[1] During World War II the regiment was sent to Libya in December 1940, where it fought in the Western Desert campaign.

The regiment was reformed in Italy and sent in November 1942 to Tunisia, where it fought in the Tunisian campaign and was overcome in May 1943.

In June 1943 the regiment was reformed once more and fought the following month against allied forces landing in Sicily.

[1][3][2] In 1895-96 the regiment provided 16 officers and 449 troops to help form the I, II, and IV provisional battalions, which were deployed to Eritrea for the First Italo-Ethiopian War.

By February 1916 Austro-Hungarian forces had reached the Italian defensive line along the Vjosa river.

The regiment's X Cyclists Battalion remained in Italy and operated as an autonomous unit on the Italian front throughout the war.

On 10 June 1940, the day Italy entered World War II the regiment consisted of the following units:[1][6] On 9 December 1940 the British Western Desert Force commenced the Operation Compass to expel the Italian 10th Army from Egypt.

The British offensive quickly devastated the 10th Army and on 13 December the 10th Bersaglieri Regiment was ordered to Libya to stop the rapid Italian retreat.

On 5 August 1941 the LVII and LVIII auto-transported battalions left the regiment and were sent to Libya to reinforce Italian units fighting in the Western Desert campaign.

The regiment was then attached to the 1st Infantry Division "Superga" and fought in the Tunisian campaign against British forces in Southern Tunisia.

The regiment was assigned to the XII Army Corps, which was tasked with defending Sicily to the West of a line from Cefalù to Licata.

On 10 July 1943 the Allied invasion of Sicily began and the regiment moved from Chiusa Sclafani towards Agrigento.

For its conduct and sacrifice at Agrigento the regiment was awarded a Bronze Medal of Military Valor.