155th Artillery Regiment "Emilia"
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The 155th Artillery Regiment "Emilia" (Italian: 155° Reggimento Artiglieria "Emilia") is an inactive field artillery regiment of the Italian Army, which was based in Udine in Friuli-Venezia Giulia. Originally an artillery regiment of the Royal Italian Army, the regiment was assigned in World War II to the 155th Infantry Division "Emilia", with which the regiment was deployed to occupied Montenegro. After the announcement of the Armistice of Cassibile the division and regiment battled Wehrmacht forces near Kotor and then escaped over the Adriatic Sea to Apulia in Southern Italy, where the survivors joined the Italian Co-belligerent Army. In October 1944 the regiment joined the Combat Group "Mantova", which was earmarked to join the British Eighth Army, but the war ended before the Combat Group "Mantova" reached the front. During the Cold War the regiment was assigned to the Infantry Division "Mantova" and from 1976 the Mechanized Division "Folgore". The unit was disbanded in 1992.[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]
155th Artillery Regiment "Emilia" | |
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155° Reggimento Artiglieria "Emilia" | |
Active | 1 Dec. 1941 — 30 April 1964 1 Jan. 1976 — 30 June 1992 |
Country | Italy |
Branch | Italian Army |
Type | Artillery |
Role | Field artillery |
Part of | 5th Army Corps |
Garrison/HQ | Udine |
Motto(s) | "Proteso ad ogni ardimento" |
Anniversaries | 15 June 1918 - Second Battle of the Piave River |
Decorations | 1x Bronze Medal of Military Valor 1x Bronze Medal of Army Valor[1][2] |
Insignia | |
Regimental gorget patches |