6th General Support Logistic Regiment

The 6th General Support Logistic Regiment (6° Reggimento Logistico di Supporto Generale) is a military logistics regiment of the Italian Army based in Budrio in the Emilia Romagna. The regiment is assigned to the Logistic Support Command and manages the transport of equipment, personnel, and materiel from the logistic transit areas to military units in operations. The 6th regiment, together with the Transit Areas Management Regiment provides third line logistic support for the army's brigades and Rapid Deployable Corps – Italy. The regimental anniversary falls, as for all units of the Transport and Materiel Corps, on 22 May, the anniversary of the Italian Army's first major automobile use to transport reinforcements to counter the Austro-Hungarian Offensive at Asiago in 1916.

History
The battalion is the spiritual successor of the logistic units of the 20th Infantry Division "Friuli", which was formed in 1939. In April 1941 the division participated in the Invasion of Yugoslavia. After the Allied landings in French North Africa Italy and Germany occupied Vichy France on 11 November 1942 and the Friuli was ferried from Tuscany to northern Corsica, where the division remained on occupation duty until the announcement of the Armistice of Cassibile on 8 September 1943. The next day the Friuli and its sister division the 44th Infantry Division "Cremona" fought the retreating German Sturmbrigade Reichsführer SS and 90th Panzergrenadier Division and the Italian XII Paratroopers Battalion/ 184th Paratroopers Regiment of the 184th Airborne Division "Nembo",

After the operations in Corsica the Friuli was transferred to Sardinia and joined the Italian Co-belligerent Army. In July 1944 the division was shipped to San Giorgio del Sannio in southern Italy, where it was equipped with British weapons and materiel. On 20 September 1944 the division was reorganized as Combat Group "Friuli". The group entered combat on 5 February 1945 as replacement for the Polish 5th Infantry Division "Kresowa" of the II Polish Corps on the Senio river near Brisighella. From there the Friuli advanced with the allied armies to liberate Imola, Castel San Pietro and Bologna.

On 15 October 1945 the combat group was renamed Infantry Division "Friuli". Initially the division was based in the city of Bolzano, but in 1949 the division returned to Tuscany and was based in Florence. On 20 February 1957 the logistic units of the division were assigned to the newly formed Service Units Command "Friuli", which was formed on the same date in Sesto Fiorentino. The command consisted of a medical section, a provisions section, a mobile vehicle park, a mobile workshop, and an auto unit. On 20 March 1960 the Service Units Command "Friuli" was disbanded as the division was reduced to Infantry Brigade "Friuli" on 15 April 1960. On 1 July 1960 the mobile vehicle park and mobile workshop were merged to form the Resupply, Repairs, Recovery Unit "Friuli".

Logistic Battalion "Friuli"


As part of the 1975 army reform the Resupply, Repairs, Recovery Unit "Friuli" and Auto Unit "Friuli" were merged on 23 September 1975 to form the Logistic Battalion "Friuli", which received all the traditions of the preceding logistic, transport, medical, maintenance, and supply units of the Friuli units. The battalion was assigned to the Motorized Brigade "Friuli" and consisted of a command, a command platoon, a supply and transport company, a medium workshop, a vehicle park, and a medical company. At the time the battalion fielded 651 men (37 officers, 82 non-commissioned officers, and 532 soldiers).

On 12 November 1976 the battalion was granted a flag by decree 846 of the President of the Italian Republic Giovanni Leone.

In 1981 the battalion was reorganized and consisted then of the following units:


 * CoA mil ITA btg logistico friuli.png Battalion Command, in Florence
 * Command and Services Company
 * Supply Company
 * Maintenance Company
 * Medium Transport Company
 * Medical Unit (Reserve)

After the end of the Cold War and the subsequent reduction of the Italian Army the Mechanized Brigade "Friuli" was ordered to merge with the Mechanized Brigade "Trieste". On 31 May 1991 the Mechanized Brigade "Trieste" and Logistic Battalion "Friuli" were disbanded and the next day the Logistic Battalion "Trieste" in Budrio joined the now Mechanized Brigade "Friuli" and was renamed Logistic Battalion "Friuli". Subsequently, the flag of the Logistic Battalion "Trieste" was transferred to the Shrine of the Flags in the Vittoriano in Rome.

From December 1992 to March 1994 the battalion provided personnel to augment the Logistic Battalion "Folgore", which was deployed as part of the Unified Task Force to Somalia.

Recent times
On 27 June 2001 the Logistic Battalion "Friuli" was reorganized as 6th Transport Regiment and transferred to the Logistic Projection Brigade. The regiment received a new coat of arms and consisted of a command, a command and logistic support company, the Transport Battalion "Friuli", and the Movement Control Battalion "Trieste".

On 8 October 2003 to 29 January 2004 the regiment deployed to Iraq as part of the Italian contribution to the Multi-National Force – Iraq. For its work and conduct in Iraq the regiment was awarded a Bronze Medal of Army Valor, which was affixed to the regiment's flag and added to the regiment's coat of arms.

On 1 January 2015 the 6th Transport Regiment was renamed Logistic Regiment "Friuli" and assigned to the Airmobile Brigade "Friuli". Already one year later on 1 January 2016 the regiment left the brigade and was assigned to the army's Logistic Support Command and reorganized as 6th General Support Logistic Regiment.

Organization
As of 2023 the 6th General Support Logistic Regiment consists of:


 * CoA mil ITA rgt trasporti 06.png Regimental Command, in Budrio
 * Command and Logistic Support Company
 * Transport Battalion
 * Movement Control Battalion