On 31 December 1964 1st Auto Unit of the 1st Drivers Center of the Northwestern Military Region became an autonomous unit as I Mixed Maneuver Auto Unit. Based in Turin the unit was tasked to transport fuel, ammunition, and materiel between the military region's depots and brigade logistic battalions, which provided close support to the brigade's combat units. On 1 October 1990 the unit was renamed Transport Battalion Monviso. The battalion was granted a new war flag, which it received on 28 March 1991 together with the traditions of the 1st Drivers Regiment, which had been formed on 1 July 1942 and disbanded on 8 September 1943 after Italy had switched sides with the Armistice of Cassibile. As per army naming convention for logistic units supporting corps-level commands the battalion was named after a geographic feature in the military region's area of operations: the Monte Viso mountain.