52nd Artillery Regiment "Torino"

52nd Artillery Regiment "Torino"
52° Reggimento Artiglieria "Torino"
Regimental coat of arms
Active	1 July 1916 - today[1]
Country	Italy
Branch	Italian Army
Part of	Artillery Command
Garrison/HQ	Bracciano
Motto(s)	"Domino e domo"
Anniversaries	15 June 1918 - Second Battle of the Piave River
Decorations	1x Gold Medal of Military Valour 1x Bronze Medal of Military Valour[2]
Insignia
Regimental gorget patches

The 52nd Artillery Regiment "Torino" (Italian: 52° Reggimento Artiglieria "Torino") is an artillery regiment of the Italian Army trained for divisional artillery support. The regiment is based in Bracciano in Lazio and administratively assigned to the army's Artillery Command.^[3]

Current Structure[]

As of 2019 the 52nd Artillery Regiment "Torino" consists of:

• Regimental Command, in Bracciano
  • Command and Logistic Support Battery "Pièmont"
  • Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Tactical Liaison Battery "Vercelli"
  • 1st Self-propelled Group "M.O. Nicola Russo"
    • 1st Howitzer Battery "Piave"
    • 2nd Howitzer Battery "Arbusow"
    • 3rd Howitzer Battery "Tscherkow"
    • Fire and Technical Support Battery "Divisione Torino"

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 PzH 2000 self-propelled howitzers. The Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Tactical Liaison Battery is equipped with RQ-11B Raven unmanned aerial vehicles and ARTHUR counter-battery radars.

External links[]

• Italian Army Website: 52° Reggimento Artiglieria "Torino"

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