121st Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment "Ravenna"

121st Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment "Ravenna"
121° Reggimento Artiglieria Controaerei "Ravenna"
Regimental coat of arms
Active	1 May 1941 - today[1]
Country	Italy
Branch	Italian Army
Part of	Anti-aircraft Artillery Command
Garrison/HQ	Bologna / Rimini
Motto(s)	"Fide itur ad astra"
Anniversaries	15 June 1918 - Second Battle of the Piave River
Decorations	1x Silver Medal of Military Valour[2]
Insignia
Regimental gorget patches

The 121st Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment "Ravenna" (Italian: 121° Reggimento Artiglieria Controaerei "Ravenna") is an anti-aircraft artillery regiment of the Italian Army. Originally founded as a field artillery regiment the unit transferred to the anti-aircraft specialty on 15 June 1953. Today the regiment is based in Bologna and Rimini in the Emilia-Romagna and administratively assigned to the Anti-aircraft Artillery Command.^[3]

Current Structure[]

As of 2021 the 121st Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment "Ravenna" consists of:^[4]

• Regimental Command, in Bologna
  • Command and Logistic Support Battery, in Bologna
  • Signal Company, in Bologna
  • 1st SHORAD Group
    • 1st SHORAD Battery
    • 2nd SHORAD Battery
    • Fire and Technical Support Battery

The Command and Logistic Support Battery fields the following sections: C3 Section, Transport and Materiel Section, Medical Section, and Commissariat Section. The 1st SHORAD Group is equipped with Skyguard "Aspide" surface-to-air missile systems, which will be replaced with nine CAMM-ER systems in the near future.

External links[]

• Italian Army Website: 121° Reggimento Artiglieria Controaerei "Ravenna"

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