Brescia Mechanized Brigade
| Brigata Meccanizzata Brescia | |
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Coat of Arms of the Mechanized Brigade Brescia
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| Active | 1 November 1859 – 1939 21 October 1975 – 27 July 1991 |
| Country |
 Kingdom of Italy
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| Branch | Italian Army |
| Type | Infantry |
| Role | Armored warfare |
| Part of |
1975–1986 Mantova Mechnaized Division |
| Garrison/HQ | Brescia |
| Engagements |
World War I World War II Cold War |
1975–1986 Mantova Mechnaized Division
The Brescia Mechanized Brigade was a mechanized brigade of the Italian Army. Its core units were mechanized Infantry battalions. The brigade's headquarters was in the city of Brescia.
The Brescia Brigade was formed with the 19th and 20th infantry regiments on 1 November 1859 in Bergamo. Along with the Cremona Brigade in Brescia and the 6th Field Artillery Regiment it formed the 6th Division of the Line. The brigade along with the Valtellina Brigade formed the 5th Division of the Line in the Third Italian War of Independence, where it fought in the Battle of Custoza. The brigade participated in the Capture of Rome and then saw service in the Italian colonial wars: the First Italo-Ethiopian War and the Italo-Turkish War.
During World War I the brigade fought on the Italian Front and was awarded the Military Order of Italy for its conduct during the Eleventh Battle of the Isonzo on the Banjšice Plateau. In 1918 the brigade was sent to Western Front in France and fought there in the last allied offensive of the war. At the end of the war the brigade had reached Rimogne.
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