82nd Infantry Regiment "Torino"

The 82nd Infantry Regiment "Torino" (Italian: 82° Reggimento Fanteria "Torino") is an active unit of the Italian Army based in Barletta in Apulia. The regiment is named for the city of Turin and part of the Italian Army's infantry arm. As of 2023 the regiment is assigned to the Mechanized Brigade "Pinerolo".

The regiment was one of sixteen infantry regiments formed on 1 November 1884. In 1911-12 the regiment participated in the Italo-Turkish War. During World War I the regiment fought on the Italian front. The regiment was disbanded in 1926 and reformed in July 1938. During World War II the regiment was assigned to the 52nd Infantry Division "Torino", with which it participated in the invasion of Yugoslavia. In July 1941 the Torino division was assigned to the Italian Expeditionary Corps in Russia and the regiment fought in Donbas in Ukraine and along the Don river in southern Russia. In December 1942 the division and regiment were destroyed during the Soviet Operation Little Saturn. Reformed in June 1943 in Italy the regiment was disbanded by invading German forces after the announcement of the Armistice of Cassibile on 8 September 1943. For its conduct in Ukraine and Russia the regiment was awarded Italy's highest military honor the Gold Medal of Military Valor. Reformed in 1950 the regiment was reduced to a battalion sized unit in 1975. In 1992 the regiment was reformed and has been active as mechanized unit since then.