page_title: Cold War tank formations
section_title: Italy
hierarchical_section_title: Cold War tank formations / NATO / Italy
caption_attribution_description: English: Leopard 1 MBT in Yad la-Shiryon Museum, Israel.
context_page_description: During the Cold War, NATO and the Warsaw Pact both had large tank formations present in Europe.
  The following gives the number of armoured formations and tank strength as of 1981/1982 for Warsaw Pact and NATO member countries. These include formations and vehicles deployed outside Europe, such as in North America or the Asiatic USSR.
context_section_description: As of 1981/82:
  Formations
  5 Armored Brigades (two tank battalion each, 49 tanks each battalion))
  9 Mechanized Brigades (one 49 tanks battalion each)
  4 Motorized Brigades (one armored battalion each, with 33 tanks)
  2 Armored Carabinieri (gendarmerie) battalions
  2 Armored independent battalions
  4 Recce independent battalions (31 tanks each)
  Armored Troops School with the 31st Tank battalion
  Armored Training Camp with the 1st Armored Regiment
  Number of tanks
  900 MBT Leopard 1
  300 MBT M60A1
  550 MBT M47 Patton (remaining of original 1,500)
  Total: 1,620 tanks
caption: Leopard 1
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