The regiment is part of the army's infantry corps' Bersaglieri speciality and operationally assigned to the Mechanized Brigade "Sassari".

The regiment is the highest decorated unit of the Italian Army with three Gold Medals of Military Valor.

[8][9] During World War II the regiment was assigned to the 3rd Cavalry Division "Principe Amedeo Duca d'Aosta", with which it served in the Italian campaign in Ukraine and Russia.

In 1866, in preparation for the Third Italian War of Independence, the regiment formed the XLVIII Battalion, which was disbanded in December 1870.

[8][9][10] On 15 April 1860 the Royal Sardinian Army formed the XVIII Battalion with volunteers drawn from militia units of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, which had fought in the Second Italian War of Independence in 1859.

In 1862 the XXV Battalion participated in the Battle of Aspromonte against Giuseppe Garibaldi's Redshirts, which were marching to occupy Rome.

In 1895-96 the regiment provided 11 officers and 256 troops to help form the I, III, IV, and V provisional battalions, which were deployed to Eritrea for the First Italo-Ethiopian War.

After two days of heavy combat on the slopes of the mountain the Italian troops had to retreat to their own lines and the 3rd Bersaglieri Regiment left ten officers and 280 soldiers on the field of battle.

The line ran along the railway dam located between the foot of the Monfenera ridge and the Piave river.

[8][9][12] In June 1918 the regiment fought in the Second Battle of the Piave River in the area of Monte Valbella, where it lost 26 officers and 509 soldiers.

On 30 October the VII brigade attacked towards Oderzo and from there rapidly advanced to San Vito al Tagliamento in pursuit of the fleeing Austro-Hungarian armies.

On 14-16 September 1916, during the Seventh Battle of the Isonzo, the battalion conquered and then held Hill 144 East of Monfalcone against repeated Austro-Hungarian counterattacks.

During the Battle of Vittorio Veneto the battalion crossed the Piave at Grave di Papadopoli and then advanced to Conegliano.

After the war the III Cyclists Battalion was disbanded in 1919, but in 1922 the battalion was awarded a Gold Medal of Military Valor, for having conquered enemy positions at Vermegliano, on Monte Sei Busi, and East of Monfalcone, and for its conduct during the Second Battle of the Piave River and the Battle of Vittorio Veneto.

In November 1935 the division took Negash, Agula and Bolbala and then moved to positions on the heights overlooking the Tekezé river.

Meanwhile on 3 April 1936 the Sabauda moved to Amba Alagi, where it won a decisive encounter, and then pursued the retreating Ethiopians to Agumserta and finally to Lake Ashenge.

At the time the regiment consisted of the following units:[8][9][17] In summer 1941 the 3rd Cavalry Division "Principe Amedeo Duca d'Aosta" was assigned to the Italian Expeditionary Corps in Russia and sent to the Eastern front.

On 20 July 1941 the division left Italy and on 13 August 1941 it reached Dniprodzerzhynsk (today Kamianske) on the Dnipro river in central Ukraine.

In June 1942, Axis forces commenced their summer offensive and on 19 July 1942, the 3rd Bersaglieri Regiment occupied Millerovo in Russia.

Later in the same month, and with the support of German tanks, the Bersaglieri repelled a Soviet attack during the first defensive battle of the Don.

After a short respite the Soviets commenced the Voronezh–Kharkov offensive on 13 January 1943 and the Axis forces had to fall back further, with the 3rd Cavalry Division "Principe Amedeo Duca d'Aosta" falling back towards Pavlohrad in Ukraine, where between 4 and 19 February 1943 the 3rd Bersaglieri Regiment held its positions against repeated Soviet attacks.

On 8 September 1943, when the Armistice of Cassibile was announced, the regiment was located in the Emilia region and still in the process of being rebuilt.

The reformed regiment was assigned to the I Motorized Grouping, which fought on the allied side in the Italian Campaign.

[18][19] On 24 September 1944 the Italian Liberation Corps was disbanded its units and personnel used to form the combat groups "Folgore" and "Legnano".

The Special Infantry Regiment then joined the Combat Group "Legnano", which was equipped with British materiel and assigned to the Polish II Corps.

During the latter battle the Bersaglieri Battalion "Goito" broke through the German lines at Poggio Scanno, which opened the way for the Combat Group "Legnano" to Ozzano dell'Emilia and Bologna, which was liberated on 21 April.

[8][9][22] In November 1968 the regiment was deployed in the Province of Vercelli to help rescue efforts after heavy floods had devastated the area.

The three battalions were assigned to the 3rd Mechanized Brigade "Goito", which was formed on the same day by reorganizing the command of the 3rd Bersaglieri Regiment.

On 30 November 2009, the 3rd Bersaglieri Regiment moved from Milan to Teluada in Sardinia, where it joined the Mechanized Brigade "Sassari".

The Maneuver Support Company is equipped with 120mm mortars and Spike MR anti-tank guided missiles.