The regiment belongs to the Italian Army's Alpini infantry speciality and was a training unit last assigned to the Alpine Troops Command.

The regiment was formed in 1991 and consisted of the Alpini Battalion "Belluno", whose flag and traditions it inherited.

In 1975, the 7th Alpini Regiment was disbanded and the "Belluno" battalion became an autonomous training unit, which in 1976 was granted its own flag.

At the end of the same year the regiment was transferred from the "Julia" brigade to the Alpine Troops Command.

The regiment's anniversary falls on 23 April 1941, the last day of the Greco-Italian War, during which the Alpini Battalion "Belluno" earned a Silver Medal of Military Valor.

[2][3][5][6] On 23 May 1915, Italy declared war on Austro-Hungary and the Alpini Battalion "Belluno" occupied position in the upper Val Cordevole.

The battalion then fought in the Val Costeana, in the Tofane group, and on the Col di Lana.

As the mountainous terrain of the Italian front made the deployment of entire Alpini regiments impracticable the Alpini battalions were employed either independently or assigned to groups, groupings, or infantry divisions as needed.

By the end of 1915 the Alpini regiments began to form additional companies with recruits born in 1896.

Among the twenty battalions were the Alpini battalions "Belluno" and "Monte Marmolada": the "Belluno" had covered the Italian retreat from the main line of the Alps and was surrounded and destroyed by Austro-Hungarian troops at Cansiglio on 10 November 1917.

On 6 January 1936 the "Pusteria" division's units embarked in Livorno and Naples for the transfer to Massawa in Eritrea.

[2][3] In November 1940, the 5th Alpine Division "Pusteria" was transferred to Albania to shore up the crumbling Italian front during the Greco-Italian War.

The regiment was forced to retreat into Albania, where it continued to fight and suffered further heavy losses.

[2][3][9][11] For its conduct and service on the Greek front between 27 November 1940 and 25 April 1941 the Alpini Battalion "Belluno" was awarded a Silver Medal of Military Valor, which was affixed to the 7th Alpini Regiment's flag and added to the regiment's coat of arms.

[2][3] After the conclusion of the Greco-Italian War and the Invasion of Yugoslavia in April 1941 the "Pusteria" division was sent in July 1941 as occupation force to Pljevlja in Montenegro.

Soon the division was embroiled in heavy fighting against Yugoslavian Partisans, which culminated in the Battle of Pljevlja in December 1941.

[2][3] In August 1942, the division was repatriated, and - after two months of rest - participated in the Axis occupation of Vichy France.

After the announcement of the Armistice of Cassibile on 8 September 1943 part of the division surrendered to invading German forces near Gap, while the 7th Alpini Regiment tried to return to the Italian region of Piedmont.

On 12 November 1976 the President of the Italian Republic Giovanni Leone granted the Alpini Battalion "Belluno" a new flag.