The "Pinerolo" Brigade was constituted on 13^th November 1821 on the 1^st and 2^nd Regiments that became the 13^th and 14^th in 1839.

Before that period the Brigade existed since 1815 with the name of "Saluzzo" and organized in two battalions, one of them derived from the "Savoiardo" Regiment of 1672. In 1871 it was dissolved like all the permanent brigades and was reconstituted in 1881 with 13^th and 14^th Regiments.

For effect of the law 11^th March 1926 about the reorganization of the Army, it became 24^th Infantry Brigade including the 225^th  "Arezzo" Regiment; the Brigade and the 18^th Artillery Regiment became part of the 24^th Land Military Division of Chieti. In 1934 this unit was named 24^th "Gran Sasso" Infantry Division, extended also to the Brigade.

In 1939 the 24^th "Pinerolo" Infantry Division was formed with the 13^th and 14^th Infantry and the 18^th Artillery; it was dissolved on 8^th September 1943.

Recognized on 15^th April 1952 in Bari as "Pinerolo" Infantry Division, it included the 9^th and 13^th Infantry Regiments, the 14^th Artillery Regiment for Campaign, an Engineer Company and a Connection Company. On 1^st September 1962 it became "Pinerolo" Infantry Brigade with the 9^th "Bari" Infantry Regiment, the 61^st Armoured Battalion, the "Pinerolo" Artillery Group for Campaign, a Pioneers Engineer Company a​nd a Signals Company.

With the reorganization of the Army, since 1^st November 1975 it was named "Pinerolo" Motorized Brigade including in its ranks the 9^th "Bari", 13^th "Valbella" and 231^st "Avellino" Infantry Battalions, the 67^th "Fagaré" Bersaglieri Battalion, the 60^th "M.O. Locatelli" Armoured Battalion, the 47^th "Gargano" Artillery Group for Campaign and the "Pinerolo" Logistics Battalion. It changed again its components on 1^st February 1979 becoming "Pinerolo" Mechanized Brigade.

After having become Armoured Brigade in 1997 with the reorganization of the Armed Force, it changed again its components including the Command, the Command and Tactical Supports Unit, the 9^th "Bari" Infantry Regiment, the 7^th Bersaglieri Regiment, the 31^st and 133^rd Tanks Regiments, the 2^nd "Potenza" Heavy Field Artillery Group (2^nd self-propelled Artillery Regiment for Campaign in 1993), the 47^th "Salento" Battalion and the "Pinerolo" Logistics Battalion.

The organization chart of the Brigade changed again at the end of the '90s when the 131^st Artillery, from the "Centauro", substituted the 2^nd. Later also the 131^st was substituted by the 21^st "Trieste" of the "Friuli" Brigade. Meanwhile the 133^rd Tanks Regiment was dissolved; since 2001 the 11^th Engineer Regiment and the 82^nd "Turin" Infantry Regiment of the "Ariete" Brigade entered the ranks of the Brigade.

On 1^st January 2011 it gave the Cavalry School  the 31^st Tanks Regiment and since 1^st October 2011 it has been renamed "Pinerolo" Mechanized Brigade.​