13th Signal Battalion "Mauria"

Formed during the 1975 army reform the battalion was named for the Mauria Pass and assigned to the 3rd Missile Brigade "Aquileia".

The company was assigned to the III Missile Brigade, which was armed with missile and artillery systems capable of firing tactical nuclear weapons as part of Italy's participation in NATOs nuclear sharing program.

The battalion was named for the Mauria Pass, which connects the Veneto and Friuli-Venezia Giulia regions.

[1] On 12 November 1976, the President of the Italian Republic Giovanni Leone granted with decree 846 the battalion a flag.

[4] With the end of the Cold War the Italian Army began to draw down its forces.