132nd Field Artillery Regiment "Ariete"

132nd Field Artillery Regiment "Ariete"
	132° Reggimento Artiglieria Terrestre "Ariete"
	Regimental coat of arms
Active	1 February 1939 - today[1]
Country	Italy
Branch	Italian Army
Part of	132nd Armored Brigade "Ariete"
Garrison/HQ	Maniago
Motto(s)	"Fulmineo e Possente"
Anniversaries	15 June 1918 - Second Battle of the Piave River
Decorations	; 1x Gold Medal of Military Valour[2]
Insignia
Regimental gorget patches

The 132nd Field Artillery Regiment "Ariete" (Italian: 132° Reggimento Artiglieria Terrestre "Ariete") is a field artillery regiment of the Italian Army, specializing in armored combat. Today the regiment is based in Maniago in Friuli-Venezia Giulia and operationally assigned to the 132nd Armored Brigade "Ariete".[3]

Current Structure

132nd Field Artillery Regiment "Ariete" PzH 2000 self-propelled howitzers during an exercise in 2020

As of 2019 the 132nd Field Artillery Regiment "Ariete" consists of:

Regimental Command, in Maniago
- Command and Logistic Support Battery "Tobruk"
- Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Tactical Liaison Battery "Ain el Gazala"
- 1st Self-propelled Group "El Alamein"
  - 1st Howitzer Battery "Rughet el Atasc"
  - 2nd Howitzer Battery "Bir Hacheim"
  - 3rd Howitzer Battery "El Mechili"
  - 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 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.

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