The brigade draws much of its historical traditions from the 132nd Armored Division "Ariete," which fought in the Western Desert Campaign of World War II.

The division was destroyed in the Second Battle of El Alamein and declared lost due to wartime events on 8 December 1942.

On 23 May 1948, the Italian Army raised the Armored Brigade "Ariete" at Forte Pietralata in Rome.

The same year, it was transferred to Pordenone in the Friuli region in Northern Italy and assigned to V Army Corps.

The Ariete was now organized as follows: On 1 October 1968, the brigade headquarters were disbanded, and the divisions returned to their former structure.

The 5th Army Corps was tasked (with defending the Yugoslav-Italian border against possible attacks by either the Warsaw Pact, Yugoslavia, or both.

On 1 October 1975, the Ariete took command of the three brigades and additional units to bring it up to full strength.

The 5th Army Corps was tasked (with defending the Yugoslav-Italian border against possible attacks by either the Warsaw Pact, Yugoslavia, or both.

In December 1989, the 13th Tank Battalion was reduced to a reserve unit and transferred to the Mechanized Brigade "Mantova".

Chiamenti" and the 23rd Bersaglieri Battalion "Castel di Borgo" and from the 8th Mechanized Brigade "Garibaldi", which had moved to Caserta in the south of Italy, came the 19th Self-propelled Field Artillery Group "Rialto" and 26th Bersaglieri Battalion "Castelfidardo", which left the brigade already after half a year.

Still, on November 5, 2001, the 82nd Regiment moved to Barletta in Southern Italy to join the Armored Brigade "Pinerolo".

The "Lancieri di Novara" Cavalry regiment is equipped with a mix of Centauro tank destroyers and VTLM Lince vehicles.