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12th Regiment Royal Artillery

British Army artillery regiment

Field	Value
unit_name	12th Regiment Royal Artillery
dates	1947–present
allegiance	United Kingdom
branch
role	Ground Based Air Defence
size	6 Batteries
Almost 700 personnel
command_structure	[7 Air Defence Group](7-air-defence-group)
garrison	Baker Barracks, Thorney Island
nickname	The Lancashire & Cumbrian Gunners and The Stormers
equipment	HVM Stormer (armour) & HVM LML (light role) equipped with the Starstreak missile & Light Multirole Missile
equipment_label	Equipment

Almost 700 personnel

12 Regiment Royal Artillery is a regiment of the Royal Artillery in the British Army. It currently serves in the air defence role, and is equipped with the Starstreak missile.

History

The regiment was established in 1947 when the 7th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery, was retitled the 12th Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery. It was deployed to Palestine that year, to Libya in 1948 and Trieste in 1950. It also saw action in Malaya in 1963 and Borneo in 1964. Units saw tours in Northern Ireland during the Troubles in 1971, 1974, 1977, 1979 and 1988. T Battery and 9 Battery were sent to the South Atlantic during the Falklands War in 1982. T Battery and 58 Battery saw action during the Gulf War in 1991. 12 Battery was deployed for the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

In January 2008, the regiment moved to the Baker Barracks, Thorney Island, upon its return from Germany.

Under Army 2020 Refine, T Battery was re-roled from the headquarters battery to form a further Stormer HVM battery while 170 (Imjin) Battery was brought out of suspended animation to take their place as headquarters battery.

Batteries

The batteries are as follows:

T Battery (Shah Sujah's Troop) Royal Artillery — Stormer HVM & LMM
9 (Plassey) Battery Royal Artillery — Stormer HVM & LMM
12 (Minden) Air Assault Battery Royal Artillery — LML HVM & LMM
58 (Eyre's) Battery Royal Artillery — Stormer HVM & LMM
137 (Java) Battery Royal Artillery — Stormer HVM & LMM
170 (Imjin) Battery Royal Artillery — Headquarters Battery

References

"Army – Question for Ministry of Defence".
"12th Regiment Royal Artillery". British Army Units 1945 on.
Gunner Magazine, December 2012
"12th Regiment Royal Artillery". Ministry of Defence.

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