Alpine Brigade Tridentina - 1975 Reorganization

1975 Reorganization

In 1975 the Italian Army abolished the regimental level and battalions came under direct command of the Army's brigades. In the same year the Verona Mountain Artillery group was dissolved and the 1st Heavy Artillery Group Adige moved in the vacant base in Elvas. The Adige along with the United States Army's 11th Field Artillery Detachment, based at Site Rigel in Natz-Schabs, were tasked, in case the defense of the Puster Valley would fail, to destroy the entire valley with W33 nuclear artillery warheads fired from the Adiges M115 203mm howitzers, as part of the US-Italian nuclear weapons sharing program.

Each Alpini battalion had 5 companies and an organic strength of around 1,000 men, with the exception of the Val Brenta Alpini Battalion, which was tasked to defend the border areas and the main passes in the fixed positions of the Alpine Wall. The new composition was:

• Tridentina Command and Signal Battalion in Brixen
• Bolzano Alpini (Training) Battalion in Brixen
  • Headquarters and Service Company
  • 92nd Alpini (Training) Company
  • 127th Alpini (Training) Company
  • 141st Alpini (Training) Company
  • 142nd Alpini (Training) Company
• Trento Alpini Battalion in Welsberg
  • Headquarters and Service Company
  • 94th Alpini Company
  • 144th Alpini Company
  • 145th Alpini Company
  • 128th Heavy Mortar Company
• Bassano Alpini Battalion in Innichen
  • Headquarters and Service Company
  • 62nd Alpini Company
  • 63rd Alpini Company
  • 74th Alpini Company
  • 129th Heavy Mortar Company
• Val Brenta Alpini Battalion in Bruneck (put into reserve status on 23 August 1986; only the 262nd Alpini Company remained in active service)
  • Headquarters and Service Company
  • 253rd Alpini Company in Sterzing
  • 262nd Alpini Company in Innichen
  • 264th Alpini Company in Bruneck (transferred on 1 November 1975 from the disbanded Val Cismon Alpini Battalion of the Cadore Alpine Brigade. Disbanded on 1 July 1979.)
  • 115th Heavy Mortar Company
• Vicenza Mountain Artillery Group in Elvas
  • Headquarters and Service Battery
  • 19th Mountain Artillery Battery
  • 20th Mountain Artillery Battery
  • 21st Mountain Artillery Battery
• Asiago Mountain Artillery Group in Toblach
  • Headquarters and Service Battery
  • 28th Mountain Artillery Battery
  • 29th Mountain Artillery Battery
  • 30th Mountain Artillery Battery
• Tridentina Logistic Battalion in Vahrn
• Tridentina Anti-tank Company in Bruneck
• Tridentina Engineer Company in Brixen