16 Alpini Regiment

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 16° Reggimento Alpini


caption= Coat of Arms of the 16th Alpini Regiment
dates= 19 Sept. 1991 - 30 Nov. 2004
country= Italy
branch= Italian Army
type= Alpini
role= Mountain Infantry
size= 1 Battalion
Belluno Battalion
command_structure=Cadore Alpine Brigade
1991 - 1997
Julia Alpine Brigade
1997 - 1998
COMALP
1998 - 2004
garrison= Caserma Salsa in Belluno (BL)
patron=
motto= "Sunt rupes virtutis iter"
anniversaries= 23 April 1941
decorations=1 Croce di Cavaliere dell'O.M.I.
1 Silver Medal for Military Valour
1 Gold Medal for Civil Valour

The 16th Alpini Regiment was a short lived (1991-2004) light Infantry training regiment of the Italian Army, specializing in Mountain Combat. The Alpini are a mountain infantry corps of the Italian Army, that distinguished itself in combat during World War I and World War II.

The regiment was based in the city of Belluno and consisted of the single Belluno battalion. The main task of the regiment was the training of the recruits for the Alpini regiments based in the Veneto and Friuli-Venezia Giulia regions of northern Italy. First subordinated to the Alpine Brigade Cadore it passed to the Alpine Brigade Julia after Cadore was dissolved in 1997. Soon afterwards Julia ceded the regiment to the Alpini Corps Command. With the suspension of compulsory military service in Italy the regiment was dissolved on November 30th, 2004. During its short existence the regiment trained approximately 85.000 soldiers.

Structure

* 16th Alpini Regiment
** Belluno Battalion
*** Command and Service Company
*** 77th Alpini Company (dissolved in 1991)
*** 78th Alpini (Training) Company (dissolved in 2002)
*** 79th Alpini (Training) Company (dissolved in 2002)
*** 116th (Mortar) Company (dissolved in 1991)