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4th Engineer Regiment
4° Reggimento Genio Guastatori
Regimental coat of arms
Active1 November 1926 - 8 September 1943
19 September 1992 - today[1]
Country Italy
BranchItalian Army
RoleCombat engineers
Part ofMechanized Brigade "Aosta"
Garrison/HQPalermo
Motto(s)"Ad ogni costo"
Anniversaries24 June 1918 - Second Battle of the Piave River
Decorations
1x Silver Medal of Military Valour
1x Gold Medal of Army Valour
2x Bronze Medals of Army Valour[2]
Insignia
Sappers gorget patches

The 4th Engineer Regiment (Italian: 4° Reggimento Genio Guastatori) is a military engineer regiment of the Italian Army based in Palermo in Sicily. Today the regiment is the engineer unit of the Mechanized Brigade "Aosta".[3]

Current structure

A VTMM "Orso" Route Clearing vehicle of the Italian engineer corps

As of 2019 the 4th Engineer Regiment consists of:[4]

  • Regimental Command, in Palermo
    • Command and Logistic Support Company
    • Sappers Battalion "Simeto"
      • Sappers Company
      • Sappers Company
      • Mobility Support Company
      • Deployment Support Company

The Command and Logistic Support Company fields the following platoons: C3 Platoon, Transport and Materiel Platoon, Medical Platoon, Commissariat Platoon, and EOD Platoon. Each of the two sapper companies fields a Command Platoon, an Advanced Combat Reconnaissance Teams Platoon, and two sapper platoons. The Deployment Support Company and Mobility Support Company field the battalion's heavy military engineering vehicles: Biber bridgelayers, Dachs armored engineer vehicles, cranes, excavators, Medium Girder Bridges etc. The sapper companies and Command and Logistic Support Company are equipped with VTLM "Lince" and VTMM "Orso" vehicles.

See also

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References

  1. ^ "4° Reggimento Genio Guastatori - La Storia". Italian Army. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  2. ^ "4° Reggimento Genio Guastatori - Il Medagliere". Italian Army. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  3. ^ "4° Reggimento Genio Guastatori". Italian Army. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  4. ^ "4° Reggimento Genio Guastatori". Ministero della Difesa. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
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