On 1 November 1888 the 13th Field Artillery Regiment was formed in
Rome. The new regiment consisted of eight batteries and one
train company ceded by the
1st Field Artillery Regiment. During the
First Italian War of Independence the ceded batteries had fought in 1848 in the
Battle of Goito and in 1849 in the
Battle of Novara. During the
Second Italian War of Independence in 1859 the batteries fought in the
Battle of Solferino, while during the
Piedmontese invasion of Central and Southern Italy they participated in the
Siege of Gaeta in 1860–61. In 1866 the batteries participated in the
Third Italian War of Independence and in 1870 in the
capture of Rome. During the
Italo-Turkish War in 1911-12 the regiment provided two batteries, one train company, and three officers and 116 troops for other deployed units. On 1 January 1915 the regiment ceded its III Group to help form the
33rd Field Artillery Regiment. On 12 November 1976 the
President of the Italian Republic Giovanni Leone assigned with decree 846 the flag and traditions of the 13th Artillery Regiment "Granatieri di Sardegna" to the group.
Recent times In 1991, after the end of the
Cold War, the Italian Army disbanded many of its artillery units in the country's Northeast and transferred their equipment to the remaining artillery units. In 1992 the 13th Field Artillery Group "Magliana" received
M109G 155 mm self-propelled howitzers. On 15 April 1992 the group was renamed 13th Self-propelled Field Artillery Group "Magliana". On 19 August 1992 the group lost its autonomy and the next day entered the 13th Self-propelled Field Artillery Regiment "Granatieri di Sardegna". On 20 September 1995 the batteries of the
7th Heavy Field Artillery Regiment "Cremona" in
Turin were disbanded and the flag of that regiment was transferred to Civitavecchia, where on the same day the flag of the 13th Self-propelled Field Artillery Regiment "Granatieri di Sardegna" was prepared for the transfer to Shrine of the Flags in the
Vittoriano in Rome. The next day, on 21 September 1995, the personnel and materiel of the 13th Self-propelled Field Artillery Regiment "Granatieri di Sardegna" were used to form the 7th Self-propelled Field Artillery Regiment "Cremona", and the day after the flag of the 13th Artillery Regiment "Granatieri di Sardegna" was deposited at the Shrine of the Flags. == See also ==