121st Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment "Ravenna"
The 121st Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment "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.Current Structure
As of 2019 the 121st Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment "Ravenna" consists of:
- Regimental Command, in Bologna
- * Command and Logistic Support Battery, in Bologna
- * Signal Company, in Bologna
- * 1st VSHORAD Group, in Bologna
- ** 1st VSHORAD Battery
- ** 2nd VSHORAD Battery
- ** 3rd VSHORAD Battery
- ** Fire and Technical Support Battery
- * 2nd SHORAD Group, in Rimini
- ** 1st SHORAD Battery
- ** 2nd SHORAD 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 1st VSHORAD Group is equipped with Stinger man-portable air-defense systems, while the 2nd SHORAD Group is equipped with Skyguard "Aspide" surface-to-air missile systems, which will be replaced with CAMM-ER systems in the near future.
