The brigade commanded the following units after the reform was complete:   The brigade also stored the equipment for a third maneuver battalion in Sulmona, which in case of war would have been filled with reservists, and recruits from the 17th Infantry (Recruits Training) Battalion "San Martino", and would have been named 70th Motorized Infantry Battalion "Ancona". In 1991 after the end of the Cold War the Italian Army disbanded a large number of its mechanized units in Northern Italy and transferred their equipment to the Acqui: consequently the brigade's infantry battalions received VCC-2 armoured personnel carriers, while the 48th "Taro" was equipped with M109 self-propelled howitzers. Accordingly, the brigade changed its name on 1 October 1991 to Mechanized Brigade "Acqui". At the same time the brigade lost the 57th "Abruzzi" and 9th "M.O. Butera" battalions, but gained the 123rd Infantry (Recruits Training) Battalion "Chieti" in Chieti. During the same year the battalions were renamed as regiments for traditional reasons. Before the brigade was disbanded on 30 June 1996 its units were either disbanded or joined other brigades: in 1995 the 17th Infantry (Recruits Training) Regiment "Acqui" and the 123rd Infantry (Recruits Training) Regiment "Chieti" joined the Army Training Command, the 130th Mechanized Infantry Battalion "Perugia" was disbanded on 30 May 1996, and the 48th Self-propelled Field Artillery Regiment "Taro", which had been renamed 33rd Self-propelled Field Artillery Regiment "Acqui" on 11 September 1995, joined the Mechanized Brigade "Granatieri di Sardegna" on 15 May 1996. In 2002 the Italian Army raised three division commands, with one of the three always readily deployable for NATO missions. The army decided that each division should carry on the traditions of one of the divisions that served with distinction in World War II. Therefore, on 31 December 2002 the 3rd Italian Division in San Giorgio a Cremano was renamed as Division Command "Acqui".