120th Motorized Artillery Regiment (Italy)
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The 120th Motorized Artillery Regiment (Italian: 120° Reggimento Artiglieria Motorizzato) is an inactive field artillery regiment of the Italian Army, which was based in Palmanova in Friuli-Venezia Giulia. Originally an artillery regiment of the Royal Italian Army, the regiment was assigned in World War II to the 3rd Cavalry Division "Principe Amedeo Duca d'Aosta", with which the regiment was deployed to the Eastern Front, where division and regiment were destroyed during Operation Little Saturn. The unit was reformed in 1975 and disbanded 1991.[2] 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]
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120th Motorized Artillery Regiment | |
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120° Reggimento Artiglieria Motorizzato | |
Active | 15 Aug. 1941 — 8 Sept. 1943 1 Oct. 1975 — 31 March 1991 |
Country | Italy |
Branch | Italian Army |
Type | Artillery |
Role | Field artillery |
Part of | Armored Brigade "Pozzuolo del Friuli" |
Garrison/HQ | Palmanova |
Motto(s) | "Nuove vampe nella grande fiamma" |
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 |
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