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29 Commando Regiment, Royal Artillery is the Commando-trained unit of the British Army's Royal Artillery, based in Plymouth. The regiment is under the operational control of the UK Commando Force , to which it provides artillery support and gunnery observation.
The unit provides Fire Support Teams (FST - formerly called Forward Observation parties) to control and co-ordinate Naval fires [1] (naval gunfire support, naval air delivered guided and unguided munitions) from Royal Navy and allied ships, land based air delivered munitions and artillery fire from the gun batteries of 29 Commando Regiment ...
26 Regiment Royal Artillery – (The West Midland Gunners) are equipped with Multiple Launch Rocket System and Exactor 2 at Larkhill Garrison. [53] 29 Commando Regiment Royal Artillery – (The Commando Gunners) are equipped with the L118 105 mm light gun, and are currently part of UK Commando Force.
23 (Gibraltar) Commando Battery: 29 Commando Regiment Royal Artillery: Headquarters Battery: Royal Citadel, Plymouth: Regular 79 (Kirkee) Commando Battery: 29 Commando Regiment Royal Artillery: L118 light gun: Royal Citadel, Plymouth: Regular 148 (Meiktila) Commando Battery: 29 Commando Regiment Royal Artillery: Naval Gunfire Support Forward ...
When the Royal Marines reinforcements in the Sea Kings, and 7 'Sphinx' Battery of the 29th Commando Regiment Royal Artillery aboard a Chinook helicopter arrived at the landing zone, 3 kilometres (2 miles) behind the ridge of the mountain, they were met by gun-flashes, mortar detonations and tracer rounds as another clash involving D Squadron ...
English: Soldiers of 29 Commando Regiment are pictured firing a 105mm Light Gun during a training Exercise in Norway. 29 Commando Regiment Royal Artillery are spearhead troops trained as amphibious, mountain and arctic warfare specialists, but also can equally operate at the other extreme in the desert or jungle.
English: A Royal Artillery soldier moves through the cold waters of Dartmoor during 29 Commando Regiment, Royal Artillery's Commando Conditioning Course. The course is preparation before attending the physically and mentally demanding All Arms Commando Course at the Commando Training Centre, Royal Marines in Lympston, Devon.
The base was named after South African Lance Bombardier James Dwyer (1984-2006), of 29th Commando Regiment Royal Artillery, [2] who was killed on Wednesday 27 December 2006, aged 22, when the vehicle he was driving struck an anti-tank mine while on a patrol in southern Helmand Province.