41st Regiment "Cordenons"

The 41st Regiment "Cordenons" (Italian: 41° Reggimento "Cordenons") is a Surveillance and Target Acquisition unit of the Italian Army. Originally a field artillery regiment, the regiment is today a multi-arms unit operationally assigned to the Tactical Intelligence Brigade, which combines elements of the artillery and signal arms. The regiment is based in Sora in Lazio.[3]

41st Regiment "Cordenons"
41° Reggimento "Cordenons"
Regimental coat of arms
ActiveMay 1915 - today[1]
Country Italy
BranchItalian Army
Part ofTactical Intelligence Brigade
Garrison/HQSora
Motto(s)"Ignis intellectus"
Anniversaries15 June 1918 - Second Battle of the Piave River
Decorations
1x Silver Medal of Military Valour[2]
Insignia
Regimental gorget patches
41st "Cordenons" operator launching a RQ-11B Raven in the Dolomites with a Squire radar in the background

Current Structure

As of 2019 the 41st Regiment "Cordenons" consists of:[4]

  • Regimental Command, in Sora
    • Command and Logistic Support Battery
    • 1st Group
      • 1st Battery
      • 2nd Battery
      • 3rd 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 RQ-7 Shadow 200, RQ-11B Raven and Bramor C4EYE unmanned aerial vehicles, IA-3 Colibrì unmanned quadcopters, Thales SQUIRE ground surveillance radars, and ARTHUR counter-battery radars.

References
  1. "41° Reggimento "Cordenons" - La Storia". Italian Army. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  2. "41° Reggimento "Cordenons" - Il Medagliere". Italian Army. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  3. "41° Reggimento "Cordenons"". Italian Army. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  4. "41° Reggimento "Cordenons"". Ministero della Difesa. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
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