6th Heavy Field Artillery Regiment (Italy)
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The 6th Heavy Field Artillery Regiment (Italian: 6° Reggimento Artiglieria Pesante Campale) is an inactive artillery regiment of the Italian Army, which was based in Treviso in Veneto and assigned to the 5th Army Corps. Originally an artillery regiment of the Royal Italian Army, the regiment was formed in 1912 with pre-existing groups. During World War I the regiment's depot mobilied 18 cannon groups and one howitzer group, as well as 59 batteries of various calibers, which all served on the Italian front. During World War II the regiment formed two army corps artillery groupings, one of which was transferred to the 11th Army Corps Artillery Regiment, while the other grouping participated in 1941 in the invasion of Yugoslavia and then remained there on occupation duty. The regiment and its remaining grouping were disbanded by invading German forces after the announcement of the Armistice of Cassibile on 8 September 1943.[1]
6th Heavy Field Artillery Regiment | |
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6° Reggimento Artiglieria Pesante Campale | |
Active | 1 April 1912 — 8 Sept. 1943 15 Feb. 1951 — 15 Sept. 1974 1 Nov. 1986 — 30 June 1991 |
Country | Italy |
Branch | Italian Army |
Part of | 5th Army Corps |
Garrison/HQ | Treviso |
Motto(s) | "Omnia impedimenta perrumpere" |
Anniversaries | 15 June 1918 - Second Battle of the Piave River |
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Regimental gorget patches |
The regiment was reformed in 1951 and assigned to the VII Territorial Military Command. In 1974 the regiment was disbanded and its flag transferred to the Shrine of the Flags in the Vittoriano in Rome. In 1976 the Artillery Specialists Group "Folgore" was formed and assigned to the Mechanized Division "Folgore". In 1986 the division was disbanded the group was transferred to the Artillery Command of the 5th Army Corps. At the same time the group was renamed 6th Artillery Specialists Group "Montello" and assigned the flag and traditions of the 6th Heavy Field Artillery Regiment. In 1991 the group was disbanded and the flag of the 6th Heavy Field Artillery Regiment was transferred to the Shrine of the Flags in the Vittoriano in Rome.[1][2]
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] This article is about the Royal Italian Army's 6th Heavy Field Artillery Regiment, which was a support unit assigned to a corps-level command. This regiment is unrelated to the 6th Heavy Artillery Regiment, which was a support unit assigned to an army-level command, and unrelated to the 6th Field Artillery Regiment, which was a support unit assigned to a division-level command.[1]