7th CBRN Defense Regiment "Cremona"
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The 7th CBRN Defense Regiment "Cremona" (Italian: 7° Reggimento Difesa CBRN "Cremona") is the Italian Army's CBRN defense unit. Today the regiment is based in Civitavecchia in Lazio and assigned to the Artillery Command.[5] The regiment was formed in 1860 by the Royal Sardinian Army and participated the same year in the Piedmontese invasion of Central and Southern Italy. In 1861 the regiment joined the Royal Italian Army and in 1866 it fought in the Third Italian War of Independence. During World War I the regiment served on the Italian front. In 1939 the regiment was assigned to the 44th Infantry Division "Cremona", which was deployed in Corsica when the Armistice of Cassibile was announced on 8 September 1943. The division immediately went on the offensive against German forces trying to retreat through the island. The division then joined the Italian Co-belligerent Army and was reorganized as Combat Group "Cremona". Equipped with British weapons and materiel the group was assigned to the British V Corps and fought in the Allied 1945 spring offensive.[1][6]
7th CBRN Defense Regiment "Cremona" | |
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7° Reggimento Difesa CBRN "Cremona" | |
Active | 1 July 1860 — today[1] |
Country | Italy |
Branch | Italian Army |
Part of | Artillery Command |
Garrison/HQ | Civitavecchia |
Motto(s) | "Col ferro e col fuoco contro il nemico" |
Anniversaries | 15 June 1918 - Second Battle of the Piave River 1 July 1923 - Military Chemical Service founding |
Decorations | 1x Bronze Medal of Military Valor[2] 1x War Cross of Military Valor[2] 1x Silver Medal of Army Valor[2][3] 1x Gold Cross of Army Merit[4] |
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After the war the regiment was based in Turin and remained the artillery unit of the Infantry Division "Cremona". In 1975 the regiment was reduced to 7th Field Artillery Group "Adria" and assigned to the Motorized Brigade "Cremona". In 1992 the group was reorganized as a regiment and in 1995 the regiment took over the personnel, materiel, and base of the 13th Self-propelled Field Artillery Regiment "Granatieri di Sardegna" in Civitavecchia and joined the Mechanized Brigade "Granatieri di Sardegna". In 1997 the regiment left the Mechanized Brigade "Granatieri di Sardegna" and was reorganized as a CBRN defense unit. On 31 December 1998 the regiment was renamed 7th NBC Defense Regiment "Cremona" and designated as a multi-arms unit, and consequently exited the Italian Army's Artillery Arm. In 2019 the regiment was renamed 7th CBRN Defense Regiment "Cremona".[1][6][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.[6]