131st Artillery Regiment "Centauro"
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The 131st Artillery Regiment "Centauro" (Italian: 131° Reggimento Artiglieria "Centauro") is an inactive field artillery regiment of the Italian Army, which was based in Vercelli in Piedmont. Originally an armored artillery regiment of the Royal Italian Army, the regiment was assigned during World War II to the 131st Armored Division "Centauro", with which the regiment fought in the Tunisian campaign. During the Cold War the regiment was assigned to the Armored Division "Centauro" and from 1986 the Armored Brigade "Centauro". The regiment was disbanded in 2001.[2][3] 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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131st Artillery Regiment "Centauro" | |
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131° Reggimento Artiglieria "Centauro" | |
Active | 20 April 1939 - 18 April 1943 1 May 1951 - 31 March 1993 9 Oct. 1993 - March 2001 |
Country | Italy |
Branch | Italian Army |
Type | Artillery |
Role | Field artillery |
Part of | Armored Brigade "Centauro" |
Garrison/HQ | Vercelli |
Motto(s) | "Fulmineo fuoco di fulminea mole" |
Anniversaries | 15 June 1918 - Second Battle of the Piave River |
Decorations | 1x Bronze Medal of Military Valor 2x Bronze Medals of Civil Merit[1] |
Insignia | |
Regimental gorget patches |
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