Regiment "Lancieri di Milano" (7th)

The Regiment "Lancieri di Milano" (7th) (Reggimento "Lancieri di Milano" (7°) - "Lancers of Milan") was a cavalry regiment of the Italian Army.

History
The regiment was raised on 16 September 1859 after the Kingdom of Sardinia had annexed Lombardy after the successful conclusion of the Second Italian War of Independence. The regiment was instantly employed in the Italian campaigns in central and Southern Italy.

After World War I the regiment was disbanded on 20 April 1920. It was raised again on 14 March 1938 in preparation for World War II. During the war the regiment served in annexed Albania and occupied Yugoslavia, where it dissolved around 8 September 1943 after Italy had changed sides with the Armistice of Cassibile.

On 1 September 1964 the battalion-sized Squadrons Group "Lancieri di Milano" was raised in Monza in Lombardy, which served as reconnaissance unit of the Infantry Division "Legnano". During the 1975 army reform the squadrons group received the war flag of the "Lancieri di Milano" regiment and moved to Orzano di Remanzacco in Friuli Venezia Giulia, where it joined the Mechanized Division "Mantova" as the division's reconnaissance unit. When the Mantova was disbanded in 1986 the squadrons group became the reconnaissance unit of the Armored Brigade "Pozzuolo del Friuli". At this stage the Lancieri di Milano was equipped with a mix of Leopard 1A2 main battle tanks and VCC-1 armored personnel carriers. With the end of the Cold War the army began to draw down its forces and one of the first units to disband was the Lancieri di Milano on 10 December 1989.