Carabinieri Regiment "Tuscania"
| Paratroopers Carabinieri Regiment "Tuscania" | |
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Paratroopers of the regiment parade in Rome in 2006
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| Active | 1940-42, 1963-today |
| Country |
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| Branch |
 Carabinieri
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| Type | Paratroopers |
| Role | Special operations, diplomatic protection |
| Size |
Regiment 550 |
| Part of | 2nd Carabinieri Mobile Brigade |
| Garrison/HQ | "Vannucci" Barracks, Livorno, Italy |
| Nickname(s) | "I Leoni del Deserto" (Desert Lions) |
| Motto(s) | "Se il destino è contro di noi, peggio per lui." (if Destiny is against us, too bad for him.) |
| Engagements | Lebanon, Namibia, Somalia, West Bank, Bosnia, Kosovo, Afghanistan, Iraq |
| Decorations |
 
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| Commanders | |
| Commander | Col. Antonio Frassinetto |
The 1st Paratroopers Carabinieri Regiment "Tuscania" (Italian: 1° Reggimento Carabinieri Paracadutisti "Tuscania") is a crowning unit for special operations of the Italian Carabinieri. It consists of paratrooper Carabinieri and is part of the Carabinieri Second Mobile Brigade along with the 7th Carabinieri Regiment based in Laives (in South Tyrol), the 13th Carabinieri Regiment based in Gorizia, and the Special Intervention Group.
The Tuscania is currently based in Livorno, and has approximately 550 personnel. The regiment combines military type training and operations with military ethos and traditions,.
The history of Parachute Carabinieri dates back to the World War II. On 1 July 1940 the 1st Paratrooper Royal Carabinieri Battalion (1° Battaglione Reali Carabinieri Paracadutisti) was established with 3 Companies in Tarquinia. The following year the unit was framed within the 1st Paratroopers Regiment.
The first commander was Major Bruto Bixio Bersanetti; on 28 August 1940 it was replaced by Major Edoardo Alessi.pp. 95–96
The Battalion performed counter-commando activity in Libya (a Platoon)pp. 100–102 and fiercely fought in Eluet el Asel area in December 1941 and in Ajdabiya as a Company (under Lieutenant Osmano Bonapace),pp. 128–129 being disbanded in 1942 in Castelvetrano.
With the surviving personnel, two Carabinieri Sections were formed: the 184th Carabinieri Section was assigned to the Folgore Division, while the 314th Carabinieri Section was assigned to the Nembo Division and fought in the Italian Civil War on the loyalist side.
After the end of the War, the Carabinieri did not immediately re-establish a Paratroopers unit; however, in 1951 the Army, on the basis of a specific Carabinieri proposal, formed a Parachute Carabinieri Unit in Viterbo, under the direct authority of the General Command, for riot emergencies.
In 1958 the Unit was transferred in Livorno ("Vannucci" Barracks) and then in Pisa, the same city of the Parachute School, until 1962, when it was moved back in Livorno.
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