The brigade participated in the First Italian War of Independence fighting in the battles of Santa Lucia and Novara.

During the First Battle of the Isonzo the brigade tried to take the area of Selz and the nearby fortified hill of "Sei Busi", but managed only to capture some Austrian trenches.

Having suffered horrendous casualties in the Second Battle of the Isonzo the brigade was taken out of the front for a two-month rest.

Reduced to half its strength the brigade was not employed during the Fourth Battle of the Isonzo but sent to Monfalcone to be rebuilt once again.

On 14 August 1916 the brigade was ordered to conquer the mountains of Pecinka and Cerje (Veliki Hribach) near Lokvica.

For three days the brigade's soldiers tried to reach the two summits, but having suffered over 2,000 dead by 17 August, the Italian Supreme Command ordered to cease combat operations.

Until May 1917 the brigade saw little combat, alternating between front line duties and rest in the village of Hudi Log.

In the Tenth Battle of the Isonzo the brigade was tasked to the take hills of Stari Lokva and Versic near Sela na Krasu.

Again employed in the Eleventh Battle of the Isonzo the brigade suffered devastating casualties attacking heights 244 and 251 near the Kostanjevica Monastery.

On 7 April 1918 the brigade entered the front on the Asiago Plateau, where it was surprised by the Austrian attack towards Vicenza during the Battle of the Piave River.

In face of the massive Austrian offensive the brigade had to abandon all its forward positions and managed to hold only its last defensive line.

When the Battle of Vittorio Veneto finally broke the Austrian Army the brigade managed to advance towards the Vezzena Pass, which it reached on 3 November 1918, just before the Armistice of Villa Giusti came into effect.

After the end of World War I the brigade moved to the Abruzzo region and was garrisoned in the city of Chieti.

In January 1941 the division arrived in Albania to stabilize the crumbling Italian front during the Greek counteroffensive in the Greco-Italian War.

In June 1941 the division transferred to Larissa in Thessaly to suppress the growing Greek Resistance movement.

The division continued on anti-partisan duty until the Armistice between Italy and Allied armed forces of 8 September 1943.

[2] During the next years the Supply, Repairs, Recovery Unit "Pinerolo" was raised in Bari and on 30 October 1965 the LX Armored Battalion joined the brigade.

Therefore, on 1 November 1975, the 9th Regiment was disbanded and its battalions came forthwith under direct command of the Motorized Brigade "Pinerolo".

On 31 December 1990 the Army wide reduction in forces after the end of the Cold War reached the "Pinerolo" brigade with the disbanding of the 13th Mechanized Infantry Battalion "Valbella".

By the end of 1997 the brigade's composition was as follows: The following years brought additional changes: In March 2001 the 131st Self-propelled Field Artillery Regiment "Centauro" was renamed 21st Self-propelled Field Artillery Regiment "Trieste", which had transferred from the Airmobile Brigade "Friuli".

On 5 November 2001 the 82nd Infantry Regiment "Torino" from the 132nd Armored Brigade "Ariete" moved to Barletta and joined the "Pinerolo".