The 8th Parachute Assault Engineer Regiment "Folgore" (8° Reggimento Guastatori Paracadutisti) is the unique and special unit manned by para assault engineers belonging to the Italian Army which exists to provide close combat support to the Folgore Parachute Brigade. For this reason it is fully manned, able to deploy with a very short notice and fighting in every environment, either permissive and non permissive one.