5th Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment "Pescara"
| 5th Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment "Pescara" | |
|---|---|
| 5° Reggimento Artiglieria Controaerei "Pescara" | |
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| Active | 1 June 1930 — 8 Sept. 1943 1 March 1947 — 26 Oct. 2012 |
| Country | Italy |
| Branch | Italian Army |
| Garrison/HQ | San Donà di Piave |
| Motto(s) | "Inter nube detonans hostem exterret" |
| Anniversaries | 15 June 1918 - Second Battle of the Piave River |
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| Regimental gorget patches | |
The 5th Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment "Pescara" (Italian: 5° Reggimento Artiglieria Controaerei "Pescara") is an inactive air defence regiment of the Italian Army, which was based in San Donà di Piave in Veneto. Originally a regiment of the Royal Italian Army, the unit was last active from 1947 to 2012. During the Cold War the regiment was equipped with MIM-23 Hawk air defence missile systems and formed, together with the 4th 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.