3rd Regiment "Granatieri di Sardegna"

The 3rd Regiment "Granatieri di Sardegna" (Italian: 3° Reggimento "Granatieri di Sardegna") is a grenadiers unit of the Italian Army's infantry arm's grenadiers (Italian: Granatieri) speciality. In 1849, the Royal Sardinian Army formed the 3rd Grenadier Guards Regiment for the second campaign of the First Italian War of Independence. The regiment was disbanded after the war's end. In 1926, the Royal Italian Army reformed the 3rd Regiment "Granatieri di Sardegna", which was assigned to the 21st Infantry Division "Granatieri di Sardegna". In 1935-36, the regiment's I Grenadiers Battalion fought in the Second Italo-Ethiopian War. In 1939, the regiment left the 21st Infantry Division "Granatieri di Sardegna" and became an autonomous unit. The same year the regiment moved from Viterbo to Tirana in occupied Albania. In 1940, the regiment was renamed 3rd Regiment "Granatieri di Sardegna e d'Albania". Between 28 October 1940 and 23 April 1941, the regiment fought in the Greco-Italian War. For its conduct in the war the regiment was awarded Italy highest military honor the Gold Medal of Military Valor. The regiment then served on occupation duty in Athens. After the announcement of the Armistice of Cassibile on 8 September 1943 the regiment was disbanded by invading German forces.

On 1 January 1976, the II Battalion of the 80th Infantry Regiment "Roma" in Orvieto became an autonomous unit and was renamed 3rd Grenadiers Battalion "Guardie". The battalion was assigned the flag and traditions of the 3rd Regiment "Granatieri di Sardegna". On 1 November 1976, the battalion was assigned to the Mechanized Brigade "Granatieri di Sardegna". In 1992, the battalion lost its autonomy and entered the reformed 3rd Regiment "Guardie". In 2002, the regiment was disbanded and the flag of the 3rd Regiment "Granatieri di Sardegna" was transferred to the Shrine of the Flags in the Vittoriano in Rome for safekeeping. On 1 October 2022, the flag and traditions of the regiment were assigned to the Command and Tactical Supports Unit "Granatieri di Sardegna" of the Mechanized Brigade "Granatieri di Sardegna", which was renamed on the same day 3rd Granatieri Command and Tactical Supports Unit "Guardie". The regiment's anniversary falls, as for all grenadiers units, on 18 April 1659, the day the Granatieri speciality was founded.