183rd Paratroopers Regiment "Nembo"

The 183rd Paratroopers Regiment "Nembo" (Italian: 183° Reggimento Paracadutisti "Nembo") is a paratroopers unit of the Italian Army based in Pistoia in Tuscany. The regiment is part of the Italian Army's infantry arm's Paracadutisti speciality and assigned to the Paratroopers Brigade "Folgore".

The 183rd Infantry Regiment "Nembo" was formed in February 1943 as the Royal Italian Army's fifth paratroopers regiment. The regiment was assigned to the 184th Infantry Division "Nembo", with which the regiment deployed to Sardinia. After the announcement of the Armistice of Cassibile on 8 September 1943 the regiment joined the Italian Co-belligerent Army and fought against the Germans in the Italian campaign. In September 1944, the remnants of the regiment and of its sister regiment, the 184th Infantry Regiment "Nembo", were merged to form the Paratroopers Regiment "Nembo", which was assigned to the Combat Group "Friuli" and equipped with British materiel. The Combat Group "Folgore" then entered the front on the allied side and fought against the German forces in Italy until the end of the war.

In 1945, the Combat Group "Folgore" was renamed Infantry Division "Folgore" and in 1948, the Paratroopers Regiment "Nembo" was renamed 183rd Infantry Regiment "Nembo". In 1975, the regiment was disbanded and the regiment's IV Mechanized Battalion became an autonomous unit, which was renamed 183rd Mechanized Infantry Battalion "Nembo". After the regiment was disbanded, the flag and traditions of the 183rd Infantry Regiment "Nembo" were transferred to the 183rd Mechanized Infantry Battalion "Nembo". The battalion was based in Gradisca d'Isonzo and assigned to the Mechanized Brigade "Gorizia". On 1 May 1991, the battalion was disbanded and at the end of the same month, on 31 May 1991, it was reformed as 183rd Paratroopers Battalion "Nembo" in Pistoia in Tuscany. The reformed battalion was assigned to the Paratroopers Brigade "Folgore". In 1993, the battalion lost its autonomy and entered the reformed 183rd Paratroopers Regiment "Nembo". The regiment's anniversary falls on 19 April 1945, the day the Paratroopers Regiment "Nembo" defeated German forces at Case Grizzano and opened the way for the allied armies to liberate Bologna.