17th Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment "Sforzesca"
The 17th Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment "Sforzesca" 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 1 July 1953. Today the regiment is based in Sabaudia in Lazio and administratively assigned to the Anti-aircraft Artillery Command.Current Structure
As of 2019 the 17th Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment "Sforzesca" consists of:
- Regimental Command, in Sabaudia
- * Command and Logistic Support Battery
- * Signal Company
- * 1st VSHORAD Group
- ** 1st VSHORAD Battery
- ** 2nd VSHORAD Battery
- ** 3rd VSHORAD Battery
- ** Fire and Technical Support Battery
- * 2nd SHORAD Group
- ** 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.
The 17th Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment "Sforzesca" contributes two batteries to the Italian military's National Sea Projection Capability, which consists of the Italian army's Cavalry Brigade "Pozzuolo del Friuli" and the Italian navy's 3rd Naval Division and San Marco Marine Brigade.
