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In military organizations, an artillery battery is a unit or multiple systems of artillery, mortar systems, rocket artillery, multiple rocket launchers, surface-to-surface missiles, ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, etc., so grouped to facilitate better battlefield communication and command and control, as well as to provide dispersion for its constituent gunnery crews and their systems.
It involves watching an area to see what changes (surveillance) for the purpose of enemy field artillery acquisition, then the acquisition of targets based on that information, and example of their equipment include Counter-battery radar (CoBRa) and Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) (see also Mobile Artillery Monitoring Battlefield Asset (MAMBA)).
The Regiment of Artillery made a forceful case for retaining its motto, as it was felt the most suitable in content and meaning. It was finally decided to retain the motto, though it was in Persian, in time for the 1957 double celebrations of the centennial of the Indian Rebellion and the 150th sequicentennial anniversary of the Indian Artillery.
Regiment of Artillery "Sarvatra izzat o iqbal" Hindi/Urdu "Everywhere with honour and glory" Brigade of The Guards "Pahla hamesha pahla" Hindi/Urdu "First, always first" "Garud ka hun bol pyare " "I am the son of Garuda, Say O my friend" Parachute Regiment "Shatrujeet" Hindi "The conqueror" "Balidaan parma dharam" "Sacrifice before self"
The arm is now focused on field artillery and supplies regiments and batteries to each of the operational commands. The home of the Regiment is in Nashik, Maharashtra, where their headquarters is located, along with the service's museum. The School of Artillery of the Indian Army is located nearby, in Devlali.
Modern coastal artillery (for example, Russia's "Bereg" system) is often self-propelled, (allowing it to avoid counter-battery fire) and fully integrated, meaning that each battery has all of the support systems that it requires (maintenance, targeting radar, etc.) organic to its unit.
The Regiment was raised as 125 Division Locating Battery on 1 August 1958 in Haig Lines at School of Artillery, Deolali (Nashik district) under the command of Major (later Major General) Chajju Ram. The unit was reorganised to a SATA Regiment under Colonel J P Saikia on 1 January 2006.
The regiment was raised on 15 May 1940 as 'B' Field Brigade, Indian Artillery at Bangalore by Lieutenant Colonel (later Brigadier) Guy Horsfield. [ nb 1 ] It consisted of Headquarters (H.Q.), 3rd Indian and 4th Indian Field Batteries.