High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Ariete Armoured Division was an armoured division of the Italian Army during World War II. It was formed in 1939 as the second armoured division in the Italian Army after the 131 Armoured Division Centauro. The division fought in the North African Campaign until being destroyed during the Second Battle of El Alamein. (The Ariete Armoured Division hero Second Lieutenant Luigi Arbib Pascucci led the remaining tanks in a counterattack against the advancing British armour at Fuka, allowing the German Afrika Korps to escape. Luigi was found dead in his burned-out tank after the counterattack, with the rest of the Ariete Division tanks destroyed. His sacrifice earned him the Gold Medal of Military Valor, Italy`s highest military award.)