army disbanded the Motorized Brigade "Acqui", and the 7th Self-propelled Field Artillery Regiment "Cremona" transferred to army's Artillery Command to become an NBC-defence unit. At the same time the Regiment "Lancieri di Montebello" (8th) entered the brigade, while the 3rd Regiment "Granatieri Guardie" left the brigade. After the last round of reforms in 1997 the brigade consisted of the following units: Mechanized Brigade "Granatieri di Sardegna", in Rome Command and Tactical Supports Unit "Granatieri di Sardegna", in Rome 1st Regiment "Granatieri di Sardegna", in Rome 2nd Regiment "Granatieri di Sardegna", in Spoleto 1st Bersaglieri Regiment, in Rome Regiment "Lancieri di Montebello" (8th), in Rome 33rd Self-propelled Field Artillery Group "Acqui", in L'Aquila Logistic Battalion "Granatieri di Sardegna", in Civitavecchia Current organization In the following years the brigade was further reduced: on 29 October 2002 the 2nd Regiment "Granatieri di Sardegna" in Spoleto was disbanded and its remaining two mechanized companies came under the 1st Regiment "Granatieri di Sardegna" as 2nd Battalion "Cengio". On 1 January 2005 the 1st Bersaglieri Regiment was disbanded and the name transferred to the 18th Bersaglieri Regiment of the Bersaglieri Brigade "Garibaldi". Since 2000 the brigade deployed its units three times as part of KFOR to Kosovo and once as part of UNIFIL to Lebanon. With the abolition of mandatory military service in Italy in 2004 the required height to join the Grenadiers was lowered from 195 cm to 190 cm. In 2013 it was announced that the brigade would be disbanded by 2016. In 2013 the 33rd Artillery Regiment "Acqui" was used to create the 185th Paratroopers Artillery Regiment "Folgore" for the Paratroopers Brigade "Folgore", while the Regiment "Lancieri di Montebello" (8th) was set to join the Mechanized Brigade "Pinerolo". The 1st Regiment "Granatieri di Sardegna" would have become a guard regiment under the Infantry School in Rome, tasked with public duties in the Italian capital. In 2017 these plans were reversed and on 21 November the 2nd Battalion "Cengio" became an autonomous battalion and the process of raising additional companies to bring it back to full strength began. The 2nd Regiment "Granatieri di Sardegna" was reactivated on 1 September 2022. As of 4 October 2022 the brigade is organized as follows: Mechanized Brigade "Granatieri di Sardegna", in Rome (Lazio) 3rd Granatieri Command and Tactical Supports Unit "Guardie", in Rome (Lazio) Regiment "Lancieri di Montebello" (8th), in Rome (Lazio) Armored Squadron Group (Centauro tank destroyers)