In 1986, the Armored Division "Centauro" was disbanded and the squadrons group reorganized as a tank formation and assigned to the Mechanized Brigade "Brescia".

[2][3][4] On 21 July 1858, French Emperor Napoleon III and the Prime Minister of Sardinia Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour met in Plombières and reached a secret verbal agreement on a military alliance between the French Empire and the Kingdom of Sardinia against the Austrian Empire.

Upon Sardinia's refusal, Austria declared war on 26 April and three days later the Austrians crossed the Ticino river into Piedmont.

On 9 July of the same year, the regiment battled rebels led by Carmine Crocco near the Ofanto river.

The next day, on 12 October, more Italian units arrived in Tripoli, including the I Group of the Regiment "Cavalleggeri di Lodi" (15th).

Two weeks later, in the early hours of 26 October, Ottoman forces attacked the Italian line at Bu Meliana and the I Group was ordered to drive the enemy back.

By 10:30 in the morning, the Ottoman forces had been driven back and three platoons of the group mounted their horses to pursue the fleeing enemy.

On 23 March 1913, the regiment's II Group and the 1st Savari Squadron encountered Libyan rebels near Monterus Nero.

The Italian squadrons then retreated on foot for three kilometers, keeping the rebels at bay through concentrated rifle fire, before mounting their horses and disengaging.

One hour later, the squadrons mounted their horses and charged with drawn sabers the enemy, which broke and dispersed.

In southern Albania the front remained static until July 1918, when the Italian forces went on the offensive to push the Austro-Hungarian troops beyond the Seman river.

The Austro-Hungarian troops fell back and on 9 July Italian forces reached the Seman river.

After a short break the Italian units fell back to the hills South of the river, where they defeated a series of Austro-Hungarian counterattacks.

[3][4][8] On 8 August 1918, the Allied forces began the Hundred Days Offensive on the Western front, during which the regiment's III Group fought at Chemin des Dames, in Sissonne, and on the Meuse river.

On 29 September, Bulgaria signed the Armistice of Salonica and the next day at noon, the Bulgarian Army surrendered.

Italian patrols sent forward to reconnoiter, reported that the Austro-Hungarian forces had burned their supplies and fled Albania.

In November 1918, the regiment's command and II Group, which consisted of the 4th, 5th, and 6th squadrons, were sent to the Bulgarian capital of Sofia, which had been occupied by allies forces.

On 24 May 1925, the standards of the two disbanded regiments were transferred to the Shrine of the Flags, which at the time was located in Castel Sant'Angelo, for safekeeping.

The reformed regiment consisted of the following units:[3][4][7][9] Initially, the grouping was intended to be sent to the Eastern front, where the Italian 8th Army was deployed along the Don river.

The ship carrying the materiel of the grouping's remaining squadrons was damaged and had to seek shelter at Corfu to be repaired, before continuing the journey to Libya.

[4][7][9] After the Axis defeat in the Second Battle of El Alamein and the landing of allied forces in French Morocco and French Algeria in early November 1942, the grouping was reorganized with the personnel and materiel at hand and then consisted of the following units:[4][7][9] Between 20 and 25 November 1942, the grouping's personnel was flown from the Royal Italian Air Force's airfields at Castelvetrano and Sciacca in Sicily to Tripoli in Libya, with part of the personnel lost over the Mediterranean Sea to allied fighter attacks.

On 24 November 1942, the grouping's first units left Tripoli and advanced to Medenine in Tunisia, which was occupied the next day.

The grouping then occupied Gabès and Tataouine, followed by Kebili on 9 December and then Douz and Fatnassa on the shores of the Chott el Djerid.

On 13 May 1943, Axis forces in Tunisia surrendered and the Armored Reconnaissance Grouping "Cavalleggeri di Lodi" was declared lost due to wartime events.

[1][3][4][7] On 1 January 1952, the Italian Army formed the Armored Cavalry Squadron "Cavalleggeri di Lodi" in Verona, which received the name and traditions of the regiment.

For its conduct and work after the 1968 floods in Piedmont the squadrons group was awarded a Bronze Medal of Civil Merit, which was affixed to the regiment's standard.

[4][10] On 12 November 1976, the President of the Italian Republic Giovanni Leone assigned with decree 846 the standard and traditions of the Regiment "Cavalleggeri di Lodi" (15th) to the squadrons group.

As the Armored Division "Centauro" was scheduled to disband on 31 October 1986, the 15th Squadrons Group "Cavalleggeri di Lodi" was reorganized as a tank unit.

On 27 July 1991, the brigade and most of its units were disbanded, while the 15th Tank Squadrons Group "Cavalleggeri di Lodi" was transferred to the 3rd Army Corps.