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{{short description|Active Italian Army brigade logistics unit}}
{{Infobox military unit
| unit_name= Logistic Regiment "Ariete"
| native_name= Reggimento Logistico "Ariete"
| image= CoA mil ITA rgt logistico ariete.png
| image_size = 160
| caption= Regimental coat of arms
| dates= 1 Nov. 1975 — today<ref name="La Storia">{{cite web |title=Reggimento Logistico "Ariete" - La Storia |url=https://www.esercito.difesa.it/organizzazione/capo-di-sme/COMFOTER/Comando-Forze-Operative-Nord/Brigata-Corazzata-Ariete/reggimento-logistico-ariete/Pagine/La-Storia.aspx |publisher=Italian Army |access-date=17 October 2024}}</ref>
| country = {{ITA}}
| countries =
| allegiance =
| branch = [[Italian Army]]
| type=
| role= [[Military logistics]]
| size=
| command_structure= [[132nd Armored Brigade "Ariete"]]
| garrison= [[Maniago]]
| patron=
| motto= "Sempre e meglio"
| battles=
| anniversaries= 22 May 1916 - [[Battle of Asiago]]
| decorations= [[File:Croce al merito dell'esercito bronze medal BAR.svg|50px]]<br>1× Bronze Cross of Army Merit<ref name="Quirinale">{{cite web |title=Battaglione Logistico "Ariete" |url=https://www.quirinale.it/onorificenze/insigniti/314345 |publisher=Quirinale - Presidenza della Repubblica |access-date=20 December 2019}}</ref>
| identification_symbol = {{Inline block|[[File:Mostrina - TRAMAT.png|border|32px]]|div}} {{Inline block|style=transform: scaleX(-1);|[[File:Mostrina - TRAMAT.png|border|32px]]|div}}
| identification_symbol_label = Unit [[Italian Army gorget patches|gorget patches]]
}}
The '''Logistic Regiment "Ariete"''' ({{langx|it|Reggimento Logistico "Ariete"}}) is a [[military logistics]] regiment of the [[Italian Army]] based in [[Maniago]] in [[Friuli-Venezia Giulia]]. Today the regiment is the logistic unit of the [[132nd Armored Brigade "Ariete"]].<ref name="Rgt Ariete">{{cite web |title=Reggimento Logistico "Ariete" |url=https://www.esercito.difesa.it/organizzazione/capo-di-sme/COMFOTER/Comando-Forze-Operative-Nord/Brigata-Corazzata-Ariete/reggimento-logistico-ariete |publisher=Italian Army |access-date=17 October 2024}}</ref> The regiment'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]] [[Battle of Asiago|Asiago Offensive]] in May 1916.<ref name="Rgt Ariete"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Arma dei Trasporti e Materiali - La Storia |url=https://www.esercito.difesa.it/organizzazione/armi-e-corpi/Trasporti-e-Materiali/Pagine/La-Storia.aspx |publisher=Italian Army |access-date=17 October 2024}}</ref>
== History ==
=== Cold War ===
In 1963, the Italian Army reorganized its armored divisions along [[NATO]] standards and added a brigade level to the divisions' organization. As part of the reorganization the [[Armored Division "Ariete"]] formed a services battalion for each of its three brigades. On 1 June 1963, the III Services Battalion "Ariete" was formed in [[Maniago]] and assigned to the III Armored Brigade "Ariete".<ref name="La Storia"/><ref name="Ariete">{{cite book |last1=F. dell'Uomo, R. Puletti |title=L'Esercito Italiano verso il 2000 - Vol. Primo - Tomo II |date=1998 |publisher=SME - Ufficio Storico |location=Rome |page=371}}</ref>
Initially the battalion consisted of a command, a command platoon, an auto unit, a mobile workshop, a mixed services platoon, and provisions team. On 1 January 1966, the battalion was reorganized and consisted afterwards of a command, a command and services company, an auto unit, a medical company, and a Resupply, Repairs, Recovery Unit. On 30 September 1968, the division's three brigade headquarters were disbanded and the next day, on 1 October 1968, the III Services Battalion "Ariete" was assigned to the division's Services Grouping Command "Ariete".<ref name="La Storia"/><ref name="Ariete"/>
As part of the [[Italian Army 1975 reform|1975 army reform]] the Armored Division "Ariete" was reorganized and three new brigades were formed with the division's units: on 1 October 1975, the [[32nd Armored Brigade "Mameli"]] and on 1 November 1975, the [[8th Mechanized Brigade "Garibaldi"]] and [[132nd Armored Brigade "Manin"]]. On 1 November 1975, the III Services Battalion "Ariete" was renamed Logistic Battalion "Manin" and assigned to the 132nd Mechanized Brigade "Manin".<ref name="La Storia"/><ref name="Ariete"/> Initially the battalion consisted of a command, a command platoon, a supply and transport company, a medium workshop, and a vehicle park.<ref name="Ariete"/> At the time the battalion fielded 692 men (38 officers, 85 non-commissioned officers, and 569 soldiers).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Stefani |first1=Filippo |title=La storia della dottrina e degli ordinamenti dell'Esercito Italiano - Vol. III - Tomo 2° |date=1989 |publisher=Ufficio Storico - Stato Maggiore dell'Esercito |location=Rome |page=1190}}</ref>
On 12 November 1976, the [[President of the Italian Republic]] [[Giovanni Leone]] granted with decree 846 the battalion its flag.<ref name="Ariete"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Decreto del Presidente della Repubblica 12 novembre 1976, n. 846 |url=https://www.gazzettaufficiale.it/atto/serie_generale/caricaDettaglioAtto/originario?atto.dataPubblicazioneGazzetta=1976-12-22&atto.codiceRedazionale=076U0846 |publisher=Quirinale - Presidenza della Repubblica |access-date=17 October 2024}}</ref>
In 1981, the battalion added a reserve medical unit. The same year the battalion was reorganized and consisted afterwards of the following units:<ref name="Ariete"/>
{{tree list}}
* [[File:CoA mil ITA btg logistico ariete.png|30px]] '''Logistic Battalion "Manin"''', in [[Maniago]]<ref name="Ariete"/>
** Command and Services Company
** Supply Company
** Maintenance Company
** Medium Transport Company
** Medical Unit (Reserve)
{{tree list/end}}
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 [[III Army Corps (Italy)|3rd Army Corps]] or [[V Army Corps (Italy)|5th Army Corps]]. As the Armored Division "Ariete" carried the traditions of the [[132nd Armored Division "Ariete"]], which had distinguished itself in the [[Western Desert campaign]] of [[World War II]], the army decided to retain the name of the division. On 30 September 1986, the command of the Armored Division "Ariete" in [[Pordenone]] was disbanded and the next day the command of the Armored Brigade "Manin" moved from [[Aviano]] to Pordenone, where the command was renamed [[132nd Armored Brigade "Ariete"]]. The "Ariete" brigade retained the Manin's units, which, including the Logistic Battalion "Manin", changed their names from "Manin" to "Ariete".<ref name="Ariete"/><ref>{{cite book |last1=F. dell'Uomo, R. di Rosa |title=L'Esercito Italiano verso il 2000 - Vol. Secondo - Tomo I |date=2001 |publisher=SME - Ufficio Storico |location=Rome |page=39}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=F. dell'Uomo, R. Puletti |title=L'Esercito Italiano verso il 2000 - Vol. Primo - Tomo I |date=1998 |publisher=SME - Ufficio Storico |location=Rome |page=99}}</ref>
=== Recent times ===
From December 1992 to March 1994, the battalion provided personnel and materiel for the [[Unified Task Force]] and then the [[United Nations Operation in Somalia II]] in [[Somalia]]. From 6 February to 24 May 2004, the battalion deployed to [[Iraq]] as part of the [[Italian involvement in the Iraq War|Italian contribution]] to the [[Multi-National Force – Iraq]]. For its conduct and work in Iraq the battalion was awarded a Bronze Cross of Army Merit, which was affixed to the battalion's flag.<ref name="Ariete"/> <ref name="Quirinale"/>
On 30 June 2015, the Logistic Battalion "Ariete" lost its autonomy and the next day the battalion entered the newly formed Logistic Regiment "Ariete".<ref name="La Storia"/>
== Organization ==
As of 2024 the Logistic Regiment "Ariete" is organized as follows:<ref name="Manuale di Gestione">{{cite web |title=Reggimento Logistico "Ariete" — Manuale di Gestione |url=https://www.difesa.it/assets/allegati/Protocollo/AOO_Difesa/Esercito/Documents/E25812_MdG_2015.pdf |publisher=Ministero della Difesa |access-date=17 October 2024}}</ref>
{{tree list}}
* [[File:CoA mil ITA rgt logistico ariete.png|30px]] '''Logistic Regiment "Ariete"''', in [[Maniago]]<ref name="Rgt Ariete"/><ref name="Manuale di Gestione"/>
** Command and Logistic Support Company
** '''Logistic Battalion'''<ref name="Rgt Ariete"/>
*** Transport Company
*** Maintenance Company
*** Supply Company
{{tree list/end}}
== See also ==
* [[Military logistics]]
==External links==
* [https://www.esercito.difesa.it/organizzazione/capo-di-sme/COMFOTER/Comando-Forze-Operative-Nord/Brigata-Corazzata-Ariete/reggimento-logistico-ariete Italian Army Website: Reggimento Logistico "Ariete"]
== References ==
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{{Italian Army Logistic Regiments}}
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[[Category:Logistic Regiments of Italy]]
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