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Artillery Regiments

 

1st Regiment Horse Artillery

O HQ Battery (The Rocket Troop)

A Battery (The Chestnut Troop)

B Battery

E Battery

L Battery


3rd Regiment Horse Artillery

M Battery (HQ)

C Battery (155mm)

D Battery (155mm)

J Battery (155mm)

N Battery (The Eagle Troop) Fire Support Teams

4th Regiment (155mm SP)

94th HQ New Zealand Battery

3/29th Corunna Battery

88th Arracan Battery (modern spelling Arakan)

97th Battery

Light Aid Detachment

5th Regiment Artillery (deploys detachments as needed)

Q (Sanna’s Post) Battery

            Hornsby Troop (signals)

            Lodge Troop (logistics support)

53rd (Louisburg) Battery (Weapons Locating)

4/73rd (Sphinx) Battery (Special Observation Post)

K (Hondegein) Battery (Weapon locating)

P Battery The Dragon Troop (Battlefield Surveillance and TA)
7th Parachute Regiment Horse Artillery

(Details under 16th Air Assault Brigade)
12th Regiment Artillery

T HQ Battery (Shah Sujah’s Troop)

9th (Plassey) Battery

12th (Minden) Battery

58th (Eyre’s) Battery
14th Regiment Artillery (School regiment)

1st Battery (The Blazers)

            Regimental HQ

            Quartermaster’s Department

            Weapons Trp (5 MLRS, 7 AS.90, 6 light guns, SAMs)

24th (Irish) Battery (training)

34th (Seringapatam) Battery (4 AS.90, 12 light guns 105mm)

16th Regiment Artillery (Rapier)

            11th (Sphinx) HQ Battery

            14th (Cole’s Kop) Battery

            20th Battery

            30th (Roger’s Company)

            32nd (Minden) Battery 

19th Regiment Artillery (105mm light gun)

            13th (Martinique 1809) HQ Battery

5th (Gibraltar) Battery

28/143rd Battery (Tomb’s Troop)

52nd (Niagara) Battery (Observation Post)

127th Battery

26th Regiment Artillery

            55th Battery HQ (The Residency)

16th Battery (Sandham’s Company) (155mm)

            17th Battery (Corunna) (155mm)

            159th Battery (Colenso)(155mm)

29th Commando Regiment Artillery

                        7 (Sphinx) Battery (L118 gun)

8 (Alma) Battery (L118 gun)

23 (Gibraltar 1779-1783) Battery (HQ, includes Radar Troop)

79 (Kirkee) Battery (L118)

148 (Meiktila) Battery (Naval gunfire support)

32nd Regiment Artillery (UAV)

            18th (Quebec 1759) Battery

            22nd (Gibraltar 1779-83) Battery

            42nd (Alem Hamza) Battery

            46th (Talavera) Battery (?HQ Battery?)

            57th (Bhurtpore) Battery

            REME Workshop

39th Regiment Artillery (MLRS)

            35th Battery

            56th (Olpherts) HQ Battery

            74th Battery (The Battleaxe Company)

            132nd Battery (The Bengal Troop)

            176th (Abu Klea) Battery

40th Regiment Artillery

            6/36th (Arcot) Battery

            38th (Seringpatam) Battery

            49th (Inkerman) Battery

            129th (Dragon) Battery

            137th (Java) Battery

47th Regiment Artillery (air defense)

            31st Battery HQ

            10th (Assaye) Battery

            24th Battery Air Assault

            25/170th (Imjin) Battery

            REME Workshop

 

100th Regiment Artillery (TA) (105mm light gun)

            201st Battery

            266th Battery

            307th Battery

101st Regiment Artillery (TA) (MRLS)

            203rd Battery (MRLS)

            204th Battery (STA)

            205th Battery (MRLS)

103rd Regiment Artillery (TA) (105mm light gun)

            206th Battery

            208th Battery

            216th Battery

104th Regiment Artillery (TA) (was AD, now UAV)

            210th Battery

            211th Battery

            214th Battery

            217th Battery (HHB)

105th Regiment Artillery (TA) (l05mm light gun)

            206th Battery

            207th Battery

            212th Battery

218th Battery (HHB)

106th Regiment Artillery (TA) (AD - Starstreak & Rapier)

210th Battery (Rapier)

265th Battery (Rapier)

457th Battery (Starstreak)

The Honorable Artillery Coy (TA) STA regiment

HQ Sqdn

Signal Sqdn

1st Squadron

2nd Squadron

3rd Squadron

L Troop

 

 

Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Units

 

1st Close Support Battalion

2nd Close Support Battalion

3rd Close Support Battalion

4th Close Support Battalion

6th Close Support Battalion

7th Close Suport Battalion (AA)

 

101st Force Support Battalion (TA and active duty)

102nd Battalion (TA)

103rd Battalion (TA)

104th Force Support Battalion (TA and active duty)

 

 

Logistics Regiments

Regiments marked with asteriks are assigned to HQs higher than brigade


2 Logistic Support Regiment*

            27th HQ Squadron

            22nd Close Support Squadron

            45th Close Support Squadron

            76th General Support Squadron

3 Logistic Support Regiment*

            35th Squadron HQ

            21st Squadron

            31st Squadron

            32nd Squadron

8 Transport Regiment*

9 Supply Regiment*

10 Transport Regiment*

11 EOD Regiment*

12 Logistic Support Regiment*

13 Air Assault Support Regiment

17 Port and Maritime Regiment

150 Regiment (TA)*

            217th Squadron

                        Squadron HQ

                        X-Ray Troop

                        Yankee Troop

                        Zulu Troop

            218th Squadron

            219th Squadron

            253rd Squadron HQ

151 Transport Regiment* (TA) (“London”) 38 officers/528 ORs

            HQ Squadron

            4 transport squadrons (each 1600 tons of ammunition 35km or POL)

152 Transport Regiment (“Ulster”)

155 Transport Regiment

            RHQ Squadron

            232nd Squadron

            235th Squadron

156 Transport Regiment* REME (TA)

            HQ Squadron

COs Command Group

Regimental Administrative Office

Regimental Training Wing

Quartermasters Department

REME Workshop

            REME Squadrons

168 Pioneer Regiment*

            HQ Squadron

            3 Pioneer Squadrons

Scottish Transport Regiment*

Welsh Transport Regiment* (650 peace; 900 war)

Gurkha Logistic Regiment*

Medical Regiments  

3 Medical Regiment

4 Medical Regiment

5 Medical Regiment

16 Medical Regiment

225 Medical Regiment (Volunteers)

254 Medical Regiment (Volunteers)

 

 

Royal Marines

 

Organization

 

            1 commando Brigade

                        3 commandos

                      1 commando Artillery regiment (Army)

                      1 commando air defense battery (Army)

                      2 commando Engr Sqdns

                                  1 Army,

                                  1 Territorial Army

            1 LCA Sqdn 

            Serving with RN/other commands:

                        1 security group

                        Special Boat Service

                        1 commando light helio Sqdn

                        2 LCA Sqdns detachments/naval parties

 

Equipment

 

            HEL                 15

            AMPH                         24 RRC, 4 LCAC

 

Army Equipment[9]

(As of 2008)

 

Armor

 

MBT                386 x Challenger 2 (many in storage)

IFV                  793 x MCV 80 Warrior 

RFV                 325 x Scimitar

                        136 x Sabre

AT (SP)            48 x Striker

ADA (SP)        135 x Stormer (Starstreak SAM)

 

APC                 1,486 x FV 432

                        640 x Saxon (wheeled)

                        511 x Spartan (general purpose)

                        84 x Stormer

205 x Sultan

147 x Saxon Patrol
108 x Mastiff

130 x Jackal
160 x Vector (plus 12 x ambulance)

11 x Fuchs (NBC recce vehicles)
100 x Panther

 

 

11 x Fuchs (NBC recce vehicles)

Artillery & Mortars

 134 x AS 90
42 x 227mm MLRS
68 x FH 70
132 x 105mm Light Gun
470 x 81mm mortar (including 112 x self-propelled)

2093 x 51mm Light Mortar

 Air Defense

24 x Rapier Fire Units (including 24 x SP)

145 x Starstreak  (LML)
84 x Starstreak HVM (SP)

Army Aviation[10]

82 x Lynx (some armed with TOW)

50 x Gazelle

7 x BN-2 Islander (Reconnaissance)

67 x Apache AH-64

10 x Special Operations (4 A109, 4 SA365, 2 A109 training)

35 x Squirrel (training)


Helicopters available from RAF:
38 x Chinook (+ 12 on order)
39 x Puma
22 x Merlin

 

 

 

 

 



[8] The Grenadier and Welsh Guards exchange posting for ceremonial duties in London.

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