19th Regiment Royal Artillery
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19th Regiment Royal Artillery – The Highland Gunners – is a regiment
of the Royal Artillery
in the British Army
. It currently supports 12 Mechanised Brigade in the armoured field artillery
role. The regiment has Fire Support Teams mounted in Warrior Mechanised Artillery Observation Vehicles
equipped with MSTAR
. The regiment's three gun batteries are equipped with 18 AS-90
self-propelled guns.
, Hampshire
. They recruit from Highlands, Grampian, Tayside, Fife, Central and Argyll.
Regiment
A regiment is a major tactical military unit, composed of variable numbers of batteries, squadrons or battalions, commanded by a colonel or lieutenant colonel...
of the Royal Artillery
Royal Artillery
The Royal Regiment of Artillery, commonly referred to as the Royal Artillery , is the artillery arm of the British Army. Despite its name, it comprises a number of regiments.-History:...
in the British Army
British Army
The British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...
. It currently supports 12 Mechanised Brigade in the armoured field artillery
Field artillery
Field artillery is a category of mobile artillery used to support armies in the field. These weapons are specialized for mobility, tactical proficiency, long range, short range and extremely long range target engagement....
role. The regiment has Fire Support Teams mounted in Warrior Mechanised Artillery Observation Vehicles
Warrior Tracked Armoured Vehicle
The Warrior tracked vehicle family is a series of British armoured vehicles, originally developed to replace the older FV430 series of armoured vehicles. The Warrior started life as the MCV-80 project that was first broached in the 1970s, GKN Sankey/Defence winning the production contract in 1980....
equipped with MSTAR
MSTAR
Man-portable Surveillance and Target Acquisition Radar is a light weight all-weather battlefield radar Doppler radar operating in the J band. It is usually used by Artillery Observers to acquire and engage targets in bad visibility or at night...
. The regiment's three gun batteries are equipped with 18 AS-90
AS-90
The AS-90 is a lightly armoured self-propelled artillery piece used by the British Army. It was first delivered in 1993...
self-propelled guns.
Batteries
- 5 (Gibraltar 1779–1783) Battery
- 13 (Martinique 1809) Headquarters Battery
- 28/143 (Tombs's Troop) Battery
- 52 (Niagara) Battery
- 127 (Dragon) Battery
Location and Recruitment areas
19th Regiment are based in TidworthTidworth
Tidworth is a town in south-east Wiltshire, England with a growing civilian population. Situated at the eastern edge of Salisbury Plain, it is approximately 10 miles west of Andover, 12 miles south of Marlborough, 24 miles south of Swindon, 15 miles north by north-east of Salisbury and 6 miles east...
, Hampshire
Hampshire
Hampshire is a county on the southern coast of England in the United Kingdom. The county town of Hampshire is Winchester, a historic cathedral city that was once the capital of England. Hampshire is notable for housing the original birthplaces of the Royal Navy, British Army, and Royal Air Force...
. They recruit from Highlands, Grampian, Tayside, Fife, Central and Argyll.