121st Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment "Ravenna"

The 121st Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment "Ravenna" (Italian: 121° Reggimento Artiglieria Controaerei "Ravenna") is an anti-aircraft artillery regiment of the Italian Army. Originally founded as a field artillery regiment the unit transferred to the anti-aircraft specialty on 15 June 1953. Today the regiment is based in Bologna and Rimini in the Emilia-Romagna and administratively assigned to the Anti-aircraft Artillery Command.[3]

121st Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment "Ravenna"
121° Reggimento Artiglieria Controaerei "Ravenna"
Regimental coat of arms
Active	1 May 1941 - today[1]
Country	Italy
Branch	Italian Army
Part of	Anti-aircraft Artillery Command
Garrison/HQ	Bologna / Rimini
Motto(s)	"Fide itur ad astra"
Anniversaries	15 June 1918 - Second Battle of the Piave River
Decorations	1x Silver Medal of Military Valour[2]
Insignia
Regimental gorget patches

Structure

As of 2022 the 121st Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment "Ravenna" consists of:[4]

Regimental Command, in Bologna
- Command and Logistic Support Battery
- 1st Anti-aircraft Group
  - 1st Battery (Stinger)
  - 2nd Battery (Stinger)
  - 3rd Battery (Skyguard "Aspide")
  - Fire Control and Support Battery

The Command and Logistic Support Battery fields the following sections: C3 Section, Transport and Materiel Section, Medical Section, and Commissariat Section. The Anti-aircraft Group's Skyguard "Aspide" surface-to-air missile systems will be replaced with CAMM-ER systems in the near future.

External links

Italian Army Website: 121° Reggimento Artiglieria Controaerei "Ravenna"

References

"121° Reggimento Artiglieria Controaerei "Ravenna" - La Storia". Italian Army. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
"121° Reggimento Artiglieria Controaerei "Ravenna" - Il Medagliere". Italian Army. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
"121° Reggimento Artiglieria Controaerei "Ravenna"". Italian Army. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
"121° Reggimento Artiglieria Controaerei "Ravenna"". Ministero della Difesa. Retrieved 23 December 2019.

Italian Army

Four-star rank (OF 9)

Chief of the Army General Staff

Three-star rank (OF 8)

Two-star rank (OF 7)

Divisions	"Acqui" "Tridentina" "Vittorio Veneto"
Other	Army Aviation Command Army Simulation and Validation Center Army Training Command and Application School Engineer Command

One-star rank (OF 6)

Brigades	"Aosta" "Ariete" "Folgore" "Friuli" "Garibaldi" "Granatieri di Sardegna" "Julia" "Pinerolo" "Pozzuolo del Friuli" "Sassari" "Taurinense" Army Aviation Support NRDC-ITA Support Tactical Intelligence
Commands	Army Special Forces Artillery Anti-aircraft Artillery Signal Logistic Support
Other	Military Academy Army NCO School Infantry School Cavalry School Administrative School Medical and Veterinary School Alpine Training Center Army Aviation Training Center

Italian Army artillery units

Active

Field Artillery	Field Artillery Regiment "a Cavallo", 1st Field Artillery Regiment (Mountain), 3rd Field Artillery Regiment (Mountain), 5th Field Artillery Regiment "Superga", 8th Field Artillery Regiment "Pasubio", 21st Field Artillery Regiment "Trieste", 24th Field Artillery Regiment "Peloritani", 52nd Artillery Regiment "Torino", 132nd Field Artillery Regiment "Ariete", 185th Paratroopers Artillery Regiment "Folgore"
Anti-aircraft Art.	4th Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment "Peschiera", 17th Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment "Sforzesca", 121st Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment "Ravenna"
Other units	7th CBRN Defense Regiment "Cremona", 13th HUMINT Regiment, 41st Regiment "Cordenons"

Inactive

Field Artillery	1st Artillery Regiment "Cacciatori delle Alpi", 3rd Artillery Regiment "Pistoia", 9th Artillery Regiment "Brennero", 11th Artillery Regiment "Monferrato", 12th Artillery Regiment "Savona", 13th Artillery Regiment "Granatieri di Sardegna", 14th Artillery Regiment "Ferrara", 19th Artillery Regiment "Venezia", 20th Artillery Regiment "Piave", 27th Artillery Regiment "Marche", 28th Artillery Regiment "Livorno", 33rd Artillery Regiment "Acqui", 35th Artillery Regiment "Friuli", 46th Artillery Regiment "Trento", 47th Artillery Regiment "Bari", 48th Artillery Regiment "Taro", 108th Artillery Regiment "Cosseria", 120th Artillery Regiment "Po", 131st Artillery Regiment "Centauro", 155th Artillery Regiment "Emilia", 184th Paratroopers Artillery Regiment "Nembo", 205th Artillery Regiment "Bologna"
Mountain Art.	2nd Mountain Artillery Regiment, 4th Mountain Artillery Regiment, 5th Mountain Artillery Regiment, 6th Mountain Artillery Regiment, Mountain Artillery Group "Agordo", Mountain Artillery Group "Asiago", Mountain Artillery Group "Belluno", Mountain Artillery Group "Sondrio", Mountain Artillery Group "Udine"
Corps Artillery	2nd Artillery Regiment "Potenza", 3rd Artillery Regiment "Bondone", 4th Artillery Regiment "Pusteria", 5th Artillery Regiment "Medea", 6th Artillery Regiment "Montello", 8th Artillery Regiment "Marmore", 9th Artillery Regiment "Foggia", 10th Artillery Regiment "Avisio", 11th Artillery Regiment "Teramo", 12th Artillery Regiment "Biella"
Army Artillery	1st Artillery Regiment "Adige", 3rd Artillery Regiment "Volturno", 9th Artillery Regiment "Rovigo"
Anti-aircraft Art.	5th Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment "Pescara", 18th Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment "Gran Sasso"
Other units	1st NBC Battalion "Etruria", 13th Target Acquisition Group "Aquileia"

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