131st Artillery Regiment "Centauro"
military unit
The 131st Artillery Regiment "Centauro" (Italian: 131° Reggimento Artiglieria "Centauro") is an inactive field artillery regiment of the Italian Army, which was based in Vercelli in Piedmont. Originally an armored artillery regiment of the Royal Italian Army, the regiment was assigned during World War II to the 131st Armored Division "Centauro", with which the regiment fought in the Tunisian campaign. During the Cold War the regiment was assigned to the Armored Division "Centauro" and from 1986 the Armored Brigade "Centauro". The regiment was disbanded in 2001. 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.
History
On 20 April 1939 the depot of the 3rd Army Corps Artillery Regiment in Cremona formed the 131st Armored Artillery Regiment. The regiment was assigned to the 131st Armored Division "Centauro" and consisted of a command, a command unit, the I and II groups with 75/27 mod. 11 field guns, and a depot. On 10 May 1939 the regiment arrived in Albania and participated in the last operations to annex the country. The division, which also included the 5th Bersaglieri Regiment and 31st Tank Infantry Regiment, remained in Tirana and there the regiment finished its formation.
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