3rd Engineer Regiment (Italy)

The 3rd Engineer Regiment (Italian: 3° Reggimento Genio Guastatori) is a military engineer regiment of the Italian Army based in Udine in Friuli Venezia Giulia. Today the regiment is the engineer unit of the Cavalry Brigade "Pozzuolo del Friuli".[3]

3rd Engineer Regiment
3° Reggimento Genio Guastatori
Regimental coat of arms
Active1 November 1926 - 8 September 1943
1 April 1954 - 31 dicembre 1975
1 September 1992 - today[1]
Country Italy
BranchItalian Army
RoleCombat engineers
Part ofCavalry Brigade "Pozzuolo del Friuli"
Garrison/HQUdine
Motto(s)"Arresto e distruggo"
Anniversaries24 June 1918 - Second Battle of the Piave River
Decorations
1x Silver Medal of Military Valour
2x Bronze Medals of Military Valour
1x Silver Medal of Army Valour
1x Bronze Medal of Army Valour
1x Gold Cross of Army Merit[2]
Insignia
Sappers gorget patches

Current structure
3rd Engineer Regiment Dachs armored engineer vehicle

As of 2019 the 3rd Engineer Regiment consists of:[4]

  • Regimental Command, in Udine
    • 5th Command and Logistic Support Company
    • Sappers Battalion "Verbano"
      • 8th Deployment Support Company
      • 30th Mobility Support Company
      • 31st Sappers Company
      • 32nd Sappers Company

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.

See also

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