21st Engineer Regiment (Italy)

The 21st Engineer Regiment (21° Reggimento Genio Guastatori) is a military engineer regiment of the Italian Army based in Caserta in Campania. Today the regiment is the engineer unit of the Bersaglieri Brigade "Garibaldi".

Current structure


As of 2019 the 21st Engineer Regiment consists of:


 * CoA mil ITA rgt genio 21.png Regimental Command, in Caserta
 * Command and Logistic Support Company
 * Sappers Battalion "Timavo"
 * 1st Sappers Company
 * 2nd Sappers Company
 * 3rd Mobility Support Company
 * 4th Deployment Support Company

The Command and Logistic Support Company fields the following platoons: C3 Platoon, Transport and Materiel Platoon, Medical Platoon, Commissariat Platoon, and EOD Platoon. Each of the two sapper companies fields a Command Platoon, an Advanced Combat Reconnaissance Teams Platoon, and two sapper platoons. The Deployment Support Company and Mobility Support Company field the battalion's heavy military engineering vehicles: Biber bridgelayers, Dachs armored engineer vehicles, cranes, excavators, Medium Girder Bridges etc. The sapper companies and Command and Logistic Support Company are equipped with VTLM "Lince" and VTMM "Orso" vehicles.