[2] On 18 September 1860 the regiment fought in the Battle of Castelfidardo and from 5 November 1860 to 13 February 1861 it participated in the Siege of Gaeta.

In 1895-96 the regiment provided one officer and 74 enlisted for units deployed to Italian Eritrea for the First Italo-Ethiopian War.

The division fought dismounted in the trenches of the Italian Front, where the regiment distinguished itself on 19 June 1918 during the Battle of Monastier, for which it was awarded its second Bronze Medal of Military Valor.

In 1917 the regimental depot in Padua formed the 854th Dismounted Machine Gunners Company as reinforcement for infantry units on the front.

[2] On 19 March 1938 the unit was reformed in Civitavecchia with the function of Fast Troops Central School and the name Regiment "Lancieri di Milano".

[2] In 1940 the regiment ended its function as central school and moved to annexed Albania, where it integrated a squadrons groups with Albanian personnel.

[2] On 1 September 1964 the Squadrons Group "Lancieri di Milano" was formed in Monza and assigned to the Infantry Division "Legnano" as divisional reconnaissance unit.

[7] The same year the Milano moved from Monza to Remanzacco, where it joined the Mechanized Division "Mantova" as divisional reconnaissance unit.

With the Mantova scheduled to disband the 7th Reconnaissance Squadrons Group "Lancieri di Milano" was transferred to the Armored Brigade "Pozzuolo del Friuli".

[2] After the end of the Cold War the Italian Army began to draw down its forces and one of the first units to disband was the "Lancieri di Milano" on 10 December 1989.