In 1850, shortly after the First Italian War of Independence, the Royal Sardinian Army formed the regiment.

[1][2] In 1964, the Italian Army's 3rd Armored Infantry Regiment formed a reconnaissance squadron, which was named Squadron "Cavalleggeri di Alessandria" and received the traditions of the Regiment "Cavalleggeri di Alessandria" (14th).

[1][3] On 3 January 1850, the Royal Sardinian Army formed the Regiment "Cavalleggeri di Alessandria" in Casale Monferrato.

The next day, 10 May, the Regiment "Cavalleggeri di Alessandria" participated in a reconnaissance raid towards Vercelli, which convinced the Austrian commander Feldzeugmeister Ferenc Gyulay to retreat back over the Ticino river into Lombardy.

Between 22 and 25 May, the Regiment "Cavalleggeri di Alessandria" participated in raids and attacks against the Austrian held villages of Borgo Vercelli and Palestro.

On 27 May 1859, King Victor Emmanuel II awarded the Regiment "Cavalleggeri di Alessandria" a Bronze Medal of Military Valor for the conduct of the regiment's 2nd and 3rd squadrons during the crossing of the Sesia river on 21 May and the operations against Borgo Vercelli and Palestro between 22 and 25 May.

[1][4][5] On 20 June 1866, the Third Italian War of Independence between the Kingdom of Italy and the Austrian Empire began.

As the Uhlans returned to their own lines they were charged by the 3rd Squadron of the Regiment "Cavalleggeri di Alessandria".

In 1895-96, the regiment provided 73 enlisted for units deployed to Italian Eritrea for the First Italo-Ethiopian War.

In August 1916, the regiment was assigned to a cavalry brigade, which fought in the Sixth Battle of the Isonzo and was the first Italian unit to enter the conquered city ofGorizia.

The attacking Chevau-légers were stopped by an Austro-Hungarian roadblock, where they came under withering machine gun fire.

On 24 May 1925, the standard of the Regiment "Cavalleggeri di Treviso" (28th) was transferred to the Shrine of the Flags, which at the time was located in Castel Sant'Angelo, for safekeeping.

In 1935-36, the regiment provided 15 officers and 220 enlisted for units deployed to East Africa for the Second Italo-Ethiopian War.

The regiment was assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division "Eugenio di Savoia", with which it participated in the Invasion of Yugoslavia.

[1] On 17 October 1942, the Regiment "Cavalleggeri di Alessandria" conducted the last cavalry charge in Italian military history.

Battalion, the 3rd Squadron of the I Light Tank Group "San Giusto", and an artillery section with horse drawn 75/27 mod.

11 field guns of the I Group of the 23rd Artillery Regiment "Re", was ordered to search for and, if encountered, destroy Yugoslav Partisans between Perjasica and Primišlje in Croatia.

In the afternoon the Italian units arrived in Poloj, where large partisan formations were observed on the regiment's right flank.

The Italians formed a circular defense, and quickly found themselves under fierce enemy fire.

[1][2][5] On 16 February 1943, the regiment's commanding officer Colonel Guido da Zara was killed in an ambush by Yugoslav Partisans.

On 9 September, the regiment moved to Rijeka, which it found deserted by Italian higher commands.

In 1945, after the war's end the regiment's standard was retrieved and transferred to the Shrine of the Flags in the Vittoriano in Rome for safekeeping.

[1][2][5] During the war the regiment's depot in Palmanova formed the following dismounted units:[1][2] In summer 1942 the XIII Self-propelled Anti-tank Squadrons Group was attached to the 3rd Cavalry Division "Principe Amedeo Duca d'Aosta", which was sent to the Eastern front in Ukraine.

[1] During the Cold War the Italian Army's primary fighting force in Central Italy was the Infantry Division "Granatieri di Sardegna".

Consequently, on 31 October 1975, the 3rd Armored Infantry Regiment was disbanded and the next day the squadron, which had been renamed 14th Reconnaissance Squadron "Cavalleggeri di Alessandria" on 1 October of the same year, was transferred to the Infantry Division "Granatieri di Sardegna".