"Virtute Supero"

The 62^nd Infantry Regiment was constituted on 16^th April 1861 and included in the "Sicily" Brigade with the 61^st Regiment.

The Regiment participated in the repression of brigandage in central Italy in 1861-1863, in the Third War of Independence in 1866 and in the conquest of Rome in 1870.

Employed with the 61^st, it participated in the First World War deserving, like all the Infantry Regiment, the Military Order of Italy.

After a reorganization in 1926, the 62^nd "Sicily" Infantry Regiment was assigned to the 8^th Infantry Brigade and it participated in the Second World War included in the 102^nd "Trento" Motorized Division; it fought until it was dissolved in November 1942 in northern Africa.

On 1^st October 1975 the 62^nd "Sicily" motorized Infantry Battalion was constituted in Catania, inheriting the traditions of the Regiment. On 27^th August 1992, with personnel from the dissolved 62^nd "M.O. Jero" armoured Battalion, it was reorganized in 62^nd "Sicily" armoured Infantry Regiment. In 1997 the Regiment became tanks regiment and in 2001 it was changed again into an infantry unit.