4th Mountain Artillery Regiment (Italy)
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The 4th Mountain Artillery Regiment (Italian: 4° Reggimento Artiglieria da Montagna) is an inactive mountain artillery regiment of the Italian Army, which was based in Susa in Piedmont. The regiment was formed in 1934 by the Royal Italian Army with mountain artillery groups that had served in World War I. The regiment was assigned to the 4th Alpine Division "Cuneense", 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.[2][3]
4th Mountain Artillery Regiment | |
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4° Reggimento Artiglieria da Montagna | |
Active | 1 Jan. 1934 — 10 Sept. 1943 1 Oct. 1975 — 23 March 1991 |
Country | Italy |
Branch | Italian Army |
Part of | Alpine Brigade "Taurinense" |
Garrison/HQ | Susa |
Motto(s) | "Su tutte l'erte e sopra ogni cima" |
Anniversaries | 15 June 1918 - Second Battle of the Piave River |
Decorations | 1x Gold Medal of Military Valor[1] 1x Bronze Medal of Military Valor |
Insignia | |
Regimental gorget patches |
In 1975 the 1st Mountain Artillery Regiment was split into two mountain artillery groups and the flag and traditions of the 4th Mountain Artillery Regiment were assigned to the Mountain Artillery Group "Pinerolo". The group was assigned to the Alpine Brigade "Taurinense" until 1991, when the group was disbanded and the flag of the 4th Mountain Artillery Regiment transferred to the Shrine of the Flags in the Vittoriano in Rome. 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.[2][3]