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|unit_name=34 (Maratha) Field Regiment (Cassino II)
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|dates= 1941 – present
|country=[[India]]
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|branch= {{army|British India|23px}}<br />[[File:Flag of Indian Army.svg|23px]] [[Indian Army]]
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|identification_symbol=34 Fd Regt (Cassino II)
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|motto=''SARVATRA, IZZAT-O-IQBAL'' “Everywhere With Honour and Glory”.
|colors= "Red & Navy Blue"
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|battle_honours= Cassino-II (Italian Campaign - World War II)
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'''34 Field Regiment (Cassino II)''' is part of the [[Regiment of Artillery (India)|Regiment of Artillery]] of the [[Indian Army]].

==History==

===Formation===

The Regiment was raised as the '''8th Battalion of the Fifth [[Maratha Light Infantry]]''' at [[Belgaum]] on February 1, 1941 under Lt Col LCM Bellamy, MC. During World War II, the regiment participated in a number of battles as '''4 Maratha Anti Tank Regiment''' initially in [[Iraq]] and [[Egypt]]. It played a decisive role in the Italian Campaign against the Germans in Battle of Cassino in the 'Lir Valley Operation' theatre from 11-13 May 1944 which earned them the coveted Honour title of “Cassino-II” and one [[Distinguished Service Order|DSO]], Two [[Military Cross]] and many other Gallantry medals.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040513/ncr1.htm|title=News article in Tribune - 34 Medium Regiment celebrates diamond jubilee |access-date=2020-09-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://stampdigest.in/2019/10/02/aps-cover-may-2019-platinum-jubilee-34-maratha-field-regiment-cassino-ii/|title=APS Cover May 2019 –Platinum Jubilee 34 (Maratha) Field Regiment (Cassino -II) |access-date=2020-09-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://sainiksamachar.nic.in/englisharchives/2013/aug01-13/index.html|title=Sainik Samachar Aug 2013 |access-date=2020-09-08}}</ref>
[[File:34 Medium Regiment (Cassino-II).jpg|thumb|305x305px|''Cassino-II'' Battle Honour Day, 2013]]

===Operations===

Some of the major operations undertaken by the Regiment include:

;[[World War II]]: The Regiment served in [[Iraq]], [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]], [[Egypt]] and [[Italy]] between 1942 and 1945. In Italy, the Regiment being a part of [[8th Infantry Division (India)|8th Indian Division]], during the 'Liri Valley Operations' carried their guns across the River Gari through ropeways and provided accurate and timely fire power which proved crucial in the [[Battle of Monte Cassino]] in 1944 and the Regiment was thereafter conferred with the Battle Honour of "Cassino-II".<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.sainiksamachar.nic.in/englisharchives/2014/jul01-14/h15.htm|title=Sainik Samachar Jul 2014 |access-date=2020-09-04}}</ref><ref name="Hours of Glory: Famous Battles of the Indian Army 1801-1971">{{cite book|last=Das|first=CN|title=Hours of Glory|date=1997|publisher=Vision Books Pvt.Ltd|isbn=978-8170940692|page=160,577}}</ref>

;[[Annexation of Hyderabad|Hyderabad Police Action - 1948]]: The Regiment which had become the first Self Propelled Indian Artillery Regiment in 1946 with the [[Archer (tank destroyer)|17 Pounder Archers]] moved to [[Hyderabad State|Hyderabad]] in 1948 as part of [[1st Armoured Division (India)|1 Armoured Division]] to quell an armed insurrection aimed against the formal union of this princely state with the Union of India.<ref name="Operation Polo: The Liberation Of Hyderabad">{{cite web |url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/archives/MONITOR/ISSUE2-3/lns.html|title= Operation Polo: The Liberation Of Hyderabad at Bharat Rakshak Volume 2-3, November-December 1999|access-date=2020-09-15}}</ref>

;[[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]]: The Regiment (which had converted to a Medium Regiment in 1963) saw action in [[Uri, Jammu and Kashmir|Uri]], [[Tangdhar, Jammu and Kashmir|Tangdhar]] and [[Nowshera, Jammu and Kashmir|Naushera]] sector of [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]].<ref name="34 Med APO Postal Cover">{{cite web |url=https://www.philamart.com/Listing/Details/3058717/34-Maratha-Field-Regiment-CassinoIIIndian-Army-Postal-Cover-APO|title= 34 Medium Regiment-Indian Army Postal Cover (APO)|access-date=2020-09-15}}</ref>

===Equipment===

The regiment has had the following guns in chronological order

*[[QF 18-pounder gun|18 Pounder Gun]]
*[[Archer (tank destroyer)|17 Pounder Archer]]
*[[BL 5.5-inch medium gun|5.5 Inch Gun]]
*[[130 mm towed field gun M1954 (M-46)|M-46 130 mm Field Gun]]
*[[160mm Mortar M1943|160 mm Heavy Mortar]]
*[[Soltam M-71|155 mm Soltam]]
*[[Indian Field Gun]]
==See also==
[[List of regiments of the Indian Army#Artillery|List of artillery regiments of Indian Army]]
==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.indianembassyrome.gov.in/docs/victoria%20cross.pdf ''List of 15 personnel killed in Italy'']

[[Category:Artillery regiments of the Indian Army after 1947]]
[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1941]]

34 Field Regiment India - Revision history

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