6 Alpine Division Alpi Graie
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of the Italian Army
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, specializing in Mountain Combat
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. The Alpini
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that formed the divisions where from the highly decorated and elite mountain corps of the Italian Army
Italian Army
The Italian Army is the ground defence force of the Italian Armed Forces. It is all-volunteer force of active-duty personnel, numbering 108,355 in 2010. Its best-known combat vehicles are the Dardo infantry fighting vehicle, the Centauro tank destroyer and the Ariete tank, and among its aircraft...
comprising both infantry and artillery units.
- 3rd Alpini "Valley" Group
- with the battalions Val Pellice, Val Toce, Val Cenischia
- 4th Alpini "Valley" Group
- with the battalions Val Chisone, Val d’Orco, Bassano
- 6th Alpine Artillery Regiment
- with the artillery groups Val d’Adige, Val d’Orco, Val Chisone
- 6th Engineer Battalion