4th Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment "Peschiera"

4th Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment "Peschiera"
4° Reggimento Artiglieria Controaerei "Peschiera"
Regimental coat of arms
Active1 June 1930 — 8 Sept. 1943
24 May 1947 — today[1]
Country Italy
BranchItalian Army
Part ofAnti-aircraft Artillery Command
Garrison/HQMantua
Motto(s)"Contro l'ala avversa"
Anniversaries15 June 1918 - Second Battle of the Piave River
Decorations
1x Military Order of Italy[2][3]
1x Bronze Medal of Military Valor[4]
1x Bronze Medal of Army Valor[5]
Insignia
Regimental gorget patches
SAMP/T missiles being loaded onto the launcher

The 4th Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment "Peschiera" (Italian: 4° Reggimento Artiglieria Controaerei "Peschiera") is an air defence regiment of the Italian Army. Originally an air defence regiment of the Royal Italian Army, the regiment is now based in Mantua in Lombardy and assigned to the Anti-aircraft Artillery Command. During the Cold War, the regiment was equipped with MIM-23 Hawk air defence missile systems and formed, together with the 5th Anti-aircraft Missile Artillery Regiment, the air defence belt of the Italian Army in the country's Northeast.[6][7] 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.[7]

  1. ^ "4° Reggimento Artiglieria Controaerei "Peschiera" - La Storia". Italian Army. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Bandiera del 4° Reggimento Artiglieria Controaerei "Peschiera"". President of Italy. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  3. ^ "L'Esercito e il 4 novembre". Italian Army. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  4. ^ "4° Reggimento Artiglieria Controaerei "Peschiera" - Il Medagliere". Italian Army. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  5. ^ "4° Reggimento Artiglieria Controaerei "Peschiera"". President of Italy. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  6. ^ "4° Reggimento Artiglieria Controaerei "Peschiera"". Italian Army. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  7. ^ a b F. dell'Uomo, R. Puletti (1998). L'Esercito Italiano verso il 2000 - Vol. Primo - Tomo II. Rome: SME - Ufficio Storico. p. 208.