24th Field Artillery Regiment "Peloritani"

Today the regiment is based in Messina in Sicily and assigned to the Mechanized Brigade "Aosta".

In 1935 the regiment was assigned to the 29th Infantry Division "Peloritana", which fought in the Second Italo-Ethiopian War.

The division participated in the Greco-Italian War and then remained in Yugoslavia on anti-partisan duty.

The division and regiment were located on the Peloponnese peninsula, when the Armistice of Cassibile was announced on 8 September 1943.

In 1895-96 the regiment provided six officers and 55 troops to units deployed to Eritrea for the First Italo-Ethiopian War.

In 1916 the regiment was deployed in July and August on the Monte Cimone di Tonezza and then on the Pečinka and Veliki Hribach.

In March 1916 the regiment's I Group with three batteries was part of the Italian force that occupied Southern Albania.

In June 1917 the regiment was at Kostanjevica na Krasu during the Tenth Battle of the Isonzo.

In 1926 the 24th Field Artillery Regiment was assigned to the 29th Territorial Division of Messina and consisted of a command, one group with 100/17 mod.

The I Group had been transferred for the duration of the war from the 22nd Artillery Regiment "Vespri" of the 28th Infantry Division "Aosta".

In the final Italian advance in April 1936 the division was relegated to second-line duties.

After the war's conclusion the Peloritana remained in Harar and fought remnants of Ethiopian forces and resistance fighters.

After the war the division was temporarily based in Korçë before moving in June 1941 to the Peloponnese peninsula.

The regiment was assigned to the Infantry Division "Aosta" and soon formed a third group with M101 105 mm howitzers.

Afterwards the regiment consisted of the following units:[4][5] In 1955 regiment was reduced in size and 15 June it consisted of a command, a command unit, the I Group with QF 25-pounder field guns, and the III Mixed Group, which fielded two batteries with M114 155 mm howitzers and two light anti-aircraft batteries with 40/56 autocannons.

[4][5] On 12 November 1976 the President of the Italian Republic Giovanni Leone assigned with decree 846 the flag and traditions of the 24th Artillery Regiment "Piemonte" to the group.

In 1992 the 24th Field Artillery Group "Peloritani" received M109G 155 mm self-propelled howitzers.

On 5 October 1992 the group lost its autonomy and the next day entered the reformed 24th Self-propelled Field Artillery Regiment "Peloritani".