The 28th Artillery Regiment "Livorno" (Italian: 28° Reggimento Artiglieria "Livorno") is an inactive field artillery regiment of the Italian Army, which was based in Tarcento in Friuli-Venezia Giulia.
In early August the remnants of the division were evacuated from Sicily and the regiment was in the process of being reformed, when German forces disbanded the division and its regiment after the Armistice of Cassibile was announced on 8 September 1943.
[2] In 1975 unit was reformed as 28th Field Artillery Group "Livorno" and assigned to the Mechanized Brigade "Isonzo".
[2] In 1911-12 the regiment provided for the Italo-Turkish War three officers 63 troops for units deployed to Libya.
[2] During the war the regiment served on the Italian front, where it fought in May 1915 on Mrzli Vrh and during the summer on Krn and at Tolmin.
During winter 1915-16 the regiment was on Monte Vodil, before returning to Mrzli Vrh.
In 1917 the regiment was deployed again on Mrzli Vrh before being destroyed in the Battle of Caporetto.
On 3 April of the same year the regiment ceded its II Group with 75/27 mod.
By fall 1942 the division and its regiments were deployed in the Southern part of Sicily as mobile reserve of the XVI Army Corps.
[2][4][5] On 10 July 1943 Allied forces landed on the Southern coast of Sicily and the division counterattacked at Gela.
By 15 July Allied armored units threatened to encircle the division and it retreated to the Simeto river south of Catania.
The group was based in Tricesimo and assigned to the Mechanized Brigade "Isonzo".
[2][3] On 12 November 1976 the President of the Italian Republic Giovanni Leone assigned with decree 846 the flag and traditions of the 28th Artillery Regiment "Livorno" to the group.
The brigade retained the Isonzo's units, including the 28th Self-propelled Field Artillery Group "Livorno".
[2][8][9] On 4 October 1993 the 28th Self-propelled Field Artillery Group "Livorno" lost its autonomy and the next day the group entered the 28th Self-propelled Field Artillery Regiment "Livorno".
On 26 October 1995 the flag of the 28th Artillery Regiment "Livorno" was returned to the Shrine of the Flags in the Vittoriano in Rome and on 31 October the 28th Self-propelled Field Artillery Regiment "Livorno" was disbanded.