132nd Field Artillery Regiment "Ariete"

In World War II the 132nd Armored Division "Ariete" was sent to Libya to participate in the Western Desert Campaign. The division and its regiments were destroyed on 21 November 1942 during the Second Battle of El Alamein. For their sacrifice the regiments of the division were rewarded with a Gold Medal of Military Valour.[1]

The regiment was reconstituted on 15 May 1949 as 132nd Armored Artillery Regiment and assigned to the reconstituted Armored Division "Ariete".

During the 1975 army reform the army disbanded the regimental level and newly independent battalions were given for the first time their own flags. On 31 December 1975 the 132nd Armored Artillery Regiment was disbanded and on the same day the regiment's IV Heavy Self-propelled Field Artillery Group in Casarsa della Delizia was renamed 132nd Heavy Self-propelled Field Artillery Group "Rovereto" and assigned the flag and traditions of the 132nd Armored Artillery Regiment.[1][5] The 132nd Regiment's staff was used to form the Armored Division "Ariete"'s Divisional Artillery Command.[5]

In March 1981 the 132nd "Rovereto" was equipped with FH70 towed howitzers and therefore renamed 132nd Heavy Field Artillery Group "Rovereto". On 30 September 1986 the Armored Division "Ariete" was disbanded and the 132nd "Rovereto" was assigned to the 5th Army Corps' Artillery Command.[1]

In March 1991 the 132nd Heavy Field Artillery Group "Rovereto" was assigned to the 5th Heavy Artillery Regiment, which also contained the 5th Heavy Field Artillery Group "Superga". On 31 March 1993 the 132nd Heavy Field Artillery Group "Rovereto" was disbanded.

On 9 October of the same year the 132nd Self-propelled Field Artillery Regiment "Ariete" was reformed by renaming the 19th Self-propelled Field Artillery Group "Rialto", which had been the artillery group of the 132nd Armored Brigade "Ariete" since the 8th Mechanized Brigade "Garibaldi" was transferred to Southern Italy on 1 July 1991. In 2000 the regiment assumed its current name.[1]