The 152nd Infantry Division "Piceno" () was an infantry division of the Royal Italian Army during World War II. The Piceno was formed on 20 February 1942 and named for the region of Piceno. The Piceno was classified as an occupation infantry division, which meant that the division's artillery regiment consisted of two artillery groups instead of the three artillery groups of line infantry divisions and that the divisional mortar battalion was replaced by a divisional machine gun battalion. The division was stationed in southern Italy and after the announcement of the Armistice of Cassibile resisted advancing German forces. The division then joined the Italian Co-belligerent Army and was trained to fight on the allied side during the Italian Campaign. History World War I The division's lineage begins with the Brigade "Piceno" raised on 6 February 1917 with the 235th and 236th infantry regiments. The brigade fought on the Italian front in World War I and together with its regiments was disbanded after the war on 30 December 1918. World War II The 152nd Infantry Division "Piceno" was activated in Chieti on 20 February 1942 and consisted of the 235th Infantry Regiment "Piceno", 236th Infantry Regiment "Piceno", and the 152nd Artillery Regiment "Piceno", which was raised after the division had been activated. As a division raised during the war the Piceno did not have its own regimental depots and therefore its regiments were raised by the depots of the 24th Infantry Division "Pinerolo" and 49th Infantry Division "Parma": the 235th Infantry Regiment "Piceno" was raised for the first time in Ascoli Piceno on 20 September 1941 by the 49th Infantry Regiment "Parma", while the 236th Infantry Regiment "Piceno" was raised in Macerata on 20 September 1941 by the 50th Infantry Regiment "Parma". The 235th Infantry Regiment was renamed on 1 December 1941 383rd Infantry Regiment "Venezia" and assigned to the 19th Infantry Division "Venezia". The 235th was raised again on 1 January 1942 in Chieti by the 14th Infantry Regiment "Pinerolo". In early March 1942 the 236th Infantry Regiment left the division and was sent to Sardinia, where it was tasked with guarding the air base at Milis. As replacement the depot of the 14th Infantry Regiment "Pinerolo" raised the 336th Infantry Regiment "Piceno" on 26 April 1942. The 336th Infantry Regiment joined the 235th Infantry Regiment and 152nd Artillery Regiment "Piceno" in the division. The 152nd Artillery Regiment had