Group of the Armored Division "Centauro", before contracting to Mechanized Brigade "Granatieri di Sardegna" on 1 November 1976. The brigade commanded the following units after the reform was complete: Mechanized Brigade "Granatieri di Sardegna", in Rome Command and Signal Unit "Granatieri di Sardegna", in Rome 1st Mechanized Granatieri Battalion "Assietta", in Rome (former I Battalion, 1st Regiment "Granatieri di Sardegna" Regiment) 2nd Mechanized Granatieri Battalion "Cengio", in Rome (former II Battalion, 1st Regiment "Granatieri di Sardegna") 3rd Granatieri (Recruits Training) Battalion "Guardie", in Orvieto (former III Battalion, 80th Infantry (Recruits Training) Regiment "Roma") 1st Bersaglieri Battalion "La Marmora", in Civitavecchia (former I Bersaglieri Battalion, 1st Armored Bersaglieri Regiment) 6th Tank Battalion "M.O. Scapuzzi", in Civitavecchia (M47 Patton tanks) (former VI Tank Battalion, 1st Armored Bersaglieri Regiment) 13th Field Artillery Group "Magliana", in Civitavecchia (M114 155mm towed howitzers) (former II Self-propelled Field Artillery Group, 131st Armored Artillery Regiment) Logistic Battalion "Granatieri di Sardegna", in Civitavecchia (former Services Grouping "Granatieri di Sardegna") 14th Reconnaissance Squadron "Cavalleggeri di Alessandria", in Civitavecchia (put in reserve status 30 June 1979) 32nd Granatieri Anti-tank Company, in Civitavecchia (BGM-71 TOW anti-tank guided missiles) (former Bersaglieri Anti-tank Company, 1st Armored Bersaglieri Regiment) Engineer Company "Granatieri di Sardegna", in Civitavecchia (split from the Pioneer Battalion "Granatieri di Sardegna") After the Cold War With the end of the Cold War the Italian Army began to draw down its forces and battalions returned to their regimental names for traditional reasons. On 30 November 1992 the Anti-tank Company was disbanded, and on 4 October 1993 the Engineer Company merged with the Command and Signal Unit, which was renamed as Command and Tactical Supports Unit. On 1 September of the same year the 6th Tank Battalion was renamed 4th Tank Regiment, but on 9 October 1995 the regiment was transferred to Bellinzago Novarese, where it joined the Armored Brigade "Centauro". In spring 1992 the 13th Field Artillery Group "Magliana" received M109G 155mm self-propelled howitzers and was elevated to regiment on 19 August of the same year with the name: 13th Self-propelled Field Artillery Regiment "Granatieri di Sardegna". Three years later on 20 September 1995 the regiment was disbanded and the 7th Self-propelled Field Artillery Regiment "Cremona" of the Motorized Brigade "Cremona" moved from Turin to Rome to join the "Granatieri di Sardegna" brigade on 21 December 1995. On 15 May 1996 the 33rd Self-propelled Field Artillery Group "Acqui" joined the brigade when the