28th Artillery Regiment "Livorno"
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The 28th Artillery Regiment "Livorno" (Italian: 28° Reggimento Artiglieria "Livorno") is an inactive field artillery regiment of the Italian Army, which was based in Tarcento in Friuli-Venezia Giulia. Originally an artillery regiment of the Royal Italian Army, the regiment was formed in 1912 and served in World War I on the Italian front. After the war the regiment was disbanded. In 1926 the regiment was reformed and in 1935 it was assigned to the 4th Infantry Division "Livorno". The division was deployed on Sicily, when the Allied landings began on 10 July 1943. In early August the remnants of the division were evacuated from Sicily and the regiment was in the process of being reformed, when German forces disbanded the division and its regiment after the Armistice of Cassibile was announced on 8 September 1943.[2]
28th Artillery Regiment "Livorno" | |
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28° Reggimento Artiglieria "Livorno" | |
Active | 1 March 1912 — 1 Aug. 1920 10 Nov. 1926 — 9 Sept. 1943 1 Nov. 1975 — 31 Oct. 1995 |
Country | Italy |
Branch | Italian Army |
Part of | Mechanized Brigade "Mantova" |
Garrison/HQ | Tarcento |
Motto(s) | "Col ferro e col fuoco" |
Anniversaries | 15 June 1918 - Second Battle of the Piave River |
Decorations | 1x Silver Medal of Military Valor 1x Silver Medal of Army Valor[1] |
Insignia | |
Regimental gorget patches |
In 1975 unit was reformed as 28th Field Artillery Group "Livorno" and assigned to the Mechanized Brigade "Isonzo". In 1993 the group was reorganized as regiment and in 1995 the regiment was disbanded.[2][3] 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]