21st Engineer Regiment (Italy)

The 21st Engineer Regiment (Italian: 21° Reggimento Genio Guastatori) is a military engineer regiment of the Italian Army based in Caserta in Campania. Today the regiment is the engineer unit of the Bersaglieri Brigade "Garibaldi".[3]

21st Engineer Regiment
21° Reggimento Genio Guastatori
Regimental coat of arms
Active1 October 1937 - November 1942
21 September 1993 - today[1]
Country Italy
BranchItalian Army
RoleCombat engineers
Part ofBersaglieri Brigade "Garibaldi"
Garrison/HQCaserta
Motto(s)"Tutto osare"
Anniversaries24 June 1918 - Second Battle of the Piave River
Decorations
1x Silver Medal of Military Valour
1x Silver Medal of Army Valour
1x Bronze Medal of Army Valour
1x Bronze Cross of Army Merit
1x Gold Medal of Civil Merit
1x Bronze Medal of Civil Merit[2]
Insignia
Sappers gorget patches

Current structure
A VTMM "Orso" Route Clearing vehicle of the Italian engineer corps

As of 2019 the 21st Engineer Regiment consists of:[4]

  • Regimental Command, in Caserta
    • Command and Logistic Support Company
    • Sappers Battalion "Timavo"
      • 1st Sappers Company
      • 2nd Sappers Company
      • 3rd Mobility Support Company
      • 4th Deployment Support 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. "21° Reggimento Genio Guastatori - La Storia". Italian Army. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  2. "21° Reggimento Genio Guastatori - Il Medagliere". Italian Army. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  3. "21° Reggimento Genio Guastatori". Italian Army. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  4. "21° Reggimento Genio Guastatori". Ministero della Difesa. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
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