4th Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment "Peschiera"
| 4th Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment "Peschiera" | |
|---|---|
| 4° Reggimento Artiglieria Controaerei "Peschiera" | |
Regimental coat of arms | |
| Active | 1 June 1930 — 8 Sept. 1943 24 May 1947 — today |
| Country | Italy |
| Branch | Italian Army |
| Part of | Anti-aircraft Artillery Command |
| Garrison/HQ | Mantua |
| Motto(s) | "Contro l'ala avversa" |
| Anniversaries | 15 June 1918 - Second Battle of the Piave River |
| Decorations | 1x Military Order of Italy 1x Bronze Medal of Military Valor 1x Bronze Medal of Army Valor |
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| Regimental gorget patches | |
The 4th Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment "Peschiera" (Italian: 4° Reggimento Artiglieria Controaerei "Peschiera") is an air defence regiment of the Italian Army. Originally an air defence regiment of the Royal Italian Army, the regiment is now based in Mantua in Lombardy and assigned to the Anti-aircraft Artillery Command. During the Cold War, the regiment was equipped with MIM-23 Hawk air defence missile systems and formed, together with the 5th Anti-aircraft Missile Artillery Regiment, the air defence belt of the Italian Army in the country's Northeast. The regimental anniversary falls, as for all Italian Army artillery regiments, on June 15, the beginning of the Second Battle of the Piave River in 1918.