Pascucci") is an inactive tank battalion of the Italian Army, which was based in Cordenons in Friuli-Venezia Giulia and last operationally assigned to the 132nd Armored Brigade "Ariete".

In August 1942, the battalion was assigned to the 132nd Tank Infantry Regiment with which it participated in the Western Desert campaign.

The battalion's anniversary falls, as for all tank units, which have not yet distinguished themselves on the battlefield, on 1 October 1927, the day the tankers speciality was founded.

On 23 October 1942 the Second Battle of El Alamein commenced during which the 132nd Tank Infantry Regiment clashed repeatedly with British armored formations, but on 4 November the entire Ariete Division was encircled by the 7th British Armoured Division and annihilated.

The 132nd Tank Infantry Regiment was declared lost due to wartime events on 20 November 1942, while the XIII Tank Battalion M13/40 was declared lost due to wartime events on 8 December 1942.

Tank and armored battalions created during the 1975 army reform were named for officers, soldiers and partisans of the tank speciality, who had served in World War II and been awarded Italy's highest military honor the Gold Medal of Military Valor.

As the latter division carried a historically significant name, the Armored Division "Ariete" ceased to exist on 30 September in Pordenone, and the next day in the same location the 132nd Armored Brigade "Ariete" was activated.

[1] After the end of the Cold War Italian Army began to draw down its forces: on 5 December 1989, the flag of the 13th Tank Battalion "M.O.