3rd Field Artillery Regiment (Mountain)
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The 3rd Field Artillery Regiment (Mountain) (Italian: 3° Reggimento Artiglieria Terrestre (montagna)) is a field artillery regiment of the Italian Army, specializing in mountain warfare. The regiment is based in Remanzacco in Friuli-Venezia Giulia and assigned to the Alpine Brigade "Julia".[7] The regiment was formed in 1909 by the Royal Italian Army as 2nd Mountain Artillery Regiment. In World War I the regiment's groups and batteries served on the Italian front.[1][8][9][10]
3rd Field Artillery Regiment (Mountain) | |
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3° Reggimento Artiglieria Terrestre (montagna) | |
Active | 15 July 1909 — 12 Sept. 1943 1 Feb. 1951 — today[1] |
Country | Italy |
Branch | Italian Army |
Part of | Alpine Brigade "Julia" |
Garrison/HQ | Remanzacco |
Motto(s) | "Nobis incedentibus rupes ruunt" |
Anniversaries | 15 June 1918 - Second Battle of the Piave River |
Decorations | 2x Gold Medals of Military Valor[2][3][4] 1x Silver Medal of Army Valor[2][5] 1x Silver Cross of Army Merit[2][6] |
Insignia | |
Regimental gorget patches |
In 1926 the 2nd Mountain Artillery Regiment switched numbers with the then 3rd Mountain Artillery Regiment, but retained its flag, traditions, and place as the second oldest Italian mountain artillery regiment. In 1935 the regiment was assigned to the 3rd Alpine Division "Julia", with which it served during World War II in the invasion of France and the Greco-Italian War. In summer 1942 the division was transferred to the Soviet Union, where it was destroyed in winter 1942-43 during the Soviet Operation Little Saturn. The remnants of the division were repatriated in spring 1943 and invading German forces disbanded the division and its regiments after the announcement of the Armistice of Cassibile on 8 September 1943.[1][8][9]
The regiment was reformed in 1951 and assigned to the Alpine Brigade "Julia". In 1975 the regiment was split into three mountain artillery groups and its flag and traditions were assigned to the Mountain Artillery Group "Conegliano". In 1992 the regiment was reformed. The regiment is the highest decorated artillery unit of the Italian Army, having been awarded two Gold Medals of Military Valor in World War II: the first for the regiment's conduct during the Greco-Italian War, and the second for its service with the Italian Army in Russia.[2][7][8] The Italian mountain artillery has served since its inception alongside the infantry's Alpini speciality, with whom the mountain artillery shares the distinctive Cappello Alpino. 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.[1][7][8][9]