page_title: Alpine Brigade "Taurinense"
section_title: 1975 Reorganization
hierarchical_section_title: Alpine Brigade "Taurinense" / History / 1975 Reorganization
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Carte physique vierge du Piémont, Italie, destinée à la géolocalisation.English: Blank physical map of the Piedmont, Italy, for geo-location purpose. Topography: 1:372,000 (precision: 93 m) Equirectangular projection, WGS84 datum + stretching vertical +20% Geographic limits of the map: Left: 6.6 Right: 9.2335 Top: 46.5 Bottom: 44.0336
context_page_description: The Alpine Brigade "Taurinense" is a light Infantry brigade of the Italian Army, specializing in Mountain Combat. Its core units are Alpini, the mountain infantry corps of the Italian Army, that distinguished itself in combat during World War I and World War II. The brigade's name "Taurinense" alludes to the Roman name Augusta Taurinorum for the city of Turin around which the brigade is based. Accordingly the brigade's coat of arms is modeled after Turin's coat of arms. The brigade carries on the name and traditions of the 1st Alpine Division "Taurinense".
context_section_description: With 1975 Italian Army reform the regimental level was abolished and battalions came under direct command of multi-arms brigades. At the same time the army reduced and realigned its forces and therefore the Taurinense saw some changes to its composition: the "Aosta" battalion was once more transferred to the Alpine Formation and Training Center, the Mountain Artillery Group "Susa" was renamed "Pinerolo", while the Mountain Artillery Group "Mondovì" was disbanded. The brigade headquarters and the signal company were merged to form the Command and Signal Unit "Taurinense". An anti-tank company was raised, and the Services Grouping "Taurinense" was reorganized as a logistic battalion. The 2nd Alpini (Recruits Training) Regiment had already left the brigade in 1974 and its four battalions were merged into a single training battalion. 
  After the reform the brigade's two Alpini battalions had an authorized strength of 950 men, while the two artillery groups had an authorized strength of 610 men and fielded 18 M56 105mm pack howitzers each. The new composition was:
   Alpine Brigade "Taurinense", in Turin
   Command and Signal Unit "Taurinense", in Turin
   Alpini (Recruits Training) Battalion "Mondovì", in Cuneo
   Headquarters and Service Company
   9th Alpini (Training) Company
   10th Alpini (Training) Company
   11th Alpini (Training) Company
   103rd Alpini (Training) Company
   Alpini Battalion "Saluzzo", in Borgo San Dalmazzo
   Headquarters and Service Company
   21st Alpini Company
   22nd Alpini Company
   23rd Alpini Company
   106th Heavy Mortar Company
   Alpini Battalion "Susa", in Pinerolo
   Headquarters and Service Company
   34th Alpini Company
   35th Alpini Company
   36th Alpini Company
   133rd Heavy Mortar Company
   Mountain Artillery Group "Aosta", in Saluzzo
   Headquarters and Service Battery
   4th Mountain Artillery Battery
   5th Mountain Artillery Battery
   6th Mountain Artillery Battery
   Mountain Artillery Group "Pinerolo", in Susa
   Headquarters and Service Battery
   7th Mountain Artillery Battery
   8th Mountain Artillery Battery
   40th Mountain Artillery Battery
   Logistic Battalion "Taurinense", in Rivoli
   Command and Services Platoon
   1st Light Logistic Unit
   2nd Light Logistic Unit
   Medium Logistic Unit
   Anti-tank Company "Taurinense", in Turin
   Engineer Company "Taurinense", in Abbadia Alpina
  Army Light Aviation Unit, at Turin-Venaria Reale Air Base (renamed 4th Reconnaissance Helicopter Squadron and transferred to the 4th Army Light Aviation Regiment "Altair" on 31 January 1976)
  On 1 June 1978 the Air-transportable Medical Group "Taurinense" was raised as a rapid deployable medical asset. The only such unit in the Italian Army.
caption: "Taurinense" locations 1989
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