24th Field Artillery Regiment "Peloritani"
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The 24th Field Artillery Regiment "Peloritani" (Italian: 24° Reggimento Artiglieria Terrestre "Peloritani") is a field artillery regiment of the Italian Army. Today the regiment is based in Messina in Sicily and assigned to the Mechanized Brigade "Aosta".[3] Originally an artillery regiment of the Royal Italian Army, the regiment was formed in 1888 and served in World War I on the Italian front. In 1935 the regiment was assigned to the 29th Infantry Division "Peloritana", which fought in the Second Italo-Ethiopian War. In 1939 the division was renamed as the 29th Infantry Division "Piemonte". The division participated in the Greco-Italian War and then remained in Yugoslavia on anti-partisan duty. The division and regiment were located on the Peloponnese peninsula, when the Armistice of Cassibile was announced on 8 September 1943. The division and its units surrendered to attacking German forces on 11 September.[4]
24th Field Artillery Regiment "Peloritani" | |
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24° Reggimento Artiglieria Terrestre "Peloritani" | |
Active | 1 Nov. 1888 - 11 Sept. 1943 1 March 1951 — 21 Feb. 1961 1 Oct. 1975 — today[1] |
Country | Italy |
Branch | Italian Army |
Part of | Mechanized Brigade "Aosta" |
Garrison/HQ | Messina |
Motto(s) | "Nell'antico valor la nostra guida" |
Anniversaries | 15 June 1918 - Second Battle of the Piave River |
Decorations | 1x War Cross of Military Valor[2] |
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Regimental gorget patches |
The regiment was reformed in 1951 and assigned to the Infantry Division "Aosta", which in 1961 was reduced to Infantry Brigade "Aosta". The same year the regiment was disbanded and its flag transferred to the Shrine of the Flags in the Vittoriano in Rome. On 1 October 1975 the Field Artillery Group "Aosta" was renamed 24th Field Artillery Group "Peloritani" and assigned the flag and traditions of the 24th Artillery Regiment "Piemonte". The group was assigned to the Motorized Brigade "Aosta". In 1992 group was equipped with M109G self-propelled howitzers and reorganized as 24th Self-propelled Field Artillery Regiment "Peloritani".[4][5] 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.[3]