1st Field Artillery Regiment (Mountain)

1st Field Artillery Regiment (Mountain)
1° Reggimento Artiglieria Terrestre (montagna)
Regimental coat of arms
Active	1 Nov. 1887 — Oct. 1943 1 May 1952 — today[1]
Country	Italy
Branch	Italian Army
Part of	Alpine Brigade "Taurinense"
Garrison/HQ	Fossano
Motto(s)	"Nulla via invia"
Anniversaries	15 June 1918 - Second Battle of the Piave River
Decorations	1x Gold Medal of Military Valor[2][3] 1x Silver Medal of Civil Valor[2] 1x Bronze Medal of Red Cross Merit[2]
Insignia
Regimental gorget patches

The 1st Field Artillery Regiment (Mountain) (Italian: 1° Reggimento Artiglieria Terrestre (montagna)) is a field artillery regiment of the Italian Army, specializing in mountain warfare. The regiment is based in Fossano in Piedmont and assigned to the Alpine Brigade "Taurinense".^[4] The regiment is the Italian Army's senior mountain artillery regiment as it was formed in 1887 by the Royal Italian Army. In World War I the regiment's groups and batteries served on the Italian front.^[1][5][6][7]

In 1935 the regiment was assigned to the 1st Alpine Division "Taurinense", with which it served during World War II in the invasion of France and the Greco-Italian War. In summer 1942 the division was transferred to Montenegro, where it fought against Yugoslav partisan formation. After the announcement of the Armistice of Cassibile on 8 September 1943 the division immediately attacked German positions and by sunrise of 9 September was fully engaged in combat with German forces. The division tried to reach Kotor to be evacuated to southern Italy, but in heavy combat lost about half its strength of 14,000 men and retreated into the Montenegrin mountains. On 2 December 1943 the remnants of the division, together with the remnants of the 19th Infantry Division "Venezia", formed the Partisan Division "Garibaldi", which joined the Yugoslav National Liberation Army.^[1][5][6][7]

The regiment was reformed in 1952 and assigned to the Alpine Brigade "Taurinense". In 1975 the regiment was split into two mountain artillery groups and its flag and traditions were assigned to the Mountain Artillery Group "Aosta". In 1992 the regiment was reformed. The Italian mountain artillery has served since its inception alongside the infantry's Alpini speciality, with whom the mountain artillery shares the distinctive Cappello Alpino. 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][4][5][6][7]}