Field Artillery Regiment "a Cavallo"
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The Field Artillery Regiment "a Cavallo" (Italian: Reggimento Artiglieria Terrestre "a Cavallo") is a field artillery regiment of the Italian Army. The regiment carries and maintains the traditions of all Royal Sardinian Army, Royal Italian Army and Italian Army horse artillery units and includes a historic section with horse-drawn guns. The Royal Sardinian Army formed the first horse batteries in 1831, which in 1887 were merged to create the Horse Artillery Regiment. In World War I the regiment's batteries were assigned to the Royal Italian Army's four cavalry divisions, which fought on the Italian front.[1][3]
Field Artillery Regiment "a Cavallo" | |
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Reggimento Artiglieria Terrestre "a Cavallo" | |
Active | 1 November 1887 — 8 Sept. 1943 20 Nov. 1946 — today[1] |
Country | Italy |
Branch | Italian Army |
Part of | Cavalry Brigade "Pozzuolo del Friuli" |
Garrison/HQ | Vercelli |
Motto(s) | "In hostem celerrime volant" |
Anniversaries | 15 June 1918 - Second Battle of the Piave River |
Decorations | 4x Silver Medals of Military Valor[2][3][4][5] 1x Gold Medal of Public Health Merit[2][3][4][5] Temporarily assigned: 1x Gold Medal of Military Valor[2][3][4][5] 1x Silver Medal of Military Valor[2][3][4][5] 1x Bronze Medal of Military Valor[2][3][4][5] |
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Regimental gorget patches |
In 1934 the regiment helped form the fast artillery regiments for the army's 1st and 2nd cavalry divisions, while the regiment itself was assigned to the 3rd Cavalry Division "Principe Amedeo Duca d'Aosta". In 1941 the three fast artillery regiment were sent to Libya to fight in the Western Desert campaign, during which all three were destroyed. Back in Italy the horse artillery groups were used to form the 3rd Horse Artillery Regiment, which was assigned to the 3rd Cavalry Division "Principe Amedeo Duca d'Aosta". The division was assigned to the Italian Expeditionary Corps in Russia and departed for the Eastern front in July 1942. The division and regiment were destroyed during the Red Army's Operation Little Saturn. The regiment was reformed after World War II in Milan and during the Cold War it was assigned to the 3rd Army Corps.[1][3][6]
Today the regiment is based in Vercelli in Piedmont and Milan in Lombardy and assigned to the Cavalry Brigade "Pozzuolo del Friuli". The regiment provides two batteries to the Italian Armed Forces' National Sea Projection Capability.[4][7] 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.[4]