9th Paratroopers Assault Regiment "Col Moschin"

9th Paratroopers Assault Regiment "Col Moschin"
9° Reggimento d'Assalto Paracadutisti "Col Moschin"
Regimental coat of arms
Active20 July 1942 – 9 Sept. 1943
1 Oct. 1975 – today[1]
Country Italy
BranchItalian Army
TypeSpecial Forces
Part ofArmy Special Forces Command
Garrison/HQLivorno
Motto(s)"Della folgore l'impeto"
Anniversaries16 June 1918 Battle of Col Moschin
Decorations
2x Military Order of Italy
3x Silver Medals of Military Valor
1x Gold Medal of Army Valor
1x Silver Medal of Army Valor[2]
Insignia
Regimental gorget patches

The 9th Paratroopers Assault Regiment "Col Moschin" (Italian: 9° Reggimento d'Assalto Paracadutisti "Col Moschin") is an active Special Forces unit of the Italian Army based in Livorno in Tuscany. The regiment is part of the Italian Army's infantry arm's Paracadutisti speciality and assigned to the Army Special Forces Command for training, preparation, doctrinal and procedural development, and the materiel acquisition. Operationally the regiment falls under the Italian Armed Forces' Joint Special Forces Operations Command. The regiment is the only military unit which has participated in all out-of-area missions of the Italian Army since World War II.[3][4]

  1. ^ "9° Reggimento d'Assalto Paracadutisti "Col Moschin" – La Storia". Italian Army. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  2. ^ "9° Reggimento d'Assalto Paracadutisti "Col Moschin" - Il Medagliere". Italian Army. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  3. ^ "9° Reggimento d'Assalto Paracadutisti "Col Moschin"". Italian Army. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  4. ^ F. dell'Uomo, R. Puletti (1998). L'Esercito Italiano verso il 2000 – Vol. Primo – Tomo I. Rome: SME – Ufficio Storico. p. 564.