24th Field Artillery Regiment "Peloritani"

24th Field Artillery Regiment "Peloritani"
24° Reggimento Artiglieria Terrestre "Peloritani"
Regimental coat of arms
Active	1 November 1888 - today[1]
Country	Italy
Branch	Italian Army
Part of	Mechanized Brigade "Aosta"
Garrison/HQ	Messina
Motto(s)	"Nell'antico valor la nostra guida"
Anniversaries	15 June 1918 - Second Battle of the Piave River
Decorations	1x War Cross of Military Valour[2]
Insignia
Regimental gorget patches

The 24th Field Artillery Regiment "Peloritani" Italian: 24° Reggimento Artiglieria Terrestre "Peloritani") is a field artillery regiment of the Italian Army. Today the regiment is based in Messina in Sicily and operationally assigned to the Mechanized Brigade "Aosta".^[3]

Current Structure[]

As of 2019 the 24th Field Artillery Regiment "Peloritani" consists of:

• Regimental Command, in Messina
  • Command and Logistic Support Battery
  • Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Tactical Liaison Battery
  • 1st Artillery Group
    • 1st Howitzer Battery
    • 2nd Howitzer Battery
    • 3rd Howitzer 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 regiment is equipped with FH-70 towed howitzers.^[4] The Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Tactical Liaison Battery is equipped with RQ-11B Raven unmanned aerial vehicles and ARTHUR counter-battery radars.

See also[]

• Mechanized Brigade "Aosta"

External links[]

• Italian Army Website: 24° Reggimento Artiglieria Terrestre "Peloritani"

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