The regiment belongs to the Italian Army's Alpini infantry speciality and is assigned to the Alpine Brigade "Julia".

[3][4][5] During World War I the regiment expanded to ten battalions, which fought separately in the alpine areas of the Italian front.

On the same day the all Alpini battalions changed their names from their recruiting zones to the cities and towns, where their base was located.

In 1895-96 the regiment provided 15 officers and 533 troops to help form the I and V provisional Alpini battalions, which were deployed to Eritrea for the First Italo-Ethiopian War.

On 23 March 1913, the 8th Special Regiment fought in the Battle of Assaba against local rebel forces.

[2][4][5] At the outbreak of World War I the Alpini speciality consisted of eight regiments, which fielded 26 battalions with 79 companies.

After Italy's initial declaration of neutrality 38 additional Alpini companies were formed during the autumn of 1914 with men, who had completed their military service in the preceding four years.

[4][5][7] On 23 May 1915, Italy declared war on Austria-Hungary and at the time the 7th Alpini Regiment consisted of the following units:[5][7] After the declaration of war the regiment's battalions operated in groups two in the following areas: the Alpini battalions "Feltre" and "Val Cismon" in the Brenta - Cismon area, the Alpini battalions "Belluno" and "Val Cordevole" in the Cordevole and Passo Fedaia area, and the Alpini battalions "Pieve di Cadore" and "Val Piave" in the Ansiei - Padola area, which included Monte Piana.

By the end of 1915 the Alpini regiments began to form additional companies with recruits born in 1896.

Among the twenty battalions were the Alpini battalions "Belluno" and "Monte Marmolada" of the 7th Alpini Regiment: the "Belluno" had covered the Italian retreat from the main line of the Alps and was surrounded and destroyed by Austro-Hungarian troops at Cansiglio on 10 November 1917.

At the same time the Alpini Battalion "Feltre" was sent to the Italian protectorate over Albania to fight in the Vlora War.

On 31 December 1935, the 7th Alpini Regiment was transferred to the newly formed 5th Alpine Division "Pusteria".

On 6 January 1936 the "Pusteria" division's units embarked in Livorno and Naples for the transfer to Massawa in Eritrea.

The same month the depot of the 7th Alpini Regiment formed the command and the 643rd Company of the VII Replacements Battalion.

The VII Replacements Battalion was attached to 7th Alpini Regiment and immediately shipped to Eritrea, where in the meantime the "Pusteria" was engaged in combat against Ethiopian troops.

During the latter battle a volunteer force of 150 Alpini of the VII Replacements Battalion conquered the Northern summit of Amba Uork in a night attack.

After the end of the war the "Pusteria" remained in Ethiopia and was tasked with subjugating the restive population.

On 22 October 1936, the 7th Alpini Regiment's depot in Feltre formed a second VII Replacements Battalion with volunteers.

On 10 June 1940, the day Italy entered World War II, the regiment fielded 160 officers and 5,046 other ranks for a total strength of 5,206 men.

[5][7] In November 1940, the 5th Alpine Division "Pusteria" was transferred to Albania to shore up the crumbling Italian front during the Greco-Italian War.

On 8 December 1940, the regiment's commanding officer Colonel Rodolfo Psaro was killed in action during one of the Greek attacks.

The regiment was forced to retreat into Albania, where it continued to fight and suffered further heavy losses.

[24] At the same time the Alpini Battalion "Uork Amba" fought in the East African campaign of World War II, during which it was assigned to the 10th Regiment "Granatieri di Savoia" of the 65th Infantry Division "Granatieri di Savoia".

For its service and sacrifice the battalion was awarded a Silver Medal of Military Valor, which was affixed, together with the Bronze Medal of Military Valor the battalion had been awarded earlier, to the flag of the 7th Alpini Regiment and added to the regiment's coat of arms after World War II had ended.

[2][5][7][21] After the conclusion of the Greco-Italian War and the Invasion of Yugoslavia in April 1941 the "Pusteria" division was sent in July 1941 as occupation force to Pljevlja in Montenegro.

Soon the division was embroiled in heavy fighting against Yugoslavian Partisans, which culminated in the Battle of Pljevlja in December 1941.

[5][7] In August 1942, the division was repatriated, and - after two months of rest - participated in the Axis occupation of Vichy France.

After the announcement of the Armistice of Cassibile on 8 September 1943 part of the division surrendered to invading German forces near Gap, while the 7th Alpini Regiment tried to return to the Italian region of Piedmont.

During the same year the "Cadore" brigade's Anti-Tank Company was disbanded and its personnel, with their TOW anti-tank guided missiles, assigned to the mortar companies of the battalions of the 7th Alpini Regiment and 12th Alpini Regiment.

The maneuver support company is equipped with 120 mm mortars and Spike MR anti-tank guided missiles.