page_title: 4th Alpini Paratroopers Regiment
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: 4th Alpini Paratroopers Regiment / History
caption_attribution_description: Alpinis from the 4th Alpini paratroopers regiment in Afghanistan; Italian Army."
context_page_description: The 4th Alpini Paratroopers Regiment is a Ranger-type special forces regiment of the Italian Army, specializing in mountain combat. The regiment is one of four regiments of the Army Special Forces Command. The regiment is unit of the Italian Army's mountain infantry speciality, the Alpini, which distinguished itself in combat during World War I and World War II. The 4th Alpini Regiment is one of the most decorated units of the Italian Army, although its two Gold Medals of Military Valour were awarded to the regiment's currently inactive Alpini Battalion "Aosta", respectively the currently active Skiers Battalion "Monte Cervino".
caption: Alpini Paratroopers of the 4th regiment in Afghanistan
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