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"Della folgore l'impeto"

The history of the Regiment started in the Great War with the Assault Infantrymen Units, among them the 9^th Assault Unit, employed to break through the enemy lines before the attacks of the Infantries. The Assault Infantrymen were known for their violent actions that concluded with launches of grenades and cold steel to the enemy trenches. In particular, the 9^th Unit distinguished on Grappa Mount where it was protagonist of the reconquest of some Austrian positions on Col Moschin, Col della Beretta and Asolone.

On 20^th July 1942 an Assault Infantrymen Regiment was constituted in Santa Severa (Rome) that became the 10^th Infantrymen Regiment on 15^th September. The Unit, characterized by the azure flames, was at the dependencies of the Operations Office of the General Staff. Organized in battalions of specialized companies, paratroopers, swimmers and jeep drivers, it was reorganized in four battalions among which the 4^th one was a paratrooper battalion. Employed in patrol operations in Tunisia, Algeria and the occupied Sicily, The Regiment was dissolved on 8^th September 1943. The 1^st Battalion, located in Sardinia, was reorganized in 1944 in the 9^th Assault Unit and it participated in the War of Liberation, included by the "Legnano" Combat Group.

Dissolved in 1946, it was reconstituted as a Company at the Infantry School in Cesano (Rome) in 1953; on 1^st June 1954 it became Saboteurs Paratroopers Unit. Assigned to the Military Parachuting Centre in Pisa on 10^th May 1957, it became Saboteurs Paratroopers Battalion on 25^th September 1961. On 1^st October 1975 it was named 9^th "Col Moschin" Paratroopers Assault Battalion and it received the flag of the 10^th  Assault Infantrymen Regiment. On 24^th June 1995 it assumed the current name.