During World War I the regiment formed battalions and companies, which operated along the Italian Front.

During World War II the regiment formed battalions and smaller units, which were deployed on all fronts.

After the announcement of the Armistice of Cassibile on 8 September 1943, the regiment was disbanded by invading German forces.

[2][3][4] The regiment's anniversary falls, as for all engineer units, on 24 June 1918, the last day of the Second Battle of the Piave River.

[4] The 1st Pontieri Company, which arrived from the 2nd Engineer Regiment, had distinguished itself during the First Italian War of Independence at the Siege of Peschiera and been awarded a Bronze Medal of Military Valor.

Also during the same year the regiment provided five officers and 15 enlisted for units deployed to Eritrea for the First Italo-Ethiopian War.

[4][6] During World War I battalions and companies formed by the regiment fought in all sectors of the Italian Front.

In December of the same year, the regiment formed the 7th, 8th, 9th Pontieri companies, which were sent to augment units deployed in Ethiopia.

[4] During World War II the regiment's depot in Piacenza mobilized the following units:[4] In summer 1941, the I Pontieri Battalion was assigned to the Italian Expeditionary Corps in Russia, with which the battalion deployed to the Eastern Front in Ukraine.

Germany reacted by invading Italy and the 2nd Pontieri Regiment was disbanded soon thereafter by German forces.

[3][4][5] On 15 December 1949, the 2nd Pontieri Engineer Regiment was reformed in Piacenza and assigned to the Tuscan-Emilian Military Region.

[4] In 1950, the regiment began a tradition to erect the temporary bridge for the yearly Festa del Redentore in Venice.

On the same day, the II Pontieri Battalion in Legnano and the Railway Operations Company in Turin were transferred to the Ferrovieri Engineer Regiment.

[3][5] After the August 2016 earthquake in Central Italy the regiment's companies deployed to the area to assist in the recovery efforts and to provide engineering services to the affected communities.