The 8th Paratroopers Engineer Regiment "Folgore" (Italian: 8° Reggimento Genio Guastatori Paracadutisti "Folgore") is an airborne military engineering regiment of the Italian Army based in Legnago in Veneto.

The regiment is assigned to the Paratroopers Brigade "Folgore" and combines the lineage and traditions of the Royal Italian Army's 8th Engineer Regiment and VIII Paratroopers Sappers Battalion, and the Italian Co-Belligerent Army's CLXXXIV Mixed Engineer Battalion.

After the announcement of the Armistice of Cassibile on 8 September 1943 the regiment was disbanded by invading German forces.

In November 1942, the "Folgore" division and the VIII Paratroopers Sappers Battalion were destroyed during the Second Battle of El Alamein.

In September 1944, the Italian Co-Belligerent Army formed the CLXXXIV Mixed Engineer Battalion for the Combat Group "Folgore".

In October 2004, the battalion lost its autonomy and entered the reformed 8th Paratroopers Engineer Regiment "Folgore".

[7][8][9] The regiment's anniversary falls, as for all engineer units, on 24 June 1918, the last day of the Second Battle of the Piave River.

After the end of World War I the Royal Italian Army reorganized its forces and on 21 November 1919, the 8th Engineer Regiment (Lagunari) was disbanded.

After its formation the grouping consisted of a command, a sappers-miners battalion, a telegraphers battalion, which included five dovecotes located in Rome, Perugia, Cagliari, Ozieri, and La Maddalena, a photo-electricians company, and a depot.

All throughout the year 1937, the regiment trained additional personnel as replacements for troops stationed in Ethiopia.

[8] During World War II the 8th Engineer Regiment's depot in Rome mobilized the following units:[8] The 8th and 10th engineer groupings were tasked with construction work related to coastal defense and air defense in Italy.

In the evening of 8 September 1943, the Armistice of Cassibile, which ended hostilities between the Kingdom of Italy and the Anglo-American Allies, was announced by General Dwight D. Eisenhower on Radio Algiers and by Marshal Pietro Badoglio on Italian radio.

Germany reacted by invading Italy and the 8th Engineer Regiment and the three groupings it had formed were disbanded soon thereafter by German forces.

Each assault platoon consisted of two sapper teams, which were equipped with Model 38 submachine guns, hand grenades, and bangalore torpedoes, and two support teams, which were equipped with heavy machine guns and light mortars.

[7] On 24 September 1944, the Italian Co-Belligerent Army formed the CLXXXIV Mixed Engineer Battalion in Faicchio.

The latter two companies were transferred from the 184th Infantry Division "Nembo", which had been fighting on the allied side in the Italian campaign since May 1942.

The combat group was assigned to the British XIII Corps and entered the front along the Gothic Line.

For its conduct during the Italian campaign the battalion was awarded a Bronze Medal of Military Valor.

[14] On 12 November 1976, the President of the Italian Republic Giovanni Leone assigned with decree 846 the flag and traditions of the 8th Engineer Regiment to the battalion.

[7] After the August 2016 earthquake in Central Italy the regiment's companies deployed to the area to assist in the recovery efforts and to provide engineering services to the affected communities.