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
Active	1860 - 8 September 1943 20 April 1954 - 6 November 1975 13 October 1995 - today[1]
Country	Italy
Branch	Italian Army
Role	Combat engineers
Part of	Alpine Brigade "Julia"
Garrison/HQ	Trento
Motto(s)	"Per omnia asperrima"
Anniversaries	24 June 1918 - Second Battle of the Piave River
Engagements	Second 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.

See also

• Alpine Brigade "Julia"

External links

• Italian Army Website: 2° Reggimento Genio Guastatori

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.