The 2nd Tank Regiment (Italian: 2° Reggimento Carri) is an inactive tank regiment of the Italian Army, which was based in San Vito al Tagliamento in Friuli-Venezia Giulia and operationally assigned to the Mechanized Brigade "Gorizia".

In October 1941, the battalion was transferred to the island of Sardinia, where it was disbanded shortly after the Armistice of Cassibile had been announced on 8 September 1943.

The regiment'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.

[2][3] In December 1935 the battalion was sent to Libya, where it, together with other Italian units, remained for the duration of the Second Italo-Ethiopian War.

On 25 October 1964, the battalion moved from Mestre to San Vito al Tagliamento, where it received M47 Patton tanks.

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.

[2][5] On 12 November 1976 the President of the Italian Republic Giovanni Leone granted with decree 846 a new flag to the battalion.

Piccinini" lost its autonomy and the next day the battalion entered the newly formed 22nd Tank Regiment "M.O.