106 120mm mortar carriers and Dardo IFVs with Spike LR anti-tank guided missiles.

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