8th Field Artillery Regiment "Pasubio"
The 8th Field Artillery Regiment "Pasubio" is a field artillery regiment of the Italian Army, specializing in armored combat. Today the regiment is based in Persano in Campania and operationally assigned to the Bersaglieri Brigade "Garibaldi".History
For its conduct and work after the 1976 Friuli earthquake the 8th Self-propelled Field Artillery Group "Pasubio" was awarded a Bronze Medal of Army Valour, which was affixed to the group's war flag and added to the group's coat of arms.Current Structure
As of 2019 the 8th Field Artillery Regiment "Pasubio" consists of:
- Regimental Command, in Persano
- * Command and Logistic Support Battery
- * Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Tactical Liaison Battery
- * 1st Self-propelled Group
- ** 1st Howitzer Battery
- ** 2nd Howitzer Battery
- ** 3rd Howitzer Battery
- ** Fire and Technical Support Battery
The Command and Logistic Support Battery fields the following sections: C3 Section, Transport and Materiel Section, Medical Section, and Commissariat Section. The regiment is equipped with PzH 2000 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.
