On 1 November 1888 the 24th Field Artillery Regiment was formed in
Naples. The new regiment consisted of eight batteries and one
train company ceded by the
12th Field Artillery Regiment. In 1895–96 the regiment provided six officers and 55 troops to units deployed to
Eritrea for the
First Italo-Ethiopian War. During the
Italo-Turkish War in 1911–12 the regiment formed the command of a Special Field Artillery Regiment, which was sent with one of the regiment's group commands and the regiment's 4th and 5th batteries to
Libya. The regiment also provided eight officers and 795 troops to other deployed units. On 1 January 1915 the regiment ceded its III Group to help form the 34th Field Artillery Regiment.
World War I At the outbreak of
World War I the regiment was assigned, together with the
Brigade "Siena" and
Brigade "Bologna", to the 19th Division. At the time the regiment consisted of a command, three groups with
75/27 mod. 06 field guns, and a depot. During the war the regiment's depot formed the command of the 52nd Field Artillery Regiment, the 112th and 113th mountain batteries, and four siege batteries. In 1915 the regiment fought in the
Second Battle of the Isonzo on
Monte Sei Busi and then in the
Third Battle of the Isonzo and
Fourth Battle of the Isonzo at
Castelnuovo del Carso. In 1916 the regiment was deployed in July and August on the
Monte Cimone di Tonezza and then on the
Pečinka and
Veliki Hribach. In March 1916 the regiment's I Group with three batteries was part of the Italian force
that occupied Southern Albania. The group returned to Italy on 7 August 1916 and rejoined the regiment. In June 1917 the regiment was at
Kostanjevica na Krasu during the
Tenth Battle of the Isonzo. During the retreat to the
Piave river after the
Battle of Caporetto the regiment fought delaying actions along the
Tagliamento river and then participated in the
First Battle of the Piave River. In 1918 the regiment fought on
Cima Ekar and
Monte Valbella during the
Second Battle of the Piave River, and again on Monte Valbella and then on the
Melette during the
Battle of Vittorio Veneto. At the time the group fielded 485 men (37 officers, 58 non-commissioned officers, and 390 soldiers).
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 24th Field Artillery Group "Peloritani" received
M109G 155 mm self-propelled howitzers. On 5 October 1992 the group lost its autonomy and the next day entered the reformed 24th Self-propelled Field Artillery Regiment "Peloritani". The regiment was assigned to the
Mechanized Brigade "Aosta". In 2001 the regiment was renamed 24th Field Artillery Regiment "Peloritani" and in 2016 it was equipped with
FH-70 155 mm howitzers. == Organization ==