In September 1942 the division was transferred to North Africa for the Western Desert campaign of World War II.

In 1975 the unit was reformed in Vercelli as 3rd Field Artillery Group "Pastrengo" and assigned to the 3rd Mechanized Brigade "Goito".

[1] This article is about the Royal Italian Army's 3rd Field Artillery Regiment, which was a support unit assigned to a division-level command.

[1] After the Second Italian War of Independence the Kingdom of Sardinia annexed on 22 March 1860 the Royal Provinces of Emilia and the Grand Duchy of Tuscany.

One of the Piedmontese companies had participated in 1848 in the First Italian War of Independence and fought in the Battle of Pastrengo, where it earned a Bronze Medal of Military Valor, which was affixed to the regiment's flag and is depicted on the regiment's coat of arms.

The same battery was also part of the Sardinian Expeditionary Corps, which was deployed to Crimea during the Crimean War in 1855-56.

In 1895-96 the regiment provided three officers and 52 troops to augment units deployed to Eritrea for the First Italo-Ethiopian War.

The regiment was deployed in fall 1916 on the Monte San Marco and on Sober Hill for the Eighth Battle of the Isonzo.

In November 1917 the regiment was transferred to the Asiago Plateau for the First Battle of Monte Grappa.

[1] In 1926 the regiment was assigned to the 16th Territorial Division of Bologna and consisted of a command, one group with 100/17 mod.

15 mountain guns was assigned to the 49th Artillery Regiment "Metauro II" for the Second Italo-Ethiopian War.

After the Axis' defeat in the Second Battle of El Alamein the division retreated with the remains of the Panzer Army to Mareth in Tunisia.

The regiment was assigned to the Infantry Division "Mantova" and consisted of a command, a command unit, and three groups with QF 25-pounder field guns, one of which had been ceded by the 5th Field Artillery Regiment.

The group was named for the Battle of Pastrengo, where its 2nd Battery had earned a Bronze Medal of Military Valor on 30 April 1848.

[1][2] On 12 November 1976 the President of the Italian Republic Giovanni Leone assigned with decree 846 the flag and traditions of the 3rd Artillery Regiment "Pistoia" to the group.

[1][2] With the end of the Cold War the Italian Army began to draw down its forces and on 30 April 1991 the 3rd Self-propelled Field Artillery Group "Pastrengo" was placed in reserve status and on 29 May of the same year the flag of the 3rd Artillery Regiment "Pistoia" was transferred to the Shrine of the Flags in the Vittoriano in Rome.