The 3rd Targeting Support Regiment "Bondone" (Italian: 3° Reggimento Supporto Targeting "Bondone") is a artillery regiment of the Italian Army, which is equipped with unmanned aerial vehicles.
The regiment is based in Cassino in Lazio and assigned to the army's Artillery Command.
In World War II the regiment formed two artillery groupings, one of which was assigned to the Italian Expeditionary Corps in Russia and distinguished itself on the Eastern front.
The regiment and its groupings were disbanded by invading German forces after the announcement of the Armistice of Cassibile on 8 September 1943.
[2][4] This article is about the Royal Italian Army's 3rd Heavy Field Artillery Regiment, which was a support unit assigned to a corps-level command.
[2][4] The 4th Field Artillery Regiment had fought in 1915 at Tolmin for control of the hills of Bučenica and Mengore.
The new 3rd Heavy Field Artillery Regiment consisted a command, a command unit, the I and II groups with 105/28 cannons, and the III and IV groups was equipped with 149/13 heavy howitzers.
On 1 March 1935 the regiment transferred its II Group with 105/28 cannons to the 3rd Fast Artillery Regiment "Principe Amedeo Duca d'Aosta" and subsequently formed a new II Group with 105/28 cannons on 6 June of the same year.
[2][4] At the outbreak of World War II the regiment consisted of a command and four groups.
The depot was disbanded by invading German forces after the announcement of the Armistice of Cassibile on 8 September 1943.
Both groups had been formed in 1948 by the Artillery Recruits Advanced Training Center in Civitavecchia.
On 12 November 1976 the President of the Italian Republic Giovanni Leone issued decree 846, which assigned the flag and traditions of the 3rd Heavy Field Artillery Regiment to the 4th Artillery Specialists Group "Bondone".
The regiment was assigned to the army's Artillery Command and is equipped with unmanned aerial vehicles.