Motorized Brigade "Acqui"

Brigata Motorizzata "Acqui"
Coat of Arms of the Motorized Brigade "Acqui"
Active25 October 1831 - 30 June 1996
1 January 2003 - today
CountryItaly
AllegianceItalian Army
BranchArmy
TypeBrigade
RoleInfantry
Part ofCOMFOTER
Garrison/HQL'Aquila

The Motorized Brigade "Acqui" was an infantry brigade of the Italian Army, based in the centre of the Italian peninsula. The brigade's name was one of the oldest of the Italian Army and connected the brigade to its original area of recruitment around the city of Acqui. The brigade was disbanded in 1996, but re-raised as a deployable division command in 2003 and elevated to full division with assigned brigades in 2013.[1]

Carrying the name of the Piedmontese city of Acqui the brigade's coat of arms was modeled after the city's coat of arms.

  1. ^ "Divisione "Acqui" - La storia". Italian Army. Italian Army. Retrieved 7 January 2018.