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Location Category ID: 5120 Added to Database: 23 January 2011 Last Edited: 23 January 2011 Address: Via Martiri della Libertà 163, 33084 Cordenons (PN) Telephone: 0434 930044 Email: Opening Times: Official Website: 132° Reggimento Carri Other Links: MILES Forum Cordenons Model Show 132° Reggimento Carri Facebook 1 Facebook 2 Latitude, Longitude: 45.99936898 , 12.72696376 Location Accuracy: 7 Tanks Previously Here: 1: Carro Armato M15/42 Tank - Museo Storico della Motorizzazione Militare, Cecchignola, Roma, Lazio, Italy (Probable staging point 2009) The De Carli barracks in Cordenons are home to 132° Reggimento Carri (Italian 132nd Tank Regiment) “Ariete”. This unit is composed of a regimental headquarters, a support company and a logistics battalion and is manned by volunteers. It was originally formed on 1 September 1941 in North Africa from 32nd Infantry Regiment. As part of the Ariete armoured division at Bir Hacheim it had its ‘baptism of fire’ on 18 November 1941 at Bir el Gobi. It later took part in the battles of Sidi Rezegh and Gazala and the reoccupation of Benghazi. It was equipped with M13/40 tanks and fought at Rughet el Atash on 27 May 1942. Later battles included Tobruk, El Alamein and the retreat from Libya, after which it was dissolved in December 1942 due to heavy losses. It was reconstituted in Sardinia in March 1944 but disbanded later that year. It was reconstituted in Rome in 1948 under the name 1º Reggimento Carristi of the Ariete armoured brigade before becoming 132º Reggimento Carristi ‘Ariete’ the following year. Further moves and reorganisations followed until it was dissolved in October 1975. It was reconstituted in July 1992 and took part in relief operations in Somalia from December 1992 to March 1994. On 30 November 1995 it moved to Cordenons. Arranged around the barracks are various displayed vehicles and three memorials. The first memorial consists of a stylised dragon and tank atop a plaque that reads: FERREA MOLE FERREO CUORE A.N.C.I. [Associazione Nazionale Comuni Italiani] IRON HULL IRON HEART A.N.C.I. [National Association of Italian Communities] IN ONORE DEI NOSTRI CADUTI PER LA PATRIA CON IMMUTABILE ORGOGLIO CARRISTA L'ASSOCIAZONE NAZIONALE CARRISTI D'ITALIA SEZIONE DI S.MICHELE AL TAGLIAMENTO AL 132º REGGIMENTO CARRI CORDENONS. 20. 03. 2008 IN HONOUR OF THE FALLEN FOR OUR COUNTRY WITH UNCHANGING PRIDE IN OUR TANK CREWMEN THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ITALIAN TANK CREWMEN SAN MICHELE AL TAGLIAMENTO SECTION OF 132ND TANK REGIMENT CORDENONS. 20 March 2008 The second memorial consists of a bust of a tank crewman surrounded by a tank track on a mount with a plaque that reads: CARRISTA DEL DESERTO DESERT TANK CREWMEN LA DOVE IL GHIBLI SOFFIA E BRUCIA IL SOLE SONO RIMASTE L'ETERNE INCANCELLABILI PAROLE CHE TU CARRISTA CON IL TUO SANGUE HAI SCRITTO ITALIA ONORE WHERE THE SUN BURNS AND GALES BLOW HAVING REMAINED ETERNALLY UNFORGETTABLE YOU CREWS WITH THE WORDS YOU HAVE WRITTEN WITH YOUR BLOOD ITALY HONOURS The third memorial consists of a bust of a tank crewman on an altar table above a piece of tank track. It commemorates the battles of Bir El Gobi and El Alamein. The supports of the table have inscribed Comando Supremo bulletins of the actions and details of the award of the Gold Medal for Valour. A plaque in front of the tank track reads: MEDAGLIA D'ORO AL V.M. [Valore Militare] ALLA BANDIERA DEL 132º REGGIMENTO CARRI ARIETE BIR EL GOBI 18 NOVEMBRE 1941 EL ALAMEIN 3 LUGLI 1942 GOLD MEDAL [OF MILITARY VALOUR] TO THE FLAG OF 132ND TANK REGIMENT ARIETE BIR EL GOBI 18 NOVEMBER 1941 EL ALAMEIN 3 JULY 1942

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May 2009 1: First memorial Taken: 15 May 2009 Contributor: Guidopiano Location Photo ID: 399 Added: 24 January 2011 Views: 150 Has Priority: 0		2: Second memorial Taken: 15 May 2009 Contributor: Guidopiano Location Photo ID: 400 Added: 24 January 2011 Views: 146 Has Priority: 0		3: Third memorial Taken: 15 May 2009 Contributor: Guidopiano Location Photo ID: 401 Added: 24 January 2011 Views: 157 Has Priority: 0
March 2009 4: First memorial Taken: 10 March 2009 Contributor: Guidopiano Location Photo ID: 398 Added: 24 January 2011 Views: 187 Has Priority: 0

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