The 33rd Tank Regiment (Italian: 33° Reggimento Carri) is an inactive tank regiment of the Italian Army, which was based in Ozzano dell'Emilia in the Emilia Romagna and last operationally assigned to the 132nd Armored Brigade "Ariete".

The regiment was formed in November 1939 by the Royal Italian Army and assigned to the 133rd Armored Division "Littorio".

Scapuzzi", which had become an autonomous unit on 1 November 1976 and been assigned to the Mechanized Brigade "Granatieri di Sardegna".

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.

After the initial attacks failed the I Tnak Battalion L of the 33rd Tank Infantry Regiment was sent forward on 24 June 1940, but the L3/35 tankettes became bogged down in the rugged and snowy terrain.

French anti-tank gunners then destroyed a number of Italian tankettes and the battalion withdrew.

[1][2] In summer 1940 the I Tank Battalion L was transferred to Libya, where it participated in the Western Desert campaign.

On 29 January, Tellera ordered a general retreat along the Via Balbia road towards Benghazi.

General Tellera, who personally led the attack of the VI Tank Battalion M13/40 was found gravely injured in one of the M13/40 tanks after the battle by British forces and died the next day in a British field hospital.

Struck by his heroic resistance, the British Army buried him with full military honours[3] in Benghazi.

The next day the remaining Italian troops surrendered and the Tenth Army ceased to exist and the VI Tank Battalion M13/40 was declared lost due to war time events.

On the 17 the Littorio reached Trebinje, where it met up with units of the 131st Armored Division "Centauro", which had advanced northward from Albania.

On 15 October 1942, the 4th Tank Infantry Regiment transferred its anti-aircraft company with 20/65 mod.

On 8 September 1943 the Armistice of Cassibile was announced and the regiment was disbanded by invading German forces shortly thereafter.

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.

[1][6] With the end of the Cold War the Italian Army drew down its forces: on 31 August 1993, the 6th Tank Battalion "M.O.

Scapuzzi" in Civitavecchia lost its autonomy and transferred the flag of the 33rd Tank Regiment, which the battalion held since 1976, to Ozzano dell'Emilia, while on the same day the flag of the 4th Tank Regiment was transferred from Ozzano dell'Emilia to Civitavecchia.