Logistic Battalion "Vittorio Veneto"

Logistic Battalion "Vittorio Veneto"
Battaglione Logistico "Vittorio Veneto"
Battalion coat of arms
Active20 Oct. 1975 — 31 July 1991[1]
Country Italy
BranchItalian Army
TypeMilitary logistics
Part ofArmored Brigade "Vittorio Veneto"
Garrison/HQCervignano del Friuli
Motto(s)"Non mi arresta alcun ostacolo"
Anniversaries22 May 1916 - Battle of Asiago
Decorations
1× Bronze Medal of Army Valor[2]
Insignia
Unit gorget patches

The Logistic Battalion "Vittorio Veneto" (Italian: Battaglione Logistico "Vittorio Veneto") is an inactive military logistics battalion of the Italian Army, which was assigned to the Mechanized Brigade "Vittorio Veneto".[1] The battalion's anniversary falls, as for all units of the Italian Army's Transport and Materiel Corps, on 22 May, the anniversary of the Royal Italian Army's first major use of automobiles to transport reinforcements to the Asiago plateau to counter the Austro-Hungarian Asiago Offensive in May 1916.[3]

History

The battalion is the spiritual successor of the logistic units of the Royal Italian Army's four cavalry divisions, which fought in October 1918 in the Battle of Vittorio Veneto:[1]

Cold War

On 1 October 1975, as part of the 1975 army reform, the Cavalry Brigade "Pozzuolo del Friuli" was split into the Armored Brigade "Pozzuolo del Friuli" and Armored Brigade "Vittorio Veneto". On 20 October 1975, the Logistic Battalion "Vittorio Veneto" was formed in Cervignano del Friuli and assigned to the brigade. Initially the battalion consisted of a command, command platoon, and a supply and transport company. On 1 July 1976, the battalion formed a medium workshop and a vehicle park.[1] At the time the battalion fielded 692 men (38 officers, 85 non-commissioned officers, and 569 soldiers).[4]

On 12 November 1976, the President of the Italian Republic Giovanni Leone granted with decree 846 the battalion a flag.[1][5]

For its conduct and work after the 1976 Friuli earthquake the battalion was awarded a Bronze Medal of Army Valor, which was affixed to the battalion's flag and added to the battalion's coat of arms.[1][2]

On 1 July 1981, the battalion added a reserve medical unit. On 1 July 1982, the battalion was reorganized and consisted afterwards of the following units:[1]

  • Logistic Battalion "Vittorio Veneto", in Cervignano del Friuli[1]
    • Command and Services Company
    • Supply Company
    • Maintenance Company
    • Medium Transport Company
    • Medical Unit (Reserve)

Recent times

After the end of the Cold War the Italian Army began to draw down its forces. Consequently, on 31 July 1991, the Mechanized Brigade "Vittorio Veneto" and the Logistic Battalion "Vittorio Veneto" were disbanded. On 5 December of the same year, the battalion's flag was transferred to the Shrine of the Flags in the Vittoriano in Rome for safekeeping.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i F. dell'Uomo, R. di Rosa (2001). L'Esercito Italiano verso il 2000 - Vol. Secondo - Tomo II. Rome: SME - Ufficio Storico. p. 446.
  2. ^ a b "Battaglione Logistico "Vittorio Veneto"". Quirinale - Presidenza della Repubblica. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  3. ^ "Arma dei Trasporti e Materiali - La Storia". Italian Army. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  4. ^ Stefani, Filippo (1989). La storia della dottrina e degli ordinamenti dell'Esercito Italiano - Vol. III - Tomo 2°. Rome: Ufficio Storico - Stato Maggiore dell'Esercito. p. 1190.
  5. ^ "Decreto del Presidente della Repubblica 12 novembre 1976, n. 846". Quirinale - Presidenza della Repubblica. Retrieved 17 October 2024.