11th Heavy Field Artillery Regiment (Italy)
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The 11th Heavy Field Artillery Regiment (Italian: 11° Reggimento Artiglieria Pesante Campale) is an inactive artillery regiment of the Italian Army, which was based in Persano in Campania and assigned to the Bersaglieri Brigade "Garibaldi". Originally an artillery regiment of the Royal Italian Army, the regiment was formed in 1920 with pre-existing groups, which had fought during World War I on the Italian front. The regiment was disbanded in 1926 and reformed in 1939. During World War II the regiment formed an army corps artillery grouping, which served in 1942-43 with the Italian 8th Army on the Eastern Front. The regiment and its grouping were disbanded by invading German forces after the announcement of the Armistice of Cassibile on 8 September 1943.[2][3]
11th Heavy Field Artillery Regiment | |
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11° Reggimento Artiglieria Pesante Campale | |
Active | 1 Aug. 1920 — 30. Nov. 1926 10 Nov. 1939 — 8 Sept. 1943 1 Oct. 1976 — 30 Sept. 2001 |
Country | Italy |
Branch | Italian Army |
Part of | Bersaglieri Brigade "Garibaldi" |
Garrison/HQ | Persano |
Motto(s) | "Temprato il cuore più del nostro acciaio" |
Anniversaries | 15 June 1918 - Second Battle of the Piave River |
Decorations | 1x Silver Medal of Military Valor 1x Bronze Medal of Army Valor[1] |
Insignia | |
Regimental gorget patches |
In 1976 the 11th Heavy Field Artillery Group "Teramo" was formed and assigned the flag and traditions of the 11th Heavy Field Artillery Regiment. The group was assigned to the Artillery Command of the Southern Military Region until it was transferred to the Mechanized Brigade "Pinerolo" in 1981 and renamed 11th Field Artillery Group "Teramo". In 1991 the group was transferred to the 8th Bersaglieri Brigade "Garibaldi" and one year later, in 1992, the group entered the reformed 11th Self-propelled Field Artillery Regiment "Teramo". In 2001 the regiment was disbanded and its flag transferred to the Shrine of the Flags in the Vittoriano in Rome. The regiment's personnel, materiel, and base in Persano, were taken over by the 8th Self-propelled Field Artillery Regiment "Pasubio".[2][3][4]
The regimental anniversary falls, as for all Italian Army artillery regiments, on June 15, the beginning of the Second Battle of the Piave River in 1918.[2] This article is about the Royal Italian Army's 11th Heavy Field Artillery Regiment, which was a support unit assigned to a corps-level command. This regiment is unrelated to the 11th Field Artillery Regiment, which was a support unit assigned to a division-level command.[2]