Alpine Brigade Taurinense

Brigata Alpina "Taurinense"
Coat of Arms Taurinense Alpine Brigade
Active	15 April 1952 – today
Allegiance	Italian Army
Branch	Army
Type	Brigade
Role	Alpini
Part of	Division Tridentina
Garrison/HQ	Turin
Colors	green
Engagements	Iraq Operation Provide Comfort Bosnia SFOR Mozambique ONUMOZ Kosovo KFOR Afghanistan ISAF
Commanders
Current commander	Brigadier Federico Bonato

The Alpine Brigade Taurinense is a light Infantry brigade of the Italian Army, specializing in Mountain Combat. Its core units are the Alpini, the mountain infantry corps of the Italian Army, that distinguished itself in combat during World War I and World War II. The brigade’s name Taurinense alludes to the Roman name Augusta Taurinorum of the city of Turin around which the brigade is based. The Brigade carries on the name and traditions of the 1st Alpine Division Taurinense.

The Taurinense was constituted on 15 April 1952 in the city of Turin. Initially the brigade was part of the III Army Corps was composed of the:

In the following years the brigade was augmented with further units:

In 1962 the Mondovi Alpini Battalion and Pinerolo Mountain Artillery Group were transferred to the region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia to augment the Alpine Brigade Julia and in 1963 the Aosta Alpini Battalion was transferred to the Alpini Formation and Training Center in Aosta, but returned to the 4th Alpini Regiment in 1967. On 1 April 1964 the Alpini Parachutist Platoon merged with the other four Alpini Brigades Parachutist Platoons to form an Alpini Parachutist Company under direct command of the IV Army Corps. On 1 June 1966 the 2nd Alpini (Training) Regiment, with four battalions named for the four Alpini brigades to which the conscripts were sent after training: Tridentina, Orobica, Cadore and Taurinense, was transferred to the Taurinense. In 1970 the Mondovi Mountain Artillery Group was raised and added to the 1st Mountain Artillery Regiment. Thus in 1972 when the brigade was transferred from the III Army Corps to the IV Army Corps it consisted of the following units: