42nd Signal Battalion "Pordoi"

The battalion was formed in 1953 and operated the army's telecommunications network in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Trentino-Südtirol, and Veneto regions.

In 1993, the battalion was disbanded and its personnel and tasks transferred to the 32nd Signal Regiment.

[4] The battalion was assigned to the Northeastern Military Region's Signal Command and operated the army's telecommunications network in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Trentino-Alto Adige, and Veneto regions and the two Lombardy provinces of Brescia and Mantova.

On 12 November 1976, the President of the Italian Republic Giovanni Leone granted with decree 846 the battalion a flag.

On 18 September 1993, the battalion was disbanded and its personnel and tasks transferred to the 32nd Signal Regiment.