Logistic Battalion "Mantova"

The Logistic Battalion "Mantova" (Battaglione Logistico "Mantova") is an inactive logistics unit of the Italian Army, which was assigned to the Mechanized Brigade "Mantova". 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 Royal Italian Army's 14th Infantry Division "Isonzo", which was active during World War II.

As part of the 1975 army reform the units of the Infantry Division "Mantova" were reorganized and on 21 October 1975 the Mechanized Brigade "Isonzo" was formed in the city of Cividale del Friuli and assigned to the Mechanized Division "Mantova". On 1 November of the same year the Logistic Battalion "Isonzo" was formed in Tricesimo and assigned to the brigade. Initially the battalion consisted of a command, a command platoon, a supply and transport company, a medium workshop, and a vehicle park. At the time the battalion fielded 692 men (38 officers, 85 non-commissioned officers, and 569 soldiers).

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

For its conduct and work after the 1976 Friuli earthquake the battalion was awarded a Bronze Medal of Army Valor, which was affixed to the battalion's flag and added to the battalion's coat of arms.

On 1 December 1981 the battalion was reorganized and consisted then of the following units:


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

In 1986 the Italian Army abolished the divisional level and brigades, which until then had been under one of the Army's four divisions, came under direct command of the Army's 3rd Army Corps or 5th Army Corps. As the Mechanized Division "Mantova" carried the traditions of the 104th Infantry Division "Mantova" and Combat Group "Mantova", which had both fought against the Germans during the Italian campaign of World War II the army decided to retain the name of the division. On 30 September 1986 the Mantova's division command in Udine was disbanded and the next day the command of the Mechanized Brigade "Isonzo" moved from Cividale del Friuli to Udine, where the command was renamed Mechanized Brigade "Mantova". The brigade retained the Isonzo's support units, which changed their names from Isonzo to Mantova on the same date.

On 1 April 1996 Logistic Battalion "Gorizia" joined the Mechanized Brigade "Mantova" and subsequently the Logistic Battalion "Mantova" was disbanded on 30 June 1996. On 3 July of the same year the battalion's flag was transferred to the Shrine of the Flags in the Vittoriano in Rome.