Logistic Regiment "Pinerolo"

The Logistic Regiment "Pinerolo" (Reggimento Logistico "Pinerolo") is a military logistics regiment of the Italian Army based in Bari in Apulia. Originally a transport unit, the regiment is now the logistic unit of the Mechanized Brigade "Pinerolo". 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
In August 1920 the VIII Automobilistic Center was formed in Naples and assigned to the VIII Army Corps. In 1923 the center was disbanded and its personnel and materiel used to form the VIII Auto Grouping, which consisted of a command, an auto group, a railway group, and a depot. On 31 October 1926 the grouping was disbanded and the next day its personnel and vehicles were used to from the 10th Automobilistic Center in Naples. The center consisted of a command, the X Automobilistic Group, and a depot. The three companies of the disbanded railway group were assigned to the 10th Field Artillery Regiment, 12th Field Artillery Regiment, and 25th Field Artillery Regiment.

In 1935-36 the center mobilized for the Second Italo-Ethiopian War five auto units and provided 1 officers and 680 soldiers to other units.

On 1 July 1942 the unit was renamed 10th Drivers Regiment. The regiment was disbanded by invading German forces after the announcement of the Armistice of Cassibile on 8 September 1943.

During World War II the center mobilized in its depot in Naples among others the following units:


 * 15th Auto Grouping
 * 132nd Drivers Marching Regiment (provided reserve drivers to units in combat)
 * 7th Heavy Auto Group
 * 42nd Heavy Auto Group
 * 8th Roadside Assistance Unit
 * 21st Auto Workshop
 * 22nd Auto Workshop
 * 23rd Auto Workshop
 * 24th Auto Workshop
 * 25th Auto Workshop
 * 26th Auto Workshop
 * 59th Heavy Mobile Workshop

On 1 November 1943 the 10th Drivers Regiment was reformed in Naples by the Italian Co-belligerent Army. The regiment provided drivers for the Italian Liberation Corps and the co-belligerent army's combat groups, which fought on the allied side in the Italian campaign. The regiment was disbanded on 1 March 1945.

On 1 March 1947 the 10th Drivers Center was formed in Naples, which consisted of a command, the 10th Auto Unit, the 10th Vehicles Park, a fuel depot, and a depot. The center supported the X Territorial Military Command of the Southern Military Region. On 1 March 1949 the 10th Vehicles Park was transferred to the 10th Automotive Repair Shop. In 1957 the 9th Drivers Center in Bari was disbanded and the 10th Drivers Center became responsible for the entire Southern Military Region. The unit was tasked with the transport of fuel, ammunition, and materiel between the military region's depots and the logistic supply points of the army's divisions and brigades. On 31 December 1964 the 10th Drivers Center was disbanded and the 10th Auto Unit became autonomous. The next day the unit was assigned to the X Territorial Military Command.

As part of the 1975 army reform the unit was renamed 10th Mixed Maneuver Auto Unit.

10th Transport Battalion "Appia"
On 25 May 1987 the 10th Mixed Maneuver Auto Unit was reorganized as 10th Transport Battalion "Appia". Like all Italian Army transport units the battalion was named for a historic road near its base, in case of the 10th Transport Battalion for the Roman road Via Appia. On 13 July 1987 the President of the Italian Republic Francesco Cossiga assigned the flag and traditions of the 10th Drivers Regiment to the battalion, which consisted of a command, a command and services company, a mixed transport company, and a special transports company.

On 30 June 1996 the 10th Transport Battalion "Appia" was disbanded and the next day its personnel and materiel were used to from the 10th Military Region Logistic Unit "Appia", which consisted of a command, a command and services company, a transport battalion, and a movement control and convoy escort company. The battalion fielded a mixed transport company, a special transport company, and a maintenance company. On 1 July 1998 the unit was renamed 10th Logistic Support Regiment "Appia". On 1 October 1998 the regiment moved from Naples to Bari.

Recent times
On 1 February 2001 the regiment received the Logistic Battalion "Pinerolo" from the Armored Brigade "Pinerolo" and on the same date the regiment was assigned to the Logistic Projection Brigade. On 1 March 2001 the regiment was reorganized as 10th Transport Regiment and now consisted of a command, a command and logistic support company, a transport battalion, and a movement control battalion.

On 12 September 2013 the Logistic Projection Command was disbanded and the 10th Transport Regiment was assigned to the Mechanized Brigade "Pinerolo". On 1 January 2015 the regiment was renamed Logistic Regiment "Pinerolo" and reorganized as a brigade supporting logistic regiment. For its conduct and work during the COVID-19 pandemic the regiment was awarded a Silver Cross of Army Merit, which was affixed to the regiment's flag.

Organization
Like all Italian Army brigade logistic units the Logistic Regiment "Pinerolo" consists of:


 * CoA mil ITA rgt logistico pinerolo.png Regimental Command, in Bari
 * Command and Logistic Support Company
 * Logistic Battalion
 * Supply Company
 * Transport Company
 * Maintenance Company