"Al mio valor l'aspro cimento è sprone"

The Regiment originated from the Sappers Battalion and the Telegraphist Battalion constituted on 1^st April 1920 respectively in Capua and S.Maria Capua Vetere (Caserta), for the 10^th Army Corps of Naples.

On 13^th July 1922 the two Battalions formed with the Deposit the 18^th Engineer Army Corps Regiment.

The new unit included a command, a sappers brigade (miners with a motorists section), telegraphists and a firemen section, a telegraphists brigade.

On 5^th November 1923 it became 10^th Engineer Regiment. In February 1934 the sappers-miners units provided to the 8^th Regiment 1300 elements per unit operating in eastern Africa; it was dissolved on 15^th January 1936.

In January 1937 the telegraphists and radio-telegraphists units were named Signals unit.

During the Second World War, even if it did not participate in the operations directly, it became a mobilization centre constituting and mobilizing different engineer units through the deposit.

The Regiment was dissolved in September 1943 after the events determined by the armistice.

On 1^st April 1953 the 3^rd Pioneers Army Corps Engineer Battalion was constituted in Pavia, by transformation of the preexistent 3^rd Territorial Pioneers Company. On 1^st June to the company they were flanked the Command Platoon and the 1^st Pioneers Company. On the framework of the reorganization of the Army, on 10^th October 1975 the unit was renamed 3^rd "Lario" Pioneers Engineer Battalion, organized in Command, Company Command and three Pioneers companies.

The Battalion became heir of the traditions of the 10^th Engineer Regiment from which it received the Flag by Decree of 12^th November 1976.

Its components changed again on 1^st January 1987 and it was organized in a Command, a Company Command and Services, three Pioneers companies and a Company with special equipment.

After the reorganization of the Army, the Battalion was dissolved on 15^th August 1993 and the following day the 10^th Pioneers Engineer Regiment was formed, including the personnel of the dissolved 131^st "Ticino" Sappers Engineer Regiment.

On 20^th September 1996 the 10^th Regiment assumed the organic configuration of Sappers Engineer Regiment with the current name.

At the dependencies of the Projection Forces Command, it was included in the 132^nd "Ariete" Armoured Brigade.

In the last ten years the Regiment has been employed in overseas missions where the Army units have been deployed.