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1st Artillery Regiment (France)

Field	Value
unit_name	Régiment de La Fère
1ére Régiment d'Artillerie à Pied
1ére Régiment d'Artillerie
image	1er R.A.JPG
caption	Insignia of the 1st Artillery Regiment
dates	1671–Present
country	France
branch	French Army
type	Artillery
command_structure	[1st Division](1st-armored-division-france)
garrison	Belfort
motto	Royal d'abord premier toujours
battles	{{plainlist	*War of the Austrian Succession
battles_label	Conflicts
decorations	Croix de guerre 1914-1918
with two palms
current_commander	LtCol Raphaël Bernard

1ére Régiment d'Artillerie à Pied 1ére Régiment d'Artillerie

Seven Years' War
War of the First Coalition
War of the Second Coalition
Egyptian Campaign
War of the Third Coalition
War of the Fourth Coalition
Peninsular War
Invasion of Russia
War of the Sixth Coalition
Siege of Antwerp
Crimean War
Sino-French War
World War I
World War II
Algerian War
Cold War with two palms The 1st Artillery Regiment is a regiment of artillery in the French Army tracing its modern history to 1791 when the Régiment de La Fére was re-organised into the 1st Artillery Regiment after the French Revolution.

History

Between the wars

The regiment was assigned to the 15th Infantry Division and was stationed notably in Auxonne and Dijon, under the name 1er Régiment d'Artillery Divisionnaire (1st Divisional Artillery Regiment).

World War II

Attached to the First Army and the 4th Army Corps.

Composed of a battery hors-rang, three groups of 75 and a Divisional Anti-Tank Battery (BDAC) of 75mm or 47mm.

The regiment was doubled and created the 1st Divisional Heavy Artillery Regiment (RALD), equipped with 105C and 155C.

Current organisation

The current organisation of the regiment is:

Command and Logistics Battery
1ére Batterie (MLRS M270 and 120 mm mortars)
2éme Batterie (MLRS M270 and 120 mm mortars)
3éme Batterie (MLRS M270 and 120 mm mortars)
4éme Batterie (COBRA counter-battery radars, SL2A acoustic artillery location systems, and GA10 ground alert and impact zone early warning systems)
5éme Batterie (COBRA counter-battery radars, SL2A acoustic artillery location systems, and GA10 ground alert and impact zone early warning systems)
6éme Batterie (Reserve)
Maintenance Battery

References

[[Vincent Cronin. Cronin, Vincent]] (1973). ''Napoleon''. Harmondsworth, UK: Pelican Books. {{ISBN. 978-0140217162, p. 47.
"1er régiment d'artillerie".

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