26th Regiment Royal Artillery
Encyclopedia
26th Regiment Royal Artillery is a regiment
of the Royal Artillery
in the British Army
. It currently serves in the armoured field artillery
role, and is equipped with the AS-90
self-propelled gun.
self-propelled gun
Warrior
Observation Post Vehicle (OPV)
DROPS (IMMLC)
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 serves 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, and is equipped with the 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 gun.
Batteries
- 19 (Gibraltar 1779 - 1783) Battery - Currently the senior Battery within the Royal Artillery
- 16 (Sandham's Company) Battery
- 17 (Corunna) Battery
- 55 (The Residency) Headquarters Battery
- 159 (Colenso) Battery
Equipment
AS-90AS-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 gun
Warrior
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....
Observation Post Vehicle (OPV)
DROPS (IMMLC)
Demountable Rack Offload and Pickup System
Demountable Rack Offload and Pickup System is a family of logistics vehicles operated by the British Army, which currently consists of two vehicle types:* Leyland DAF Medium Mobility Load Carrier...