13th Logistic Battalion "Aquileia"

The 13th Logistic Battalion "Aquileia" (Italian: 13° Battaglione Logistico "Aquileia") is an inactive military logistics battalion of the Italian Army, which was assigned to the 3rd Missile Brigade "Aquileia".

[1] The battalion's anniversary falls, as for all units of the Italian Army's Transport and Materiel Corps, on 22 May, the anniversary of the Royal Italian Army's first major use of automobiles to transport reinforcements to the Asiago plateau to counter the Austro-Hungarian Asiago Offensive in May 1916.

[2] On 1 January 1982, the 13th Maneuver Logistic Battalion was formed in Portogruaro with the personnel and materiel of the disbanded XIII Resupply, Repairs, Recovery Unit of the 3rd Missile Brigade "Aquileia".

The two auto units were reorganized into a medium transport company and a mixed transport company, which were both assigned to the battalion and based in Palazzolo dello Stella.

[1] On 1 December 1988, the 13th Maneuver Logistic Battalion was renamed 13th Logistic Battalion "Aquileia" and consisted afterwards of the following units:[1] After the end of the Cold War the Italian Army began to draw down its forces.