5th Engineer Regiment (Italy)

The 5th Engineer Regiment (Italian: 5° Reggimento Genio Guastatori) is a military engineer regiment of the Italian Army based in Macomer in Sardinia. Today the regiment is the engineer unit of the Mechanized Brigade "Sassari".[3]

5th Engineer Regiment
5° Reggimento Genio Guastatori
Regimental coat of arms
Active1 November 1895 - 8 September 1943
5 January 1951 - 31 December 1975
26 September 2003 - today[1]
Country Italy
BranchItalian Army
RoleCombat engineers
Part ofMechanized Brigade "Sassari"
Garrison/HQMacomer
Motto(s)"Impervia cedant"
Anniversaries24 June 1918 - Second Battle of the Piave River
Decorations
2x Bronze Medals of Army Valour
1x Bronze Medal of Civil Valour[2]
Insignia
Sappers gorget patches

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

As of 2019 the 5th Engineer Regiment consists of:[4]

  • Regimental Command, in Macomer
    • Command and Logistic Support Company
    • Sappers Battalion "Bolsena"
      • Sappers Company
      • Sappers Company
      • Mobility Support Company
      • 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. "5° Reggimento Genio Guastatori - La Storia". Italian Army. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  2. "5° Reggimento Genio Guastatori - Il Medagliere". Italian Army. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  3. "5° Reggimento Genio Guastatori". Italian Army. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  4. "5° Reggimento Genio Guastatori". Ministero della Difesa. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
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