21st Field Artillery Regiment "Trieste"

21st Field Artillery Regiment "Trieste"
	21° Reggimento Artiglieria Terrestre "Trieste"
	Regimental coat of arms
Active	1 November 1888 - today[1]
Country	Italy
Branch	Italian Army
Part of	Mechanized Brigade "Pinerolo"
Garrison/HQ	Foggia
Motto(s)	"Ardente la fiamma, intrepido il cuore"
Anniversaries	15 June 1918 - Second Battle of the Piave River
Decorations	; 1x Gold Medal of Military Valour[2]
Insignia
Regimental gorget patches

The 21st Field Artillery Regiment "Trieste" (Italian: 21° Reggimento Artiglieria Terrestre "Trieste") is a field artillery regiment of the Italian Army. Today the regiment is based in Foggia in Apulia and operationally assigned to the Mechanized Brigade "Pinerolo".[3]

A battery of the 21st "Trieste" during maneuvers

Current Structure

As of 2019 the 21st Field Artillery Regiment "Trieste" consists of:

Regimental Command, in Foggia
- Command and Logistic Support Battery
- Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Tactical Liaison Battery
- 1st Artillery Group
  - 1st Howitzer Battery
  - 2nd Howitzer Battery
  - 3rd Howitzer Battery
  - 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 FH-70 towed howitzers.[4] 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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