page_title: Mechanized Brigade "Granatieri di Sardegna"
section_title: After the Cold War
hierarchical_section_title: Mechanized Brigade "Granatieri di Sardegna" / History / After the Cold War
caption_attribution_description: English: Italian Army - A mounted troop of the "Lancieri di Montebello" Regiment (8th) in Rome 2019
context_page_description: The Mechanized Brigade "Granatieri di Sardegna" is a mechanized infantry brigade of the Italian Army, based in Rome and central Italy. The brigade fields one of the oldest regiments of the Army and is one of the guard regiments of the President of Italy. The name of the unit dates back to the Kingdom of Sardinia and not the eponymous Mediterranean island of Sardinia. The brigade is part of the Division "Acqui".
context_section_description: With the end of the Cold War the Italian Army began to draw down its forces and battalions returned to their regimental names for traditional reasons. On 30 November 1992 the Anti-tank Company was disbanded, and on 4 October 1993 the Engineer Company merged with the Command and Signal Unit, which was renamed as Command and Tactical Supports Unit. On 1 September of the same year the 6th Tank Battalion was renamed 4th Tank Regiment, but on 9 October 1995 the regiment was transferred to Bellinzago Novarese, where it joined the Armored Brigade "Centauro". In spring 1992 the 13th Field Artillery Group "Magliana" received M109G 155mm self-propelled howitzers and was elevated to regiment on 19 August of the same year with the name: 13th Self-propelled Field Artillery Regiment "Granatieri di Sardegna". Three years later on 20 September 1995 the regiment was disbanded and the 7th Self-propelled Field Artillery Regiment "Cremona" of the Motorized Brigade "Cremona" moved from Turin to Rome to join the "Granatieri di Sardegna" brigade on 21 December 1995. On 15 May 1996 the 33rd Self-propelled Field Artillery Group "Acqui" joined the brigade when the army disbanded the Motorized Brigade "Acqui", and the 7th Self-propelled Field Artillery Regiment "Cremona" transferred to army's Artillery Command to become a NBC-defence unit. At the same time the Regiment "Lancieri di Montebello" (8th) entered the brigade, while the 3rd Regiment "Granatieri Guardie" left the brigade. After the last round of reforms in 1997 the brigade consisted of the following units:
   Mechanized Brigade "Granatieri di Sardegna", in Rome
  Command and Tactical Supports Unit "Granatieri di Sardegna", in Rome
   1st Regiment "Granatieri di Sardegna", in Rome
   2nd Regiment "Granatieri di Sardegna", in Spoleto
   1st Bersaglieri Regiment, in Rome
   Regiment "Lancieri di Montebello" (8th), in Rome
   33rd Self-propelled Field Artillery Group "Acqui", in L'Aquila
   Logistic Battalion "Granatieri di Sardegna", in Civitavecchia
caption: Regiment "Lancieri di Montebello" (8th) on public duties
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