L'Arma dei

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Country name: Repubblica Italiana (Italian Republic) Short name: Italia ()

Capital: Roma ()

15 regions: Abruzzo, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Emilia-Romagna, Lazio, Liguria, Lombardia, Marche, Molise, Piemonte, Puglia, Toscana, Umbria, Veneto

5 autonomous Friuli-Venezia Giulia; Sardegna (Sardinia); Sicilia; Trentino-Alto Adige (Trentino-South regions: Tyrol or Trentino-Suedtirol); Valle d'Aosta (Vallee d'Aoste)

Military branches: Esercito Italiano (Army), Marina Militare Italiana (Navy), Aeronautica Militare Italiana (Air Force), Arma dei Carabinieri (Carabinieri), (Finacial Guard) , Corpo delle Capitanerie di porto - Guardia costiera (Corps of Port Authorities - Coast Guard)

Police forces: (State ), Polizia di Quartiere (Quarter Police), (Prison Guards), Corpo Forestale dello Stato (National Forestry Department), Direzione Investigativa Antimafia –DIA- (Anti-Mafia Investigation Department), Direzione Centrale per i Servizi Antidroga (Central Directorate for Anti- Drug Services), Polizia Provinciale (Provincial Police), Polizia Municipale ()

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L'Arma dei Carabinieri The corps was created by King Victor Emmanuel I of Savoy in 1726. The corps is headed by the Comando, consisting of the Comandante Generale (a General), the Vice-Comandante Generale ( a Lieutenant General) and the Chief of Staff, all located in Rome. The Chief of Staff directs, coordinates and supervises all activities of the force. It directly supervises the Directors of Administration, Health, Engineering, the motor pool and the Veterinary Commission.

The Carabinieri are organised on a territorial basis for law-enforcement missions. The territorial organization represents the core of the institution; it contains 80 percent of the force and is organized hierarchically in five inter-regional, 19 regional and 102 provincial commands. Outside the territorial organisation, the Specialist Mobile Unit Command Palidoro (based in Rome) controls the Mobile Unit Division, the Specialist Unit Division and the ROS.

Mobile Unit The Mobile Unit Division is located in Treviso and has two brigades tasked with mass manoeuvres during emergencies, defending the nation and participating in military operations abroad. It supports public order and territorial control in urban areas, and contributes to the operations of civil authorities in terms of public safety.

Gruppo di Intervento Speciale (Special Intervention Group) The GIS is an elite airborne special operations counter-terrorism tactical response unit inside the Italian Carabinieri military police.

Raggruppamento Operativo Speciale (Special Operational Group) The ROS is an elite unit founded in 1990 to deal with organised crime (Mafia and others), subversive activities, terrorism and more complex types of crime. An anti-crime section is found in every city and district public prosecutor's office.

Corazzieri (Cuirassiers) The Corazzieri are an elite corps and honour guard of the President of the Italian Republic, located in the Quirinal Palace.

Peacekeeping missions Carabinieri units have been dispatched on peacekeeping missions, including Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq.

Tasks and responsibilities The Carabinieri has both military and police tasks as defined in Art.1, Act 2, Law no. 78/2000 and Art 3, Act 2/3, D.Lgs. no. 297/2000.

Its military responsibilities include: - defence of the nation, its institutions and resources in the case of a national disaster; - participation in military operations in Italy and abroad, policing operations abroad, and through international mandates and agreements, reconstruction of local police forces in areas where peacekeeping forces are present; - exclusive function of security and military police for the Armed Forces; - functions of judicial military police for Military Justice bodies; - the security of Italian diplomatic institutions including military institutions abroad; - assistance to military personnel involved in institutional activities in the national territory; - mobilization services.

Its police responsibilities include: - functions of judicial and public order and security policing; - national civilian protection structure guaranteeing continuity of service in disaster areas and aid to the local population.

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The Carabinieri on Shortwave

Modes MIL-STD-188-141A/LSB & USB CLOVER-2000/USB Voice traffic USB

Commands AMD DIAL4 (phone patch) AMD DIAL58 (phone patch) AMD FIXPOSIT (location report) After ALE setting up phone patch with extension 8301 using both AMD and DTMF dialling

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ALE idents 711 fast patrol boat MV CC 711 801 fast patrol boat MV CC 801 804 fast patrol boat MV CC 804 804 fast patrol boat MV CC 804 807 fast patrol boat MV CC 807 810 fast patrol boat MV CC 810 Ganci 811 fast patrol boat MC CC 811

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2005 Carabinieri Peacekeeping unit Balkans

Callsigns IEA20 Comando Generale, Roma IEA21 Carabinieri Torino IEA22 Carabinieri Alessandria IEA23 Carabinieri Genova IEA24 Carabinieri Milano IEA25 Carabinieri Bolzano IEA26 Carabinieri Padova IEA27 Carabinieri Verona IEA28 Carabinieri Firenze IEA29 Carabinieri Ancona IEA30 Carabinieri IEA31 Carabinieri Livorno IEA32 Carabinieri Roma IEA33 Carabinieri Roma IEA34 Carabinieri Chieti IEA35 Carabinieri IEA36 Carabinieri Napoli IEA37 Carabinieri IEA38 Carabinieri Cantanzaro IEA39 Carabinieri Bolzano IEA40 Carabinieri Messina IEA41 Carabinieri Udine

IEA544 Carabinieri Nilano IEA567 Carabinieri Verona IEA600 Torino

IEA600 Mangusta (id'd itself as IEA sei cento Mangusta) Mangusta Carabinieri Prishtine (deployment in Kosovo)

IEN21 Carabinieri Padova IEN22 Carabinieri Padova IEN23 Carabinieri Padova IEN32 Carabinieri Udine IEN33 Carabinieri Treviso IEN35 Carabinieri Pordenone IEN36 Carabinieri Gorizia IEN37 Carabinieri Gorizia IEN41 Carabinieri Gorizia

IET21 IET24 IET26 IET31 Carabinieri Bologna IET31 Mobile Carabinieri Bologna, mobile unit IET32 Carabinieri Ancona IET33 Carabinieri Firenze IET34 Carabinieri Perugia IET35 Carabinieri Roma IET36 Carabinieri Cagliari IET41 IET52 Carabinieri Ferrara IET56 IET59 Carabinieri Ascoli Piceno IET64 Carabinieri Modena IET91 Carabinieri Sassari

IET400 Carabinieri Cagliari IET599 Carabinieri Firenze IET560 IET561 IET563 IET571 IET572 Carabinieri Paola IET580 IET581 IET582 IET590 IET591 IET592 IET640 Carabinieri Carpi IET642 Carabinieri Emilia Romagna IET665 IET682 IET692 IET693 IET731 IET790 IET792 IET794 IET811 IET813 IET814 IET831 IET860 IET861 IET862 IET863 IET883 IET887 Carabinieri Isili IET910 Carabinieri Alghero IET913 Carabinieri Olbia

IEU21 Carabinieri Roma IEU40 Carabinieri Roma Helinucleo IEU41 Carabinieri Napoli IEU42 Carabinieri Catanzaro IEU43 Carabinieri Bari IEU44 Carabinieri Pescara IEU45 Carabinieri IEU46 Carabinieri Campobasso IEU63 Carabinieri Potenza IEU399 Carabinieri IEU540 Carabinieri Santa Maria Capua Vetere IEU544 Carabinieri Napoli IEU550 Carabinieri Palermo IEU673 Carabinieri Manfredonia IEU681 Carabinieri Tricas IEU799 Carabinieri Perugia

GIA LABOR MAURO BOLZANO COMANDO RIFA Carabinieri Roma (IEA20) MANGUSTA Carabinieri Prishtine (deployment in Kosovo)

Carabinieri helicopter callsigns Fiamma Comando Heli command center Fiamma-07 Agusta-Bell AB212 CC-07 Fiamma-11 Agusta Bell AB-412 CC-11 Fiamma-14 Agusta-Bell 47G-3B1 CC-14 Fiamma-19 Agusta-Bell AB212 CC-19 Fiamma-22 Agusta Bell AB-412 CC-22 Fiamma-24 Agusta Bell AB-412 CC-24 Fiamma-26 Agusta-Bell AB212 CC-26 Fiamma-29 Agusta-Bell AB212 CC-29 Fiamma-30 Agusta-Bell AB-412HP Grifone CC-30 Fiamma-35 Agusta Bell AB-412 CC-35 Fiamma-41 Agusta-Westland W 109N Nexus CC-41 Fiamma-42 Agusta-Westland W 109N Nexus CC-42 Fiamma-43 Agusta-Westland W 109N Nexus CC-43 Fiamma-45 Agusta-Westland W 109N Nexus CC-45 Fiamma-47 Agusta-Westland W 109N Nexus CC-47 Fiamma-49 Agusta-Westland W 109N Nexus CC-49 Fiamma-50 Agusta-Westland W 109N Nexus CC-50 Fiamma-55 Agusta-Westland W 109N Nexus CC-55 Fiamma-56 Agusta-Westland W 109N Nexus CC-56 Fiamma-60 Agusta Bell AB-206 Jet Ranger CC-60 Fiamma-85 Agusta A-109 CC-85 Fiamma-90 Agusta A109A CC-90

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Sources / related websites Arma dei Carabinieri http://www.carabinieri.it Ministro della Difesa http://www.difesa.it Wikipedia https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arma_dei_Carabinieri CIA World Factbook https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/it.html Utility DXers Forum http://www.udxf.nl