The 8th Heavy Field Artillery Regiment (Italian: 8° Reggimento Artiglieria Pesante Campale) is an inactive artillery regiment of the Italian Army, which was based in Modena in the Emilia-Romagna and assigned to the 3rd Army Corps.
After the end of operations in Greece the grouping returned to Italy, where it was tasked with coastal defense duties until November 1942, when the grouping returned to occupied Greece on occupation and coastal defense duties in the area of Corinth.
The regiment and its grouping in Corinth were disbanded by invading German forces after the announcement of the Armistice of Cassibile on 8 September 1943.
In 1991 the reserve group was disbanded and the unit was renamed 8th Heavy Field Artillery Regiment.
[1] This article is about the Royal Italian Army's 8th Heavy Field Artillery Regiment, which was a support unit assigned to a corps-level command.
In 1935 the regiment mobilized the 310th Refrigerators Tractor Auto Unit and the III Bombards Group with 81 mm mod.
The depot was disbanded by invading German forces after the announcement of the Armistice of Cassibile on 8 September 1943.
In April 1953 the regiment received a Light Aircraft Section with L-21B artillery observation planes.
[1][2] On 31 May 1986 the 2nd Group was disbanded and the next day, on 1 June 1986, the regiment was renamed 8th Artillery Unit.
The reasons to name the group after the Marmore man-made waterfalls in Terni, which were created by the Romans in 271BC, are unknown.