page_title: Italian Army 1975 reform
section_title: Paratroopers Brigade "Folgore"
hierarchical_section_title: Italian Army 1975 reform / Army General Staff / Tuscan-Emilian Military Region - VII C.M.T. / Paratroopers Brigade "Folgore"
caption_attribution_description: English: Italian Army Tuscan-Emilian Military Region reform changes 1975
context_page_description: With the 1975 reforms the Italian Army abolished the regimental level and replaced it with brigades made up of multiple arms. During the reform the army disbanded 48 regimental commands and reduced its force by 87 battalions. A further ten regimental commands were used to raise ten new brigade commands. Ten training centers, which for traditional reasons had carried the names of regiments, were also disbanded. The reduction in units also allowed to mechanize most of the remaining units in Northern Italy and Italy's defense strategy changed from a hold-at-all-costs territorial defense to one of mobile warfare.
  The reform was pushed through by General Andrea Cucino. Having become Chief of the General Staff of the Army on 1 February 1975, Cucino, concerned with the number of undermanned and underequipped units, ordered an immediate review of the army's structure. After two months Cucino and his staff presented a plan to restructure the entire army, and having secured an additional 1,100 billion Lire over 10 years to modernize the army's equipment, Cucino ordered the reform to begin with 1 September 1975.
context_section_description: Paratroopers Brigade "Folgore", in Livorno
   1st Paratroopers Regiment, in Livorno -> disbanded
  Command and Services Company, in Livorno -> Paratroopers Command and Signal Unit "Folgore"
  II Paratroopers Battalion, in Pisa ->  2nd Paratroopers Battalion "Tarquinia" (assigned the war flag of the 187th Paratroopers Regiment "Folgore") ʘ-> Livorno
  V Paratroopers Battalion, in Pisa ->  5th Paratroopers Battalion "El Alamein" (assigned the war flag of the 186th Paratroopers Regiment "Folgore") ʘ-> Livorno
  120mm Mortar Company, in Livorno -> disbanded
  Saboteur Paratroopers Battalion, in Pisa ->  9th Paratroopers Assault Battalion "Col Moschin" (assigned the war flag of the 10th Arditi Regiment)
  Carabinieri Paratroopers Battalion, in Livorno -> 1st Carabinieri Paratroopers Battalion "Tuscania" (granted a new war flag)
  Paratroopers Field Artillery Group, in Livorno (M56 105mm towed howitzers) ->  185th Paratroopers Field Artillery Group "Viterbo" (assigned the war flag of the 185th Artillery Regiment "Folgore")
  Light Aviation Unit "Folgore", at Pisa-San Giusto Air Base -> 26th Light Airplanes and Helicopters Squadrons Group "Giove"
  Paratroopers Pathfinder Company "Folgore", in Siena
  Paratroopers Engineer Company "Folgore", in Livorno ʘ-> Lucca
  Paratroopers Signal Company "Folgore", in Livorno --> Paratroopers Command and Signal Unit "Folgore"
  Air-supplies Company "Folgore", in Pisa ->  Paratroopers Logistic Battalion "Folgore" (granted a new war flag)
  Maintenance Company "Folgore", in Livorno --> Paratroopers Logistic Battalion "Folgore"
  new: Paratroopers Anti-tank Company "Folgore", in Livorno
caption: Tuscan-Emilian Military Region 1975 reform changes
  Italian Army reform 1975 color scheme.png
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