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Royal Artillery Officers uniform, 1825 64 Pounder Rifled Muzzle-Loader (RML) gun on Moncrieff disappearing mount, at Scaur Hill Fort, Bermuda. The regiment was involved in all major campaigns of the Napoleonic Wars; in 1804, naval artillery was transferred to the Royal Marine Artillery, while the Royal Irish Artillery lost its separate status in 1810 after the 1800 Union.
Traditionally the Royal Horse Artillery (RHA) provided highly mobile light field guns to support cavalry formations. By 1939 the RHA was – like the rest of the RA – completely mechanised, but its role remained essentially the same: provision of mobile artillery to armoured formations.
The Royal Regiment of Artillery is an Arm of the British Army.The Regiment is made up of two distinct arms; the Royal Horse Artillery and the Royal Artillery. Somewhat confusingly both consist of a number of Regiments, which are comparable to Battalions in size.
Gunners from 16 Regiment, Royal Artillery, set up a Rapier FSC Ground Based Air Defence (GBAD) system at Blackheath, London, on 2 May 2012, as part of Exercise Olympic Guardian. 16 Regiment Royal Artillery is a regiment of the Royal Regiment of Artillery in the British Army.
The Royal Artillery Mounted Rifles were formed into independent columns of around 750 men commanded by a Royal Artillery lieutenant-colonel. [2] One such column was commanded by Thomas Baldock , who would later become a Major-General. [ 4 ]
It has 100 members drawn from every Regiment within the Royal Regiment of Artillery. This includes Close Support, General Support, STA, Air Defence, Parachute and Commando units, which gives the sub-unit a unique perspective and is the largest Battery in the Royal Artillery. Equipment. 4 x AS90; 12 x L118 light gun
The 4th Regiment Royal Artillery is a regiment of the Royal Artillery in the British Army. It was formed in 1939 as 4th Regiment Royal Horse Artillery , before being redesignated in 1961. It is currently based at Alanbrooke Barracks in Topcliffe and serves in the light close support role, equipped with 105mm L118 light guns supporting 7 Light ...
Regiments of the Royal Artillery or Royal Horse Artillery of the Regular British Army and Territorial Army since 1938, when the term 'Regiment' replaced 'Brigade' as the standard unit designation; a Regiment comprises a number of Batteries.