Both the organization and the equipment (which included old Sherman tanks) were found to be obsolete either inadequate to emergency tasks.[3]p.

The aim was to ensure Carabinieri Battalions the availability of all elements necessary to be in a position to act in isolation and overcome considerable resistance without having to rely on the competition of other Army Corps or other Armed Forces, to ensure Battalions' speed of movement and concentration in large sectors of foreseeable use and a constant high training level.

[2] However, the brigade never had responsibility for actual unitary operational command, lacking supports due to a political choice,[6] but exercised the tasks of instruction and preparation for the riot control activities.

[2] In the reorganization, Mobile Battalions were renamed simply Battalions and were marked with a sequential number, while remaining administratively dependent on the relevant Legion;[7] the Battalions Groups were renamed Carabinieri Regiments,[8] and were given the conceptual role of a resolution unit in both riot and tactical tasks;[2] According original resolutions, Regiments were to have only disciplinary, training and deployment functions,[6] while general management rested within the relevant Legion.

[2] Within the VII Battalion, based in Laives, the Counter-terrorism Special Company was established in 1960s to counter South Tyrolean terrorism;[9]p. 187 the security operations were also supported by several Trucked Units.

[5] Between 1973 and 1976, the 5th Carabinieri Regiment (HQ Mestre) also existed, including IV, VII and XIII Battalions.

[14] During the Years of Lead and the subsequent period, however, most of the Battalions reduced their military training in order to deal with riot control activities.

[2] Each infantry company of each Battalion established, in this period, an "Intervention Platoon", in order to upgrade the responsiveness to serious riots.[9]p.

[18] On July 20, 23-year-old activist Carlo Giuliani of Genoa, was shot dead by Mario Placanica, a Carabiniere, during clashes with police.

Subordinate units include thirteen regiments and battalions:[20] The "Operational Intervention Companies" (Italian: Compagnie Intervento Operativo) are 7 units are designed to cope with the appropriate urgency in sudden danger to public security, thanks to the special training of personnel and the allocation of substantial vehicles and materials,[1] intervening whenever the resurgence of particular crimes, especially those of predatory character, requires even more intense and visible control activity.

Carabinieri assigned to the Operational Intervention Companies are selected and specially trained in Velletri to detect and deal with dangerous individuals, such as former offenders, drugs dealers and others.