5th Army Corps Auto Group "Postumia"
| 5th Army Corps Auto Group "Postumia" | |
|---|---|
| 5° Autogruppo di Corpo d'Armata "Postumia" | |
 Group coat of arms | |
| Active | 1 Oct. 1976 — 1 March 1983 |
| Country |  Italy |
| Branch | Italian Army |
| Role | Military logistics |
| Part of | 5th Army Corps |
| Garrison/HQ | Treviso |
| Motto(s) | "Rotis usque ad metam" |
| Anniversaries | 22 May 1916 - Battle of Asiago |
| Insignia | |
| Unit gorget patches |  |
The 5th Army Corps Auto Group "Postumia" (Italian: 5° Autogruppo di Corpo d'Armata "Postumia") is an inactive military logistics battalion of the Italian Army, which was based in Treviso in Veneto. Originally a transport regiment of the Royal Italian Army, the unit was last active from 1976 to 1983.[1] The regimental anniversary falls, as for all units of the Transport and Materiel Corps, on 22 May, the anniversary of the Italian Army's first major automobile use to transport reinforcements to counter the Austro-Hungarian Offensive at Asiago in 1916.[2]
History[edit]
In August 1920 the V Automobilistic Center was formed in Trieste and assigned to the V Army Corps. In 1923 the center was disbanded and its personnel and materiel used to form the V Auto Grouping, which consisted of a command, an auto group, a railway group, and a depot. On 24 October 1926 the grouping was disbanded and the next day its personnel and vehicles were used to from the 5th Automobilistic Center. The center consisted of a command, the V Automobilistic Group, and a depot. The three companies of the disbanded railway group were assigned to the 4th Field Artillery Regiment, 6th Field Artillery Regiment, and 23rd Field Artillery Regiment.[1]
In 1935-36 the center mobilized 23 officers and more than 1,000 troops to augment units deployed for the Second Italo-Ethiopian War.[1]
On 1 July 1942 the unit was renamed 5th Drivers Regiment. The regiment was disbanded by invading German forces after the announcement of the Armistice of Cassibile on 8 September 1943.[1]
During World War II the center mobilized in its depot in Trieste among others the following units:[1]
- 58th Heavy Auto Group
- 51st Heavy Mobile Workshop
- 61st Heavy Mobile Workshop
On 1 April 1947 the 5th Drivers Center was formed in Treviso, which consisted of a command, the 5th Auto Unit, the 5th Vehicles Park, a fuel depot, and a depot. The center supported the V Territorial Military Command of the Northeastern Military Region. The unit was tasked with the transport of fuel, ammunition, and materiel between the military region's depots and the logistic supply points of the army's divisions and brigades. On 15 May 1948 the center added the newly formed V Auto Group in Padua, which incorporated the center's 5th Auto Unit. On 1 March 1949 the 5th Vehicles Park was transferred to the 5th Automotive Repair Shop.[1]
On 1 May 1952 the V Territorial Military Command was reorganized as V Army Corps and on 1 October of the same year the V Auto Group became and autonomous unit and was assigned to the V Army Corps as V Army Corps Auto Group. On 10 March 1955 the group moved from Padua to Treviso. On 1 October 1956 the group added the 3rd Auto Unit and on 1 October 1962 the 4th Auto Unit. On 10 November 1962 the group was assigned to the Service Units Command of the V Army Corps and now consisted of a command, the 1st Mixed Auto Unit, the 2nd Mixed Auto Unit, the 3rd Mixed Auto Unit, the 4th Mixed Auto Unit, the 5th Mixed Auto Unit, and a light workshop. On 31 December 1964 the 5th Drivers Center was disbanded.[1]
5th Army Corps Auto Group "Postumia"[edit]
As part of the 1975 army reform the V Army Corps Auto Group was renamed 5th Army Corps Auto Group "Postumia" on 1 October 1976. Like all Italian Army transport units the battalion was named for a historic road near its base, in case of the 5th Army Corps Auto Group for the Roman road Via Postumia. The group consisted of a command, a command unit, the 1st and 2nd mixed auto units in Treviso, and the 3rd and 4th mixed auto units in Palazzolo dello Stella.[1]
On 12 November 1976 the President of the Italian Republic Giovanni Leone issued decree 846, which granted the group a new flag and assigned the traditions of the 5th Drivers Regiment to the group.[3]
In January 1983 the group transferred the 3rd Mixed Auto Unit and 4th Mixed Auto Unit in Palazzolo dello Stella to the 13th Maneuver Logistic Battalion. The two units were reorganized into a medium transport company and a mixed transport company. On 1 March 1983 the group transferred the 1st Mixed Auto Unit and 2nd Mixed Auto Unit in Treviso to the 5th Maneuver Logistic Battalion in Pordenone. The two units were also reorganized into a medium transport company and a mixed transport company.[1]
On 1 March 1983 the 5th Army Corps Auto Group "Postumia" was disbanded and two days later the flag of the 5th Drivers Regiment was returned to the Shrine of the Flags in the Vittoriano in Rome.[1]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j F. dell'Uomo, R. di Rosa (2001). L'Esercito Italiano verso il 2000 - Vol. Secondo - Tomo II. Rome: SME - Ufficio Storico. p. 459.
- ^ "Arma dei Trasporti e Materiali - La Storia". Italian Army. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
- ^ "Decreto del Presidente della Repubblica 12 novembre 1976, n. 846". Quirinale - Presidenza della Repubblica. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
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