The regiment belongs to the Italian Army's Alpini infantry speciality and is assigned to the Alpine Brigade "Taurinense".

[3][4][5] During World War I the regiment expanded to ten battalions, which fought separately in the alpine areas of the Italian front.

[3][4][5] On 15 October 1872, the Royal Italian Army formed 15 locally recruited Alpini companies in the alpine regions of Northern Italy.

Upon entering the regiments, the battalions, which until then had been designated by a Roman numeral, were named for their recruiting zone, while the Alpini companies were renumbered sequentially from 1st to 72nd.

In turn the regiment received from the 3rd Alpini Regiment the Battalion "Val Stura", which recruited in the Stura Valley, and the Battalion "Val Maira", which recruited in the Maira Valley.

[2] On 1 November 1886, the battalions changed their names from their recruiting zones to the cities and towns, where their base was located.

In 1911, the Alpini Battalion "Saluzzo" was deployed to Libya for the Italo-Turkish War, where it fought in the Battle of Derna.

[4][5][6] At the outbreak of World War I the Alpini speciality consisted of eight regiments, which fielded 26 battalions with 79 companies.

After Italy's initial declaration of neutrality 38 additional Alpini companies were formed during the autumn of 1914 with men, who had completed their military service in the preceding four years.

[2][5][7] After the end of the war the Alpini battalions "Val Maira" and "Cuneo" were disbanded, while the regiment's three remaining battalions "Borgo San Dalmazzo", "Dronero", and "Saluzzo" were sent to the Italian protectorate over Albania to fight in the Vlora War.

From December 1920 to January 1921 the battalions "Dronero" and "Saluzzo" were part of the campaign to defeat the Italian Regency of Carnaro.

On 1 January 1934, the newly formed 4th Mountain Artillery Regiment joined the brigade, which on 27 October 1934 was renamed IV Superior Alpine Command.

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

At the same time the 2nd Alpini Regiment provided seven officers and 507 troops to help form the 10th Supply Column and the 609th Company, which was assigned to the XI Replacements Battalion.

For its service and conduct during the campaign the 11th Alpini Regiment was awarded a Bronze Medal of Military Valor.

On 10 June 1940, the day Italy entered World War II, the regiment fielded 160 officers and 5,046 other ranks for a total strength of 5,206 men.

[5][7] In November 1940, the 4th Alpine Division "Cuneense" was transferred to Albania to shore up the crumbling Italian front during the Greco-Italian War.

[2][5][7] In November 1941, the regiment formed the XIII Replacements Battalion, which was assigned to the 7th Alpini Valley Group, which fought Yugoslav partisans in Croatia.

The corps was assigned to the Italian 8th Army, which was readied to be deployed in summer 1942 to the Eastern Front.

In preparation for the deployment to the Soviet Union the 2nd Alpini Regiment's depot formed on 1 April 1942 the 14th Cannons Company, which was equipped with 47/32 mod.

The division provided replacement troops for the 8th Army's regiments fighting on the Eastern Front.

[5][7][22][23] In July 1942 the three alpine division arrived in Eastern Ukraine, from where they marched eastwards towards the Don river.

[5][7][21][22][24] On the evening of 17 January 1943, the Alpine Army Corps commander, General Gabriele Nasci, ordered a full retreat.

The 40,000-strong mass of stragglers — Alpini and Italians from other commands, plus German and Hungarians — followed the "Tridentina", which led the way westwards to the new Axis lines.

By morning of 28 January the "Cuneense" had walked 200 km, fought 20 battles, lost 80% of its men and spent 11 nights camped out in the middle of the Russian Steppe.

[5][7][21][22][24] On 11 February 1943, the survivors were counted and just 208 men of the regiment had reached Axis lines; none of the soldiers of the battalions "Borgo San Dalmazzo" and "Saluzzo" had made it out of the Soviet encirclement.

After the announcement of the armistice the Alpini Battalion "Bicocca" fought against German forces retreating through Corsica.

[4][5][7] On 15 April 1952, the 4th Alpini Regiment joined the newly formed Alpine Brigade "Taurinense".

The regiment consisted of the recruit training battalions "Cadore", "Orobica", "Taurinense", and "Tridentina", which trained the recruits destined for the alpine brigades "Cadore", "Orobica", "Taurinense", and "Tridentina".

The maneuver support company is equipped with 120 mm mortars and Spike MR anti-tank guided missiles.