Logistic Battalion "Cadore"

The Logistic Battalion "Cadore" (Battaglione Logistico "Cadore") is an inactive logistics unit of the Italian Army, which was assigned to the Alpine Brigade "Cadore". As an alpine unit the battalion is associated with the army's mountain infantry speciality, the Alpini, with whom the battalion shares the distinctive Cappello Alpino. 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 Alpine Brigade "Cadore", which was formed on 1 July 1953 in Belluno. On 10 October 1956 the logistic units of the brigade were assigned to the newly formed Service Units Command "Cadore". The command consisted of a medical section, a provisions section, a mobile vehicle park, a mobile workshop, and an auto unit. On 1 November 1961 the mobile vehicle park and mobile workshop were merged to form the Resupply, Repairs, Recovery Unit "Cadore".

On 1 January 1967 the Service Units Command "Cadore" was reorganized as Services Grouping Command "Cadore", which consisted of a command, the Auto Unit "Cadore", a provisions company, the Resupply, Repairs, Recovery Unit "Cadore", and a medical section. On 1 February 1968 the command received the 103rd Field Hospital, which on 1 August 1973 was assigned together with the medical section to the newly formed Medical Battalion "Cadore".

As part of the 1975 army reform the Services Grouping Command "Cadore" was reorganized as Logistic Battalion "Cadore" on 1 January 1976. Initially the battalion consisted of a command, a command and services platoon, two light logistic units, a medium logistic unit, and two reserve medical units. At the time the battalion fielded 712 men (42 officers, 92 non-commissioned officers, and 588 soldiers). On 12 November 1976 the battalion was granted a flag by decree 846 of the President of the Italian Republic Giovanni Leone.

On 1 January 1981 the two medical units merged into a single reserve medical unit. On 1 January 1982 the battalion was reorganized and now consisted of the following units:


 * CoA mil ITA btg log cadore.png Battalion Command, in Belluno
 * Command and Services Company
 * Supply Company
 * Maintenance Company
 * Medium Transport Company
 * Medical Unit (Reserve)

On 10 January 1997 the Alpine Brigade "Cadore" was disbanded, followed by the Logistic Battalion "Cadore" on 31 January 1997. On 26 February of the same year the battalion's flag was transferred to the Shrine of the Flags in the Vittoriano in Rome.