Regiment "Savoia Cavalleria" (3rd)
Reggimento "Savoia Cavalleria" (3°)
Regimental coat of arms
Active23 July 1692 - 22 Nov. 1699
14 April 1701 - Jan. 1799
1 Dec. 1814 - 8 Sept. 1943
15 April 1950 - today
Country Italy
BranchItalian Army
Part ofParatroopers Brigade "Folgore"
Garrison/HQGrosseto
Motto(s)"Savoye bonnes nouvelles"
Anniversaries24 August 1942 - Charge at Izbushensky
Decorations
1x Gold Medal of Military Valour
2x Bronze Medals of Military Valour
1x Bronze Cross of Army Merit[1]
Commanders
Notable
commanders		Claudio Gabriele de Launay
Raffaele Cadorna Jr.
Guglielmo Barbò
Alessandro Bettoni Cazzago
Insignia
"Savoia Cavalleria" gorget patches

The Regiment "Savoia Cavalleria" (3rd) (Italian: Reggimento "Savoia Cavalleria" (3°)) is a cavalry unit of the Italian Army based in Grosseto in Tuscany. The regiment is the reconnaissance unit of the Paratroopers Brigade "Folgore".[2][3][4]

History

Formation

In 1690 the Duke of Savoy Victor Amadeus II joined the Nine Years' War against the Kingdom of France.On 23 July 1692 the Cavalry Regiment "Savoia" (Italian: Reggimento di Cavalleria "Savoia") and the Cavalry Regiment "Piemonte Reale" were formed for service in the war. The Savoia was named for the Duchy of Savoy and consisted of nine companies. The regiment fought in 1693 in the Battle of Marsaglia.[4][5][6]

After the war the regiment was disbanded on 22 November 1699 and transferred its men and horses to the Cavalry Regiment "Piemonte Reale" and the Regiment Dragoons of His Royal Highness.[3][4][5]

Cabinet Wars

The regiment was reformed on 14 April 1701 with eight companies, which were grouped into four squadrons. Each company fielded 50 horses.[4][5] The same year Duke Victor Amadeus II joined the War of the Spanish Succession and the regiment fought in 1702 in the Battle of Luzzara, in 1706 in the Siege of Turin, in 1708 in the Siege of Fenestrelle, and at Conflans and at Villanovetta. In 1713 the war ended with the Peace of Utrecht.[3][4][5]

In 1733 King Charles Emmanuel III joined the War of the Polish Succession on the French-Spanish. In December 1733 the Savoia was increased to ten companies for the war. The regiment fought in 1734 in the Battle of San Pietro and the Battle of Guastalla against Austrian forces.[4]

In 1742 King Charles Emmanuel III joined the War of the Austrian Succession on the Austrian side and the Savoia fought in 1743 in the Battle of Campo Santo, in 1745 in the Battle of Bassignano, and in 1745 in the Battle of Tidone.[4]

On 16 September 1774 the Savoia ceded two of its companies to help form the Cavalry Regiment "Aosta" and from then on consisted of eight companies grouped in four squadrons.[3][4]

French Revolutionary Wars

In 1792 King Victor Amadeus III joined the War of the First Coalition against the French Republic. From 1792 to 1796 the Savoia fought against the French Army of Italy. In March 1796 Napoleon Bonaparte arrived in Italy and took command of the French forces, with which he defeated the Royal Sardinian Army in the Montenotte campaign within a month. On 28 April 1796, King Victor Amadeus III had to sign the Armistice of Cherasco and on 15 May 1796 the Treaty of Paris, which forced Sardinia out of the First Coalition. Victor Amadeus III also had to cede the Duchy of Savoy and the County of Nice to France. On 16 October 1796 Victor Amadeus III died and his eldest son Charles Emmanuel IV ascended the throne. On 26 October 1796 King Charles Emmanuel IV ordered to reduce the Kingdom's cavalry forces and the Savoia was reduced to four squadrons. On the same date the company level was abolished.[4]

In fall 1798 France invaded the remaining territories of King Charles Emmanuel IV. On 6 December 1798 French forces occupied Turin and on 8 December 1798 Charles Emmanuel IV was forced to sign a document of abdication, which also ordered his former subjects to recognise French laws and his troops to obey the orders of the French Army. Charles Emmanuel IV went into exile on Sardinia, while his former territories became the Piedmontese Republic. On 9 December 1798 the Sardinian troops were released from their oath of allegiance to the King and sworn to the Piedmontese Republic. The same month the Cavalry Regiment "Savoia" was renamed 6th Cavalry Regiment.[3][4]

In January 1799 the 6th Cavalry Regiment was disbanded, with two of its four squadrons transferred to the 2nd Piedmontese Dragoons Regiment and two to the 4th Piedmontese Dragoons Regiment.[3][4]

Restauration

On 11 April 1814 Napoleon abdicated and on 20 May 1814 King Victor Emmanuel I returned from exile in Sardinia to Turin. On 1 December 1814 King Victor Emmanuel I ordered to reform the Cavalry Regiment "Savoia", which was renamed Regiment "Savoia Cavalleria". On 1 January 1815 the regiment consisted of six squadrons grouped into three divisions.[4]

On 23 June 1819 the regiment became a light cavalry unit and was renamed Regiment "Cavalleggeri di Savoia" (Chevau-légers of Savoy). In June 1823 the regiment formed two new squadrons, which were grouped into a newly formed division. On 24 December 1828 the Savoia provided some of its personnel to help form the new Regiment "Dragoni di Piemonte". On 29 August 1831 the regiment was reduced to six squadrons and a depot squadron, which would have been formed in times of war. On 3 January 1832 the regiment became a heavy cavalry unit again and was renamed Regiment "Savoia Cavalleria".[3][4]

Italian Wars of Independence

In 1848-49 the regiment participated in the First Italian War of Independence, fighting in 1848 in the battles of Pastrengo, Santa Lucia, Goito, Sommacampagna, Volta Mantovana, and Milan, and in 1849 in the battles of Mortara and Novara. At Sommacampagna the Savoia captured the flag of the Austrian 48th Infantry Regiment of Archduke Ernest of Austria.[3][4][5]

On 3 January 1850 the regiment was reduced to four squadrons, with the Savoia's 6th Squadron ceded to help form the Regiment "Cavalleggeri di Monferrato". In 1859 the regiment participated in the Second Italian War of Independence. On 16 September 1859 the Savoia ceded one of its squadrons to help form the Regiment "Cavalleggeri di Milano" and on 19 October of the same year the regiment was redesignated as Cuirassiers unit and renamed Regiment "Corazzieri di Savoia". Already on 6 June 1860 the regiment resumed to use its previous name Regiment "Savoia Cavalleria".[3][4][7]: 5 

In 1866 the regiment participated in the Third Italian War of Independence and fought in the Battle of Custoza. In 1869-70 the regiment operated in the area of Nola, Salerno, and Isernia to suppress the anti-Sardinian revolt in Southern Italy after the Kingdom of Sardinia had invaded and annexed the Kingdom of Two Sicilies.[4] In 1870 in the regiment participated in the capture of Rome. Over the next years the regiment repeatedly changed its name:[3][4][5]

  • 10 September 1871: 3rd Regiment of Cavalry (Savoia)
  • 5 November 1876: Cavalry Regiment "Savoia" (3rd)
  • 16 December 1897: Regiment "Savoia Cavalleria" (3rd)

In 1887 the regiment contributed to the formation of the Mounted Hunters Squadron, which fought in the Italo-Ethiopian War of 1887–1889. In 1895-96 the regiment provided one officer and 68 enlisted for units deployed to Italian Eritrea for the First Italo-Ethiopian War. On 1 October 1909 the Savoia ceded one of its squadrons to help form new Regiment "Lancieri di Mantova" (25th). In 1911-12 the regiment provided four officers and 27 enlisted to augment units fighting in the Italo-Turkish War.[3][4]

World War I

At the outbreak of World War I the regiment consisted of a command, the regimental depot, and two cavalry groups, with the I Group consisting of three squadrons and the II Group consisting of two squadrons and a machine gun section. Together with the Regiment "Lancieri di Montebello" (8th) the Savoia formed the VI Cavalry Brigade of the 3rd Cavalry Division of "Lombardy". In 1916 the regiment fought in the Battle of Gorizia. In 1917 the regimental depot in Milan formed the 1497th Dismounted Machine Gunners Company as reinforcement for infantry units on the front.[3][4]

In 1918 the regiment fought in the Battle of Vittorio Veneto, after which the regiment, like all cavalry regiments, was ordered to advance as fast as far as possible and so on 3 November 1918 the Savoia was the first Italian unit to reach Udine. The next day, the day the armistice came into effect, the patrols of the regiment had reached Caporetto. For the liberation of Udine the regiment was awarded its first Bronze Medal of Military Valour.[3][1][4][5]

Interwar years

After the war the Italian Army disbanded 14 of its 30 cavalry regiments and so on 21 November 1919 the II Group of the Savoia was renamed "Lancieri di Vercelli" as it consisted of personnel and horses from the disbanded Regiment "Lancieri di Vercelli" (26th). On 20 May 1920 the Savoia received and integrated a squadron of the Regiment "Lancieri Vittorio Emanuele II" (10th), and received the traditions of the Regiment "Lancieri di Vercelli" (26th).[3][4][5]

In 1935-36 the regiment contributed eleven officers and 535 enlisted for units, which were deployed to East Africa for the Second Italo-Ethiopian War.[3][4]

World War II

At the outbreak of World War II the regiment consisted of a command, a command squadron, the I and II squadrons groups, each with two mounted squadrons, and the 5th Machine Gunners Squadron.[4] The regiment was assigned together with the Regiment "Lancieri di Novara" to the 3rd Cavalry Division "Principe Amedeo Duca d'Aosta", which participated in the Invasion of Yugoslavia. In summer 1941 the division was sent to the Eastern front.[8][9]

On 20 July 1941 the division left Italy and on 13 August 1941 it reached Dniprodzerzhynsk (today Kamianske) on the Dnieper river in central Ukraine. On 1 October the regiment crossed the Dnipro river. From 20 October 1941 the division fought in the battle to take control of Donetsk and Horlivka. For this operation, the regiment was awarded its second Bronze Medal of Military Valour.[3][1][4][5] In the winter of 1942 the regiment was sent to the rear due to the severe loss of horses.[6]

On 15 March 1942 division's two cavalry regiments and the 3rd Horse Artillery Regiment, as well as the III Fast Tanks Group "San Giorgio" left the division and formed the Horse Troops Grouping under direct command of the 8th Italian Army. In summer 1942 the Savoia participated in the occupation of Krasnyi Luch.

In late August 1942, the regiment, reinforced by artillery, occupied and defended Yagodnyi to defend the right flank of the 2nd Infantry Division "Sforzesca". On 24 August the regiment charged Soviet forces at Izbushensky. For the defence of Yagodnyi and the charge at Izbushensky the Savoia was awarded with a Gold Medal of Military Valour.[3][1][4][5]

On 17 December the Red Army began Operation Little Saturn and under immense pressure of superior Soviet armored forces the Italian divisions had to retreat from the Don the next day, but the motorized Soviet formations overtook the Italians and forced the Italians repeatedly to fight their way through Soviet defensive lines on their way towards Axis lines. The Savoia's survivors were repatriated and reached Osoppo in Italy on 2 April 1943. After the announcement of the Armistice of Cassibile on 8 September 1943 invading German forces disbanded the regiment in the Emilia.[3][4]

During the regiment's deployment to russia the regiment's depot in Milan formed the:[4]

  • I Dismounted Group "Savoia Cavalleria"
  • II Dismounted Group "Savoia Cavalleria"
  • VI Road Movement Battalion "Savoia Cavalleria"
  • XX Dismounted Group "Savoia Cavalleria"
  • XXIV Dismounted Group "Savoia Cavalleria"

After the announcement of the Armistice of Cassibile the commander of the Savoia's regimental depot in Somma Lombardo, Colonel Pietro de Vito Piscicelli was left without orders and on his own initiative contacted the Swiss authorities: at 7:30 pm on 12 September 1943 Colonel de Vito Piscicelli reached the Swiss border above Ligornetto in the Canton of Ticino at the head of a column consisting of 15 officers, 642 troops, 316 horses and nine mules, with weapons, ammunition and food. Colonel de Vito Piscicelli had the complete regimental depot cross the Swiss border to be interned in Switzerland. The Swiss confiscated the weapons and horses, with only the officers allowed to keep their horse and - in some cases - their weapon, and then granted asylum to everyone. The men were sent to the Canton of Bern and officers and troops of the regimental depot remained in Switzerland until the end of the war.[6]

Cold War

On 15 October 1946 the 3rd Cavalieri Reconnaissance Group was formed in Milan and assigned to the Infantry Division "Legnano". In December 1948 the group was renamed Armored Cavalry Group "Gorizia Cavalleria". On 15 April 1950 the group was expanded to 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment "Gorizia Cavalleria". The regiment consisted of a command, a command squadron, and two squadrons groups. In October 1950 the regiment formed a third squadrons group. In 1957 the regiment moved from Milan to Meran, where it was assigned to the IV Army Corps. On 4 November 1958 the regiment was renamed Regiment "Savoia Cavalleria" (3rd).[3][4]

During the 1975 army reform the army disbanded the regimental level and newly independent battalions were granted for the first time their own flags. On 11 October 1975 the Regiment "Savoia Cavalleria" (3rd) and its II and III squadrons groups in Meran were disbanded.[4] The regiment's I Squadrons Group was reorganized and renamed 3rd Armored Squadrons Group "Savoia Cavalleria" and assigned the flag and traditions of the regiment. The squadrons group consisted of a command, a command and services squadron, two tank squadrons with M47 Patton tanks, and one mechanized squadron with M113 armored personnel carriers.[3][4][10] The squadrons groups was assigned to the 4th Alpine Army Corps.[3][4]

Recent times

On 23 May 1992 the 3rd Armored Squadrons Group "Savoia Cavalleria" lost its autonomy and the next day the squadrons group entered the newly formed Regiment "Savoia Cavalleria" (3rd). The regiment consisted of a command, a command and services squadron, and a squadrons group with three armored squadrons equipped with wheeled Centauro tank destroyers. On 7 October 1995 the Savoia's flag was transferred to Grosseto in Tuscany, where on the same day the Regiment "Lancieri di Firenze" (9th) was renamed Regiment "Savoia Cavalleria" (3rd). On 9 October the flag of the Firenze was transferred on to the Shrine of the Flags in the Vittoriano in Rome. The Savoia was assigned to the Mechanized Brigade "Friuli".[3][4]

On 20 September 2013 the Savoia was transferred from the Airmobile Brigade "Friuli" to the Paratroopers Brigade "Folgore".[11]: 74 

Since 2013 members of the Savoia can obtain the military parachuting license and the regiment's 3rd Reconnaissance Squadron "De Leone" is fully airborne qualified.[11]: 78 

Operations

The regiment took participated in the following international operations:[12]

Organization

  • Regimental Command
    • Command Squadron
    • Squadron Group composed of:
      • 1st Explorer Squadron "Abba" LRSU (Long Reconnaissance Surveillance Unit)
      • 2nd Exploratory Squadron "Mark"
      • 3rd Exploring Squadron "De Leone"
      • 4th Heavy Armored Squadron "Manusardi"

Denominations

  • XVII Century - 07.23.1692: Brigade of Gens d'Armes of Piedmont
  • 07.23.1692 - 00.00.1692: "Mombrison" Cavalry Regiment
  • 00.00.1692 - 00.00.1692: Cavalry Regiment "None"
  • 00.00.1692 - 00.00.1699: "Savoia Cavalleria" Regiment
  • 00.00.1701 - 09.12.1798: "Savoia Cavalleria" Regiment
  • 09.12.1798 - 00.01.1799: 6th Cavalry Regiment
  • 01.01.1815 - 03.01.1832: "Savoy Cavalrymen" Regiment
  • 03.01.1832 - 19.10.1859: "Savoia Cavalleria" Regiment
  • 19.10.1859 - 06.06.1860: "Cuirassiers of Savoy" Regiment
  • 06.06.1860 - 10.09.1871: "Savoia Cavalleria" Regiment
  • 10.09.1871 - 05.11.1876: 3rd Cavalry Regiment (Savoy)
  • 05.11.1876 - 20.04.1920: "Savoy" Cavalry Regiment (3rd)
  • 20.04.1920 - 00.06.1946: "Savoia Cavalleria" Regiment (3rd)
  • 10.09.1946 - 00.00.1948: 3rd Knights Exploring Group
  • 00.00.1948 - 04.15.1950: 3rd Armored Cavalry Group "Gorizia Cavalleria"
  • 15.04.1950 - 04.11.1958: 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment "Gorizia Cavalleria"
  • 04.11.1958 - 11.10.1975: "Savoia Cavalleria" Regiment (3rd)
  • 11.10.1975 - 23.05.1992: 3rd Armored Squadron Group "Savoia Cavalleria"
  • 05.23.1992 - to date: "Savoia Cavalleria" Regiment (3rd)

Commanders

  1. Col. Gian Michele De Rossi, Count of Piossaco Asinari di None, Consignor of Virle di Beinasco la Volvera and Parpaille.
  2. Col. Melchiorre Lucigne Di Montbrison, Count
  3. Col. Turinetti Di Pertengo Conte Antonio Maurizio
  4. Col. Birago - Vische Di Borgaro Conte Renato Augusto
  5. Col. Birago Di Roccavione Marchese Tommaso
  6. Col. Damiano Di Castellinardo Cav. Victor
  7. Col. Duchenne Di Lignana Cav. Joseph
  8. Col. Sclarandi Cav. Angel
  9. Col. Asinari Di Cortos Conte Comm. Antonio Corrado
  10. Col. Cocconito Di Montiglio Cav. Ruffinotto
  11. Col. De Meuthon Of Larnay Baron Charles
  12. Col. Roero Di Mombarone Cav. Emmanuel
  13. Col. Perrone Di San Martino Cav. Joseph
  14. Col. Saluzzo Di Verzuolo E Della Manta Comm. Filippo
  15. Col. Castellamonte Di Lessolo Cav. Giuseppe Maria Amedeo
  16. Col. Roero Di Monticello Count Francesco Gennaro
  17. Col. Giuseppe Maria Roberti di Castelvero
  18. Col. Crotti Di Castiglione Cav. Angelo Michele
  19. Col. Claudio Gabriele de Launay
  20. Col. Olivieri Di Venier Cav. Deodato
  21. Col. Malliano Di Santa Maria Marchese Francesco Maurizio
  22. Col. Colombo D'Arcine Nob. John
  23. Col. Callisto Bertone of Sambuy
  24. Col. Brunetta D'Usseaux Cav. Albert Augustus
  25. Col. Bigliani Di Cantore Cav. Epimachus Philip
  26. Col. Poninski Count Ladislao
  27. Col. Pallavicino Marchese Giovan Battista
  28. Col. Engraved Della Rocchetta Marchese Giovanni
  29. Col. Cocitus Count Caesar
  30. Col. Ristori Di Casaleggio Cav. John
  31. Col. Forest Cav. Federico
  32. Col. Faneschi Cav. Savior
  33. Col. Fossati Rayneri Conte Emanuele
  34. Col. Perelli Cav. Caesar
  35. Col. Pesenti Cav. Emilio
  36. Col. Brancaccio Di Carpino Cav. Alexander
  37. Col. Quercia Cav. Nicholas
  38. Col. Forte Cav. Joseph
  39. Col. Parakeets Nob. Cav. Costanzo
  40. Col. Schiffi Cav. Mario
  41. Col. Cappa Brava Cav. Joseph
  42. Col. Filippini Cav. Peter
  43. Col. Tani Cav. Giobert
  44. Col. Marchino Cav. Amedeo
  45. Col. Ambrosio Comm. Vittorio
  46. Col. Aymonino Comm. Aldo
  47. Col. Vietina Cav. Rudolph
  48. Col. Staglieno Cav. Gregory
  49. Col. Adalbert of Savoy-Genoa, Duke of Bergamo
  50. Col. Vaccari Comm. Goffredo
  51. Col. Dabbeni Comm. Ottorino
  52. Col. Raffaele Cadorna
  53. Col. Poccetti Cav. Ugh. Weis
  54. Col. Guglielmo Barbò Count of Casalmorano
  55. Col. Alessandro Bettoni Cazzago (Maj. Arrighi Cav. Uff. Giovanni; Maj. Chiappa Cav. Eden; Lt. Col. Borzini Cav. Gilberto)
  56. Col. Cottafavi Comm. Giuseppe
  57. Col. Borzini Cav. Ugh. Gilberto
  58. Col. Bonivento Cav. Renzo
  59. Col. Mingione Cav. Vincent
  60. Col. Gandini Cav. John
  61. Col. Orsini Cav. Ugh. Ranieri
  62. Col. Mirelli Di Teora Cav. Luigi (Lt. Col. Renzi Cav. Domenico In S.V.)
  63. Col. Cutellè Cav. Anthony
  64. Col. Caputo Cav. Francis
  65. Col. Scolari Cav. Ugh. Gualberto
  66. Col. Raganella Cav. Ugh. Victor
  67. Col. Giancola Cav. Ugh. Mario
  68. Col. Azzaro Cav. Ugh. Savior
  69. Col. Porcelli Cav. Ugh. Xavier
  70. Col. Arrighi Cav. Ugh. Eugene
  71. Col. De Bartolomeis Cav. Ugh. John
  72. Col. Arcidiacono Cav. Ugh. Joseph
  73. Col. Genova Cav. Ugh. Joseph
  74. Col. De Ros Cav. Ugh. Sergio
  75. Lt. Col. Pisano Cav. Mario
  76. Lt. Col. Amadio Cav. Sergio
  77. Lt. Col. Salati Cav. Renato
  78. Lt. Col. Politi Cav. Joseph
  79. Lt. Col. Tosti Cav. First
  80. Lt. Col. Rutili Cav. Rutilius
  81. Lt. Col. Franco Cav. Duilio
  82. Lt. Col. Perrone Cav. Thomas
  83. Lt. Col. Genzardi Ajmone
  84. Lt. Col. Maggi Franco
  85. Lt. Col. Baldi Franco
  86. Col. Negroni Bentivoglio Cav. Pier Lamberto
  87. Col. Pittarelli Cav. Francesco Maria
  88. Lt. Col. Tricarico Giuseppe Maria Giovanni
  89. Col. Serafini Cav. Victor
  90. Col. Gerometta Paolo
  91. Col. Fernando Guide
  92. Col. Gionti Giuseppe Maria
  93. Col. Lombardi Francesco
  94. Col. Fortino Cav. Carlo (Lt. Col. Bonaccini Corrado)
  95. Col. Fazari Claudio
  96. Col. Maugeri Vincenzo
  97. Col. Cook Cav. Savior
  98. Col. Carrino Cav. Andrew
  99. Col. Terzano Cav. Nicholas
  100. Col. Cafforio Giovanni
  101. Col. Barduani Cav. Henry
  102. Col. Tassi Aurelio
  103. Col. Margheriti Cristian
  104. Col. Lustrino Ermanno
  105. Col. Leotta Domenico
  106. Col. Forlani Roberto

Regimental Headquarters

These are the headquarters of the Regiment since 1692:

  1. 1692 - 1694 Valdengo
  2. 1695 - 1696 Fossano
  3. 1697 - 1699 Savoy
  4. 1699 Vercelli
  5. 1701 - 1702 Turin
  6. 1702 - 1703 Connecting rod
  7. 1704 Chieri
  8. 1707 Pinerolo
  9. 1708 - 1709 Savigliano
  10. 1710 - 1711 Fossano
  11. 1712 Mortar
  12. 1713 - 1715 Pinerolo
  13. 1716 Mortar
  14. 1717 - 1718 Chivasso
  15. 1718 - 1719 Asti
  16. 1719 - 1720 Pinerolo
  17. 1721 - 1722 Savoy
  18. 1722 - 1724 Fossano
  19. 1724 - 1727 Chivasso
  20. 1727 - 1732 Asti
  21. 1733 - 1734 Casale Monferrato
  22. 1734 - 1736 Savigliano
  23. 1736 - 1737 Casale Monferrato
  24. 1737 - 1738 Pinerolo
  25. 1739 Alexandria
  26. 1740 - 1741 Chivasso
  27. 1743 - 1744 Alexandria
  28. 1745 Piacenza
  29. 1746 - 1749 Pinerolo
  30. 1749 - 1750 Savoy
  31. 1750 - 1755 Savigliano
  32. 1755 Casale Monferrato
  33. 1755 - 1756 Fossano
  34. 1757 - 1758 Pinerolo
  35. 1758 - 1759 Savoy
  36. 1759 - 1760 Savigliano
  37. 1760 - 1761 Casale Monferrato
  38. 1761 - 1762 Vigevano
  39. 1762 - 1763 Vercelli
  40. 1763 - 1764 Pinerolo
  41. 1764 - 1765 Savoy
  42. 1765 - 1766 Savigliano
  43. 1766 - 1767 Alexandria
  44. 1767 - 1768 Vigevano
  45. 1768 - 1769 Casale Monferrato
  46. 1769 - 1770 Pinerolo
  47. 1770 - 1772 Savoy
  48. 1772 - 1775 Novara
  49. 1775 - 1776 Savigliano
  50. 1776 - 1777 Turin
  51. 1777 - 1778 Savoy
  52. 1778 - 1779 Casale Monferrato
  53. 1779 - 1781 Savigliano
  54. 1781 - 1783 Vercelli
  55. 1783 - 1785 Vigevano
  56. 1785 - 1787 Pinerolo
  57. 1787 - 1789 Turin
  58. 1789 - 1791 Pinerolo
  59. 1791 - 1794 Vigevano
  60. 1794 - 1798 Pinerolo
  61. 1798 Saluzzo
  62. 1798 Salsomaggiore
  63. 1799 Turin
  64. 1814 - 1815 Venaria Reale
  65. 1815 - 1818 Vigevano
  66. 1818 - 1821 Savigliano
  67. 1821 - 1823 Turin
  68. 1823 - 1825 Venaria Reale
  69. 1825 - 1827 Savigliano
  70. 1827 - 1830 Pinerolo
  71. 1830 - 1833 Casale Monferrato
  72. 1833 - 1836 Vigevano
  73. 1836 - 1838 Savigliano
  74. 1838 - 1839 Venaria Reale
  75. 1839 - 1841 Turin
  76. 1841 - 1843 Casale Monferrato
  77. 1843 - 1845 Vigevano
  78. 1845 - 1846 Pinerolo
  79. 1846 - 1849 Vercelli
  80. 1849 - 1850 Turin
  81. 1850 - 1852 Pinerolo
  82. 1852 - 1855 Savigliano
  83. 1855 - 1856 Saluzzo
  84. 1856 - 1858 Vercelli
  85. 1858 - 1859 Turin
  86. 1859 - 1860 Savigliano
  87. 1860 - 1862 Milan
  88. 1862 - 1863 Voghera
  89. 1863 - 1864 Turin
  90. 1864 - 1866 Milan
  91. 1866 - 1868 Foligno
  92. 1868 - 1869 Florence
  93. 1869 - 1870 Nola
  94. 1870 - 1874 Caserta
  95. 1874 - 1876 Turin
  96. 1876 - 1879 Udine
  97. 1879 - 1882 Lodi
  98. 1882 - 1886 Milan
  99. 1886 - 1888 Udine
  100. 1888 - 1893 Verona
  101. 1893 - 1898 Padua
  102. 1898 - 1902 Santa Maria Capua Vetere
  103. 1902 - 1907 Florence
  104. 1907 - 1911 Savigliano
  105. 1911 - 1957 Milan
  106. 1957 - 1995 Merano
  107. since 1995 Grosseto

Structure

"Savoia Cavalleria" Centauro tank destroyer

As of 2022 the Regiment "Savoia Cavalleria" (3rd) consists of:

  • Regimental Command, in Grosseto
    • Command and Logistic Support Squadron
    • 1st Reconnaissance Squadron Group
      • 1st Reconnaissance Squadron "Abba"
      • 2nd Reconnaissance Squadron "Marchio"
      • 3rd Reconnaissance Squadron "De Leone"
      • Heavy Armored Squadron "Manusardi"

The Command and Logistic Support Squadron fields the following platoons: C3 Platoon, Transport and Materiel Platoon, Medical Platoon, and Commissariat Platoon. The three reconnaissance squadrons are equipped with VTLM Lince vehicles and Centauro tank destroyers, the latter of which are scheduled to be replaced by Freccia reconnaissance vehicles. The Heavy Armor Squadron is equipped with Centauro tank destroyers, which are being replaced by Centauro II tank destroyers.

See also

References

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