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Italian Infantry units are named for regions and cities. ... of the army of the Kingdom of Piedmont ... In May 1940 when Italy entered World War II the branch fielded ...
The Kingdom of Italy (Italian: Regno d'Italia; ... Infantry: Line infantry: five regiments from the Italian Republic, with two more later raised, in 1805 and 1808.
At full strength, the firepower for an Alpini regiment was 27 heavy machine guns, 81 light machine guns, 27 45 mm mortars, 12 81 mm mortars, and 27 flamethrowers. The mountain artillery regiment was split between the two infantry regiments. Each regiment was provided with a battalion of 75 mm howitzers, which were transported on pack animals.
28th Infantry Division "Aosta" 29th Infantry Division "Piemonte" 30th Infantry Division "Sabauda" 31st Infantry Division "Calabria" 40th Infantry Division "Cacciatori d'Africa" (Hunters of Africa) 41st Infantry Division "Firenze" 44th Infantry Division "Cremona" 47th Infantry Division "Bari"
On the other side was the Esercito Cobelligerante del Sud (Italian Co-Belligerent Army), the army of the Italian Royalist forces, fighting on the side of the Allies in southern Italy after the Allied armistice with Italy in September 1943. 1946 – The Kingdom was ultimately replaced by the Italian Republic in 1946, and the Royal Army ...
Formed from the old Corsican regiment, designated as a formal light infantry regiment. 2nd Light Infantry Regiment 2° Reggimento di Fanteria Leggera: 16 February 1806 May 1815 Originally the 1st Light Regiment - during the reorganisation of 1813, it was redesignated as the 2nd. 3rd Light Infantry Regiment 3° Reggimento di Fanteria Leggera
The 1st Regiment of the Line (King's Own) or (Italian: 1° Reggimento della Linea 'del Re') was a line infantry regiment of the Royal Army of Naples.The regiment was the first infantry regiment formed by the small kingdom, but by 1811 gained a reputation as an exemplary infantry regiment, and was reformed with the honorary title of "King's Own, or del Re".
151st Infantry Regiment "Sassari", in Cagliari (Sardinia) with VTLM Lince vehicles (upgrade to Freccia infantry fighting vehicles planned) 152nd Infantry Regiment "Sassari", in Sassari (Sardinia) with VTLM Lince vehicles (upgrade to Freccia infantry fighting vehicles planned) 5th Engineer Regiment, in Macomer (Sardinia)