The Logistic Battalion "Pinerolo" (Italian: Battaglione Logistico "Pinerolo") is an inactive logistics unit of the Italian Army, which was assigned to the Mechanized Brigade "Pinerolo".[1] 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.[2]
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The battalion is the spiritual successor of the logistic units of the Royal Italian Army's 24th Infantry Division "Pinerolo", which fought in the Greco-Italian War of World War II. After the war the division was reformed on 15 April 1952 as Infantry Division "Pinerolo".[1]
On 1 September 1956 the logistic units of the Infantry Division "Pinerolo" were assigned to the newly formed Service Units Command "Pinerolo" in Bari. The command consisted of a medical section, a provisions section, a mobile vehicle park, a mobile workshop, and an auto unit. In 1960 the mobile vehicle park and mobile workshop were merged to form the Resupply, Repairs, Recovery Unit "Pinerolo".[1]
On 1 September 1962 the division was reduced to Infantry Brigade "Pinerolo" and consequently the Service Units Command "Pinerolo" was disbanded on 15 December 1962, with only the Resupply, Repairs, Recovery Unit "Pinerolo" and Auto Unit "Pinerolo" remaining with the brigade.[1]
As part of the 1975 army reform the Resupply, Repairs, Recovery Unit "Pinerolo" and Auto Unit "Pinerolo" were merged on 1 November 1975 to form the Logistic Battalion "Pinerolo", which received all the traditions of the preceding logistic, transport, medical, maintenance, and supply units of the Pinerolo units.[1] The battalion 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).[3]
On 12 November 1976 the battalion was granted a flag by decree 846 of the President of the Italian Republic Giovanni Leone.[4]
On 1 October 1981 the battalion was reorganized and consisted then of the following units:[1]
Battalion Command, in Messina[1]
- Command and Services Company
- Supply Company
- Maintenance Company
- Medium Transport Company
- Medical Unit (Reserve)
On 31 January 2001 the battalion lost its autonomy and the next day it entered the 10th Logistic Support Regiment "Appia". Consequently, the battalion's flag was transferred to the Shrine of the Flags in the Vittoriano in Rome.[1]
