Today the regiment is based in Persano in Campania and assigned to the Bersaglieri Brigade "Garibaldi".
In 1960 the regiment was transferred to the V Army Corps and in 1964 to the Cavalry Brigade "Pozzuolo del Friuli".
In 1975 the regiment was reduced to 8th Self-propelled Field Artillery Group "Pasubio" and assigned to the Armored Brigade "Vittorio Veneto".
After the end of the Cold War the group returned to the Cavalry Brigade "Pozzuolo del Friuli" and reorganized as a regiment.
[6] This article is about the Royal Italian Army's 8th Field Artillery Regiment, which was a support unit assigned to a division-level command.
[7] 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 Siege of Peschiera, 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.
In 1895-96 the regiment provided three officers and 79 troops to augment units deployed to Eritrea for the First Italo-Ethiopian War.
After the Battle of Caporetto the regiment's I Group was annihilated by the advancing Austro-Hungarian armies at San Daniele del Friuli.
[1][7] In 1926 the regiment was assigned to the 9th Territorial Division of Verona and consisted of a command, one group with 100/17 mod.
In 1935 the regiment provided 21 officers and 593 enlisted to augment units deployed for the Second Italo-Ethiopian War.
In September 1941 the division participated in the Battle of Kyiv, capturing and holding a bridgehead on the eastern side of the Dnipro river.
In winter 1941 the division was engaged in defensive operations and in summer 1942 it participated in Case Blue — the German offensive towards Stalingrad and the Caucasus.
In August the division reached the Don river, where it remained until 11 December 1942, when the Soviets commenced Operation Little Saturn.
On 15 January 1943 the fight to break through the Soviet lines started and two days later the last 2,000 men of the once 15,000 troops of the division escaped the encirclement.
After the announcement of the Armistice of Cassibile on 8 September 1943 the division and its regiments were disbanded by invading German forces.
A few months later a third group with QF 25-pounder field guns was formed and in 1948 the regiment moved from Vicenza to Livorno.
In 1964 the regiment was transferred from the V Army Corps to the Cavalry Brigade "Pozzuolo del Friuli".
[1][7][8] On 12 November 1976 the President of the Italian Republic Giovanni Leone assigned with decree 846 the flag and traditions of the 8th Artillery Regiment "Pasubio" to the group.
[2][7][4] After the end of the Cold War the Italian Army began to draw down its forces and on 31 July 1991 the Mechanized Brigade "Vittorio Veneto" was disbanded and the 8th Self-propelled Field Artillery Group "Pasubio" was transferred to the Cavalry Brigade "Pozzuolo del Friuli".
On 17 September 1992 the group lost its autonomy and the next day entered the reformed 8th Self-propelled Field Artillery Regiment "Pasubio".
The 8th Field Artillery Regiment "Pasubio was now assigned to the Bersaglieri Brigade "Garibaldi" and equipped with M109L self-propelled howitzers.
The Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Tactical Liaison Battery is equipped with RQ-11B Raven unmanned aerial vehicles and ARTHUR counter-battery radars.