| 5th Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment "Pescara" | |
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| 5° Reggimento Artiglieria Controaerei "Pescara" | |
 Regimental coat of arms | |
| Active | 1 June 1930 — 8 Sept. 1943 1 March 1947 — 26 Oct. 2012 |
| Country |  Italy |
| Branch | Italian Army |
| Garrison/HQ | San Donà di Piave |
| Motto(s) | "Inter nube detonans hostem exterret" |
| Anniversaries | 15 June 1918 - Second Battle of the Piave River |
| Insignia | |
| Regimental gorget patches |  |
The 5th Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment "Pescara" (Italian: 5° Reggimento Artiglieria Controaerei "Pescara") is an inactive air defence regiment of the Italian Army, which was based in San Donà di Piave in Veneto. Originally a regiment of the Royal Italian Army, the unit was last active from 1947 to 2012. During the Cold War the regiment was equipped with MIM-23 Hawk air defence missile systems and formed, together with the 4th Anti-aircraft Missile Artillery Regiment, the air defence belt of the Italian Army in the country's Northeast.[1] 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.[1]