Armored Brigade "Centauro"

Brigata corazzata "Centauro"
Coat of Arms of the Armored Brigade "Centauro"
Active	Division: 1 November 1952 - 31 October 1986 Brigade: 1 April 1951 - 31 October 1939 1 November 1986 – 5 October 2002
Country	Italy
Branch	Italian Army
Role	Armored warfare
Part of	3rd Army Corps
Garrison/HQ	Novara

After World War II the Italian Army had two units named "Centauro": from 1952 to 1986 the Armored Division "Centauro" (Italian: Divisione corazzata "Centauro") and from 1986 to 2002 the Armored Brigade "Centauro" (Italian: Brigata corazzata "Centauro"). Both units were successor to the World War II era 131st Armored Division "Centauro". The units' name came from the mythological race of half human-half horse creatures named Centaurs.