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Granatieri di Sardegna

Brigata Meccanizzata "Granatieri di Sardegna"
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Coat of Arms Granatieri di Sardegna Brigade
Active 25 October 1831 - 20 April 1850
Guards Brigade
20 April 1850 - November 1852
Granatieri Brigade
November 1852 - 25 October 1871
Granatieri di Sardegna Brigade
2 January 1881 - 8 February 1934
Granatieri di Sardegna Brigade
8 February 1934 - 10 September 1943
Granatieri di Sardegna Infantry Division
15 May 1944 - 31 August 1944
Granatieri Division
1 April 1948 - 1 November 1976
Granatieri di Sardegna Infantry Division
1 November 1976 - today Granatieri di Sardegna Mechanized Brigade
Country Italy
Allegiance Italian Army
Branch Army
Type Brigade
Role Infantry
Part of COMFOD 2°
Garrison/HQ Rome
Colors red
Engagements World War I
World War II
Bosnia SFOR
Kosovo KFOR
Afghanistan ISAF
Iraq Multinational force in Iraq
Commanders
Current
commander
Brigadier Giovanni Armentani

The Granatieri di Sardegna Mechanized Brigade (Grenadiers of Sardinia Mechanized Brigade) is a mechanized infantry brigade of the Italian Army, based mainly in Rome and central Italy. The brigade fields one of the oldest regiments of the Army and is one of the guard regiments of the Italian president. The name of the unit dates back to the Kingdom of Sardinia and not the eponymous Mediterranean island of Sardinia.

After the ascension to the throne of Charles Albert of Sardinia on 27 April 1831 a major reform of the military of the Kingdom of Piedmont was undertaken. Thus on 25 October 1831 the Guards Grenadiers Brigade (Brigata Granatieri "Guardie") was raised as one of 10 infantry brigades of the kingdom. The brigade consisted of the 1st Grenadiers Regiment (1° Reggimento Granatieri), with four battalions of four companies each and a depot battalion of four companies, and the 2nd Hunters Regiment (2° Reggimento Cacciatori), with three battalions of four companies each and a depot battalion of three companies.

The 1st Grenadiers Regiment was founded as Regiment of the Guards (Reggimento delle Guardie) on 18 April 1659 by the Duke of Savoy Charles Emmanuel II as his personal bodyguard regiment during military campaigns. The regiment participated in the War of the Spanish Succession where it excelled during the Siege of Turin. After the Duchy had been elevated to kingdom in 1720 the regiment fought in the War of the Polish Succession and War of the Austrian Succession, during which the regiment performed exceptionally brave during the Battle of Assietta.


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