The regiment is based in Fossano in Piedmont and assigned to the Alpine Brigade "Taurinense".

In World War I the regiment's groups and batteries served on the Italian front.

In summer 1942 the division was transferred to Montenegro, where it fought against Yugoslav partisan formation.

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.

In 1897 the regiment's 8th Battery was deployed to Crete as part of the multi-national Cretan intervention of 1897–1898.

In 1900, during the Boxer Rebellion in China, a section of the regiment was dispatched to Tianjin as part of the Eight-Nation Alliance intervention.

[5][6][10] Like the infantry's Alpini battalions, the mountain artillery brigades recruited from the military districts located in the Alps.

[5][6][12] At the outbreak of World War I the regiment formed the 51st, 52nd, and 54th batteries and entered the war with the organization depicted in the following table:[5][6][13][14] Note 1: The "Torino-Pinerolo" group's 53rd Mountain Artillery Battery was not raised until November 1916 for lack of available 65/17 mod.

The Mountain Artillery Group "Torino-Susa" fought in 1915 and 1916 on the Col di Lana and on Monte Sief.

[5][6] The Mountain Artillery Group "Torino-Aosta" was deployed in 1915 in the Valsugana and in 1916 on Monte Cauriol, on the Punta Cardinal and on Cima Busa Alta in the Lagorai range.

[5][6] In July 1918 the regiment formed an artillery section of 116 men, two horses, twelve mules, and two 65/17 mod.

[6] In 1920 the regiment moved from Turin to Cuneo and was reduced to the groups "Torino-Susa", "Torino-Pinerolo" and "Mondovì", each with three batteries with 75/13 mod.

[5][6] In June 1935 the Alpine Artillery Group "Susa" was mobilized in preparation for the Second Italo-Ethiopian War.

All the units returned to the regiment after the war: the Group "Susa" in January 1937 and the 1st and 5th batteries in April of the same year.

On 10 June 1940, the day Italy entered World War II, the regiment consisted of a command, command unit, the Alpine Artillery Group "Susa" (1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 40th batteries), and the Alpine Artillery Group "Aosta" (4th, 5th, 6th, and 53rd batteries).

In June 1940 the division participated in the invasion of France in the Little St Bernard Pass sector.

[5][6] In January 1942 the 1st Alpine Division "Taurinense" was sent to occupied Yugoslavia, where it participated in the third Axis anti-Partisan offensive.

In August 1942 the division moved to Montenegro, where a year later it took part in the fifth Axis anti-Partisan offensive.

The division tried to reach Kotor to be evacuated, but in heavy combat lost about half its strength of 14,000 men.

[1][5][6][7][19][20][21] On 2 December 1943 in Pljevlja the remaining Italian soldiers, approximately 16,000 men, were grouped together in the Division "Garibaldi".

Integrated into the Partisan 2nd Corps the division fought in Montenegro, Herzegovina, Bosnia, and Sandžak until February 1945, when the last troops were repatriated via the liberated harbour of Dubrovnik.

[1][5][6][7][19][20][21] For its conduct, loyalty and bravery in Montenegro after 8 September 1943 the Alpine Artillery Group "Aosta" was awarded Italy's highest military honor the Gold Medal of Military Valor — the only artillery group of the Italian Army to be such honored.

On the same day the Mountain Artillery Group "Susa" was reformed in Rivoli and equipped with 100/17 mod.

On 1 May 1952 the Mountain Artillery Group "Pinerolo" was reformed in Susa and equipped with M30 107mm mortars.

On 1 January 1958 the regiment formed a Light Aircraft Section with L-21B artillery observation planes, which in the course of the year was transferred to the brigade command.

Afterwards the regiment consisted of the following units:[5][6][7] During the Cold War the Alpine Brigade "Julia" was tasked with defending the Canal Valley, which was considered to be the most likely invasion route for a Warsaw Pact attack on Italy.

To augment the Alpine Brigade "Julia" the Group "Pinerolo" moved on 1 December 1963 from Susa to Tolmezzo, where it was assigned to 3rd Mountain Artillery Regiment.

Although now stationed in Friuli-Venezia Giulia the group retained its traditional recruiting area in Piedmont.

On 18 October 1975 the 1st Mountain Artillery Regiment was disbanded and the next day the two remaining groups became autonomous units and were assigned to the Alpine Brigade "Taurinense".

In 1987 the Mountain Artillery Group "Pinerolo" formed a Self-defense Anti-aircraft Battery, which was equipped with Stinger man-portable air-defense systems.