Italian Armed Forces

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Italian Armed Forces
Forze armate italiane (FF.AA.)
Coat of arms of the Italian Defence Staff
Founded4 May 1861
(162 years, 11 months)
Service branches
Headquarters
ranked 11th)[3]
Percent of GDP1.5% (2021)[3]
Industry
Domestic suppliersAvio
Beretta
Fincantieri
Fiocchi Munizioni
Intermarine
Iveco
Leonardo
Piaggio Aerospace
Foreign suppliers United States
 Germany
 Israel
 France
 United Kingdom
 Canada
Annual importsUS$326 million (2014-2022)[4]
Annual exportsUS$886 million (2014-2022)[4]
Related articles
HistoryMilitary history of Italy
Warfare directory of Italy
Wars involving Italy
Battles involving Italy
RanksArmy ranks
Navy ranks
Air Force ranks
Carabinieri Ranks

The Italian Armed Forces (

Government
.

Organization

The office of the Chief of Defence is organised as follows:[9]

Position Italian title Rank Incumbent
Chief of the Defence Staff Il Capo di Stato Maggiore della Difesa Ammiraglio Giuseppe Cavo Dragone
Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff Sottocapo di Stato Maggiore della Difesa Generale di Corpo d'Armata Carmine Masiello[10]
Chief of Joint Operations Il Comandante del Comando Operativo di Vertice Interforze Generale di corpo d'armata con incarichi speciali Francesco Paolo Figliuolo[11]

The four branches of Italian Armed Forces

Esercito Italiano

Main article: Italian Army

The ground force of Italy, the

Austro-Hungarian Empire during World War I, in Abyssinia during the Interwar period, and in World War II in Albania, Greece, North Africa and Russia, as well as in the Italian Civil War. During the Cold War the Army prepared itself to defend against a Warsaw Pact invasion from the east. Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, it has seen extensive peacekeeping service in Lebanon, Afghanistan, and Iraq. On 29 July 2004 it became a professional all-volunteer force when conscription
was finally ended.

Marina Militare

Main article: Italian Navy

The navy of Italy was created in 1861, following the

Guardia Costiera
 (Coast Guard) is a component of the navy.

Aeronautica Militare

Main article: Italian Air Force
Eurofighter Typhoons of the Italian Air Force

The

Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana
in the north until the end of the war. When Italy was made a republic by referendum, the air force was given its current name Aeronautica Militare.

Carabinieri

Main article: Carabinieri

The

CoESPU) to spearhead the development of training and doctrinal standards for civilian police units attached to international peacekeeping missions.[12]

International stance

Italian soldiers of the Mechanized Brigade "Sassari" in Afghanistan in 2012

Italy has joined in many

EU operations as well as with assistance to Russia and the other CIS nations, Middle East peace process, peacekeeping, and combating the illegal drug trade, human trafficking
, piracy and terrorism.

Italy did take part in the 1982

Kurdish refugees in northern Iraq
following the conflict.

As part of

2nd Alpini Regiment tasked to protect the ISAF HQ, one engineer company, one NBC platoon, one logistic unit, as well as liaison and staff elements integrated into the operation chain of command. Italian forces also command a multinational engineer task force and have deployed a platoon of Carabinieri military police
.

The Italian Army did not take part in combat operations of the 2003 Iraq War, dispatching troops only when major combat operations were declared over by the U.S. President George W. Bush. Subsequently, Italian troops arrived in the late summer of 2003, and began patrolling Nasiriyah and the surrounding area. Italian participation in the military operations in Iraq was concluded by the end of 2006, with full withdrawal of Italian military personnel except for a small group of about 30 soldiers engaged in providing security for the Italian embassy in Baghdad. Italy played a major role in the 2004-2011 NATO Training Mission to assist in the development of Iraqi security forces training structures and institutions.

Operations

Current operations of the Italian Armed Forces highlighted on a map of Afro-Eurasia
32nd Alpine Engineer Regiment
in Afghanistan
Mitrovica, Kosovo
. (2019).

Since the second post-war the Italian armed force has become more and more engaged in international peace support operations, mainly under the auspices of the United Nations. The Italian armed forces are currently participating in 26 missions.[1]

Gallery

See also

Citations

  1. ^ a b c "Documento Programmatico Pluriennale per la Difesa per il triennio 2014-16" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Ministry of Defence. 13 June 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  2. ^ a b IISS 2021, p. 116.
  3. ^ a b Tian, Nan; Fleurant, Aude; Kuimova, Alexandra; Wezeman, Pieter D.; Wezeman, Siemon T. (24 April 2022). "Trends in World Military Expenditure, 2021" (PDF). Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. Archived from the original on 25 April 2022. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  4. ^ a b "TIV of arms imports/exports data for India, 2014-2022". Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. 30 January 2024.
  5. ^ The Guardia di Finanza also operates a large fleet of ships, aircraft and helicopters, enabling it to patrol Italy's waters and to eventually participate in military scenarios
  6. ^ "Documento programmatico pluriennale per la Difesa per il triennio 2021-2023 - Doc. CCXXXIV, n. 4" (PDF). Ministry of Defence (Italy). 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  7. ISBN 9783642154348
    . Retrieved 28 March 2018 – via Google Books.
  8. ISBN 9789067048118
    . Retrieved 28 March 2018 – via Google Books.
  9. ^ "Organigramma". www.difesa.it. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  10. ^ "Sottocapo di Stato Maggiore della Difesa - Difesa.it". www.difesa.it. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  11. ^ "Il Comandante del Comando Operativo di Vertice Interforze". www.difesa.it. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  12. ^ G-8 Action Plan: Expanding global capability for peace support operations Archived 2010-10-09 at the Wayback Machine. Carabinieri, June 2004.

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