The defending champions of this European Championship, Italy, were sent home by two clean goals from Switzerland, and the downfall of Italian football is visible to the naked eye, and in terms of military affairs, Italy can hold up some scenes in addition to the navy, and the rest is no longer enough, and the largest army is now struggling to reach the quarterfinals in Europe.
Ram main battle tank of the Italian armored brigade
The total strength of the Italian Army is 97,755 men, which is 20,000 more than the British Empire's Army, and the highest commander is the Chief of the General Staff of the Italian Army, which consists of the General Staff of the Italian Army, the Army Operations Command, the Army Logistics Command, the NATO Rapid Deployment Force Command and the Army Training Command.
1. Army General Staff
Army General Staff
The General Staff of the Army is the highest command for the policy of the Italian armed forces, with the commander being the Deputy Chief of the General Staff, and consists of the Office of the Deputy Chief of the General Staff, the Administrative Office, the Office of Special Operations, the General Security Office of the OCS, the Office of Documentation Flow, the Office of Military Psychology and Psychiatry, the Central Coordination of the Vigilance Prevention and Protection Service, the Ministry of Infrastructure, as well as the Army Olympic Sports Center (5th Department) and the Army C4 Command (6th Department).
2. NATO's Rapid Deployment Force
NATO Rapid Deployment Force
NATO's Rapid Deployment Force-Italy (NRDC-ITA) is a multinational headquarters headquartered in Solbia Teolona, in the Varese region north of Milan, with Italy as the initiator of the framework, providing about 80% of the force and the remaining 20% made up of officers, non-commissioned officers and soldiers from other alliance countries. The 400 soldiers are from Albania, Bulgaria, Canada, France, the United Kingdom, Greece, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, the Netherlands, Turkey and the United States.
3. Army Logistics Command
Army Logistics Command
The Army Logistics Command is responsible for managing the activities of the logistics formations of the armed forces and carrying out command, coordination and control, specifically, it provides logistical support to the army commands and forces at home and abroad, and is responsible for the personnel of the logistics department and the logistics activities related to materiel, vehicles and financial resources.
The Logistics Support Command consists of the School of Administration, the Army National Administration Center, the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, the 44th Communications Support Regiment, the 184th Communications Support Regiment, the 8th "Casilina" Transport Regiment, and the K9 Military Dog Training Regiment.
Italian Military Dog Training Corps
IV. Training and Doctrine Command
Training and Doctrine Command
Within the framework of the reorganization of the Army's Department in charge of Training, on January 1, 2013, the Training Specialization and Doctrine Command (COMFORDOT) was established in the Rome barracks, headed by a lieutenant general.
Affiliated units include the Army Training Command and Application School, the Infantry School, the Cavalry School, the Joint Forces Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Defense School, the "Cecchinola" Support Group, and the Army Sports Center.
Alpine Brigade
The "Cecchinola" support mission is responsible for providing logistical support to the Army Training, Specialization and Doctrine Command, the Engineer Command, the Signals Command, the Transport and Material School, the Medical and Veterinary School, the Army Olympic Sports Centre and the Infrastructure Engineer Corps Combat Unit.
5. Army Operational Command
Italian Army Artillery Units
The Army Combat Command is the command center of the Italian Army, which consists of the Alpine Command, the Northern Operational Command, the Southern Operational Command, the Combat Support Command, the Army Aviation Combat Command, the Army Special Forces Command, and the Army Simulation and Verification Center.
Italian Army infantry combat vehicle
Among them, the Army Aviation Operations Command has an airmobile brigade, the Alpine Command has three mountain brigades, and the Northern Operations Command has one cavalry brigade, one armored brigade, and one paratrooper brigade. The Southern Operational Command has three mechanized brigades, all of which are divisional and are the main forces of the Italian Army.
Attack helicopter formations
Summary: Accustomed to the size of a large country with a million people at every turn, the armies of European countries now basically maintain a small force of tens of thousands of people, and the size of the Italian army in Europe is more than enough, but according to the speed of the Italians' surrender, it is really unnecessary to maintain too large a force.