Tumiati") is an inactive armored battalion of the Italian Army, which was based in Florence in Tuscany and last operationally assigned to the Mechanized Brigade "Friuli".

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.

The Royal Italian Navy units guarding the harbor, as well as the Navy's coastal defense batteries, one battalion of the 215th Coastal Division, and armed civilians immediately began to fight the Germans, and a heavy battle ensued.

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.

The 19th Armored Battalion was named for Second Lieutenant Francesco Tumiati, who, after having served in 1941-1942 in the Western Desert Campaign, had returned to Italy in February 1942 and been assigned to the 32nd Tank Infantry Regiment.

After the announcement of the Armistice of Cassibile he led part of his troops into the mountains and formed one of the first partisan detachments in the Marche region.

[1][6] On 12 November 1976 the President of the Italian Republic Giovanni Leone granted with decree 846 a new flag to the 19th Armored Battalion "M.O.

[1] After the end of the Cold War Italian Army began to draw down its forces: on 16 January 1991, the 19th Armored Battalion "M.O.