Logistic Battalion "Pozzuolo del Friuli"

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Inactive Italian Army brigade logistics unit

Active1 Nov. 1975 — 1 Feb. 2002

Country

Logistic Battalion "Pozzuolo del Friuli"
Battaglione Logistico "Pozzuolo del Friuli"
Battalion coat of arms
Active	1 Nov. 1975 — 1 Feb. 2002
Country	Italy
Branch	Italian Army
Type	Military logistics
Part of	Cavalry Brigade "Pozzuolo del Friuli"
Garrison/HQ	Visco
Motto(s)	"Con la virtù dei cavalieri antiqui"
Anniversaries	22 May 1916 - Battle of Asiago
Decorations	1× Bronze Medal of Army Valor^[1]
Insignia
Unit gorget patches

Military unit

The Logistic Battalion "Pozzuolo del Friuli" (Italian: Battaglione Logistico "Pozzuolo del Friuli") is an inactive military logistics battalion of the Italian Army, which was assigned to the Cavalry Brigade "Pozzuolo del Friuli".^[2] The battalion's anniversary falls, as for all units of the Italian Army's Transport and Materiel Corps, on 22 May, the anniversary of the Royal Italian Army's first major use of automobiles to transport reinforcements to the Asiago plateau to counter the Austro-Hungarian Asiago Offensive in May 1916.^[3]

Cold War

The battalion is the spiritual successor of the logistic units of the Royal Italian Army's cavalry divisions, which participated in October 1918 in the Battle of Vittorio Veneto:^[2]

1st Cavalry Division "Friuli"
2nd Cavalry Division "Veneto"
3rd Cavalry Division "Lombardia"
4th Cavalry Division "Piemonte"

On 1 October 1975, as part of the 1975 army reform, the Cavalry Brigade "Pozzuolo del Friuli" was split into the Armored Brigade "Pozzuolo del Friuli" and Armored Brigade "Vittorio Veneto". On 1 November 1975, the Logistic Battalion "Pozzuolo del Friuli" was formed in Visco and assigned to the brigade. The battalion consisted of a command, command platoon, a supply and transport company, a medium workshop, and a vehicle park.^[2] At the time the battalion fielded 692 men (38 officers, 85 non-commissioned officers, and 569 soldiers).^[4]

On 12 November 1976, the President of the Italian Republic Giovanni Leone granted with decree 846 the battalion a flag.^[2]^[5]

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.^[2]^[1]

In 1981, the battalion added a reserve medical unit. On 1 December 1981, the battalion was reorganized and consisted then of the following units:^[2]

Logistic Battalion "Pozzuolo del Friuli", in Visco^[2]
- Command and Services Company
- Supply Company
- Maintenance Company
- Medium Transport Company
- Medical Unit (Reserve)

Recent times

On 1 February 2002, the Logistic Battalion "Pozzuolo del Friuli" was disbanded and the battalion's flag was transferred to the Shrine of the Flags in the Vittoriano in Rome for safekeeping.^[6]

References

1 2 "Battaglione Logistico "Pozzuolo del Friuli"". Quirinale - Presidenza della Repubblica. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 F. dell'Uomo, R. di Rosa (2001). L'Esercito Italiano verso il 2000 - Vol. Secondo - Tomo II. Rome: SME - Ufficio Storico. p. 395.
↑ "Arma dei Trasporti e Materiali - La Storia". Italian Army. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
↑ Stefani, Filippo (1989). La storia della dottrina e degli ordinamenti dell'Esercito Italiano - Vol. III - Tomo 2°. Rome: Ufficio Storico - Stato Maggiore dell'Esercito. p. 1190.
↑ "Decreto del Presidente della Repubblica 12 novembre 1976, n. 846". Quirinale - Presidenza della Repubblica. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
↑ "Brigata di Cavalleria "Pozzuolo del Friuli" - La Storia". Italian Army. Retrieved 17 October 2024.

Italian Army

Four-star rank (OF 9)

Chief of the Army General Staff

Three-star rank (OF 8)

COMFOTER
NRDC-ITA
COMLOG
COMFORDOT
COMFOP Nord
COMFOP Sud
COMFOTER Support
COMTA

Two-star rank (OF 7)

Divisions	"Acqui" "Tridentina" "Vittorio Veneto"
Other	Army Aviation Command Army Simulation and Validation Center Army Training Command and Application School Engineer Command

One-star rank (OF 6)

Brigades	"Aosta" "Ariete" "Folgore" "Friuli" "Garibaldi" "Granatieri di Sardegna" "Julia" "Pinerolo" "Pozzuolo del Friuli" "Sassari" "Taurinense" Army Aviation Support NRDC-ITA Support Tactical Intelligence
Commands	Army Special Forces Artillery Anti-aircraft Artillery Signal Logistic Support
Other	Military Academy Army NCO School Infantry School Cavalry School Administrative School Medical and Veterinary School Alpine Training Center Army Aviation Training Center

Italian Army logistic units

Active

Logistic units

Logistic Regiment "Aosta", Logistic Regiment "Ariete", Logistic Regiment "Folgore", Logistic Regiment "Garibaldi", Logistic Regiment "Julia", Logistic Regiment "Pinerolo", Logistic Regiment "Pozzuolo del Friuli", Logistic Regiment "Sassari", Logistic Regiment "Taurinense", 6th General Support Logistic Regiment, 33rd Logistic and Tactical Support Regiment "Ambrosiano", Transit Areas Management Regiment

Transport units

8th Transport Regiment "Casilina", 11th Transport Regiment "Flaminia", Joint Forces Maneuver Regiment

Inactive

Corps logistic units	5th Maneuver Logistic Battalion "Euganeo", 8th Maneuver Logistic Battalion "Carso", 24th Maneuver Logistic Battalion "Dolomiti", 33rd Maneuver Logistic Battalion "Ambrosiano", 50th Maneuver Logistic Battalion "Carnia"
Division logistic units	Logistic Battalion "Ariete", Logistic Battalion "Centauro", Logistic Battalion "Folgore", Logistic Battalion "Mantova"
Brigade logistic units	Logistic Battalion "Acqui", 13th Logistic Battalion "Aquileia", Logistic Battalion "Brescia", Logistic Battalion "Cadore", Logistic Battalion "Centauro", Logistic Battalion "Cremona", Logistic Battalion "Friuli", Logistic Battalion "Goito", Logistic Battalion "Gorizia", Logistic Battalion "Granatieri di Sardegna", Logistic Battalion "Julia", Logistic Battalion "Legnano", Logistic Battalion "Mameli", Logistic Battalion "Mantova", Logistic Battalion "Orobica", Logistic Battalion "Piemonte", Logistic Battalion "Pinerolo", Logistic Battalion "Pozzuolo del Friuli", Logistic Battalion "Taurinense", Logistic Battalion "Tridentina", Logistic Battalion "Trieste", Logistic Battalion "Vittorio Veneto"
Transport units	1st Transport Battalion "Monviso", 3rd Army Corps Auto Group "Fulvia", 4th Army Corps Auto Group "Claudia", 5th Army Corps Auto Group "Postumia", 7th Transport Battalion "Monte Amiata", 10th Transport Battalion "Appia", 10th Maneuver Transport Group "Salaria", 11th Transport Battalion "Etnea", 14th Transport Battalion "Flavia"

Logistic Battalion "Pozzuolo del Friuli"

Cold War

Recent times

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References

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