[3] Carabinieri units devoted to the riot control and to tactical tasks experienced several organizational phases, from late 1910s to the present day.

268 Following the end of the War, participants to rallies increased in numbers and Army units deployed in internal order services significantly decreased.

The Arm of Carabinieri, in order to sustain the increasingly heavy duty, established for the first time outside war several Army-style Battalions.[5]pp.

16 On 13 March 1919, the War Ministry ordered the provisional establishment of 16 Carabinieri Mobile Battalions, whose organization was to be dealt with by the General Command.[6]p.

16 On 30 March 1919, Commandant General Luigi Cauvin issued executive orders for the establishment of the Mobile Battalions of the Royal Carabinieri.

106 On 25 August 1919, another study elaborated by the General Command proposed the establishment of Mobile Battalions as a quick reaction force, also in response to insurrections to be dealt with by the Army; the following day, a memorandum by the General Command advised against the establishment of the military Royal Guard of Public Security, a standing corps with military status dealing exclusively with civil disturbances.[7]p.

279–280 Mobile Battalions in Alessandria, Treviso, Cagliari, Catanzaro and Messina were established outside the 1918 plan, due to evolving needs.[5]pp.

[4] In December 1922, the Royal Guard of Public Security (a military corps exclusively dedicated to riot control operations) was merged into the Carabinieri.[8]p.

In 1919 the most serious disturbances occurred in Novara, Milan, Brescia, Rome, Piombino, Viareggio, Corenza and Venice, Apulia and Piedmont.

[9] Between 1919 and 1920, the Carabinieri performed 233 public order and riot control operations and suffered 517 casualties (43 dead and 474 wounded).

[9] Facing increasingly combative demonstrations, the government authorities left loose rules of engagement to the police forces, with the result of bloody clashes.

[12] In the immediate aftermaths of World War II, both police and Carabinieri were strictly prohibited by armistice clauses to have hand grenades, machine guns, rifles and even handguns.[13]pp.

144–146 According to Virgilio Ilari, as of 1949 the Carabinieri mobile forces consisted of 13 Battalions and 34 Trucked Units (Nuclei Autocarrati), with an updated equipment.

[12] According to Antonio Sannino, the fact that the Carabinieri remained hostile to Communists' political approaches caused the British support to them.[13]p.

48 On 27 January 1963, Lieutenant General Giovanni De Lorenzo formulated a proposal to reorganize riot units.

The aim was to ensure Carabinieri Battalions the availability of all elements necessary to be in a position to act in isolation and overcome considerable resistance without having to rely on the support of other Army Corps or even of other Armed Forces, to ensure Battalions' speed of movement and concentration in large sectors of foreseeable use and a constant high training level.

[1] However, the brigade never had responsibility for actual unitary operational command, lacking supports due to a political choice,[22] but exercised the tasks of instruction and preparation for the riot control activities.

[1] Within the VII Battalion, based in Laives, the Counter-terrorism Special Company was established in 1960s to counter South Tyrolean terrorism;[17]p. 187 the security operations were also supported by several Trucked Units.

[25] In 1969, under the command of former partisan Brigadier General Pietro Loretelli,[19]p. 532 Battalions framed within Carabinieri Regiments were reorganized.

[21] According General Adamo Markert, as of 1969, the most prepared Carabinieri Battalions were headquartered in Gorizia, Bolzano, and Padua, ready for engagement in war.[19]p.

[26] During the Years of Lead and the subsequent period, however, most of the Battalions reduced their military training in order to deal with riot control activities.

203–204 During the Years of Lead and the subsequent period, however, most of the Battalions reduced their military training in order to deal with riot control activities.

203–204 With the end of the Cold War, the mobile organization lost its combat-oriented connotation, taking over the role of force mainly devoted to the performance of riot control.

[31] On July 20, 23-year-old activist Carlo Giuliani of Genoa, was shot dead by Mario Placanica, a Carabiniere, during clashes with police.

At the 8th Regiment Carabinieri "Lazio" in Rome and the Carabinieri Battalions in Milan, Florence, Naples, Bari, Palermo and Mestre it is constituted an "Operational Intervention Company" which, thanks to the special training of personnel and the allocation of substantial means and materials, allows to cope with the appropriate urgency in sudden danger to public security.

[37] The Carabinieri Cavalry Regiment contributes to the control of inaccessible rural areas of the country, supporting the territorial organization.