2nd Regiment "Granatieri di Sardegna"


The 2nd Regiment "Granatieri di Sardegna" is an inactive unit of the Italian Army based in Spoleto in Umbria. The regiment is part of the army's infantry corps' Granatieri speciality and was last operationally assigned to the Mechanized Brigade "Granatieri di Sardegna". The regiment was disbanded on 29 October 2003 and its battalion joined the 1st Regiment "Granatieri di Sardegna" as 2nd Grenadiers Battalion "Cengio.
On 21 November 2017 the 2nd Grenadiers Battalion "Cengio" became an autonomous battalion and began the process of raising additional companies to bring it back to full strength began. It is planned that the 2nd Regiment "Granatieri di Sardegna" will reactivate and become fully operational by 2021 with the "Cengio" as its battalion.

Current structure

As of 2019 the 2nd Grenadiers Battalion "Cengio" consists of:
The Command and Logistic Support Company fields the following platoons: C3 Platoon, Transport and Materiel Platoon, Medical Platoon, and Commissariat Platoon. The battalion is equipped with VTLM Lince vehicles. The Maneuver Support Company, which is being raised, will be equipped with 120mm mortars and Spike MR anti-tank guided missiles. Once the regiment is active again the army plans to equip it with tracked Dardo infantry fighting vehicles.