12th Artillery Regiment "Savona"
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The 12th Artillery Regiment "Savona" (Italian: 12° Reggimento Artiglieria "Savona") is an inactive field artillery regiment of the Italian Army, which was based in Vacile in Friuli-Venezia Giulia. The regiment was formed in 1884 by the Royal Italian Army. During World War I the regiment served on the Italian front. In 1935 the regiment was assigned to the 27th Infantry Division "Sila", with which the regiment participated in the Second Italo-Ethiopian War. In 1939 the regiment was transferred to the 55th Infantry Division "Savona", which was deployed to Libya at the outbreak of World War II. The division participated in the Western Desert campaign, during which the division and its regiments were overwhelmed by British forces during Operation Crusader and declared lost due to wartime events on 17 January 1942.[1]
12th Artillery Regiment "Savona" | |
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12° Reggimento Artiglieria "Savona" | |
Active | 1 Nov. 1884 — 17 Jan. 1942 1 Oct. 1975 — 31 March 1991[1][2] |
Country | Italy |
Branch | Italian Army |
Part of | 32nd Armored Brigade "Mameli" |
Garrison/HQ | Vacile |
Motto(s) | "Audere ultima" |
Anniversaries | 15 June 1913 - Second Battle of the Piave River |
Decorations | 1x Silver Medal of Military Valor[1] 1x Bronze Medal of Military Valor[1] 1x Bronze Medal of Army Valor[1][3] |
Insignia | |
Regimental gorget patches |
The unit was reformed in Vacile as 12th Self-propelled Field Artillery Group "Capua" and assigned to the 32nd Armored Brigade "Mameli". With the end of the Cold War the group was disbanded in 1991.[1][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.[1]
This article is about the Royal Italian Army's 12th Field Artillery Regiment, which was a support unit assigned to a division-level command. This regiment is unrelated to the 12th Heavy Field Artillery Regiment, which was a support unit assigned to a corps-level command.[1]