1st Field Artillery Regiment (Belgium)

March 2018 August 2026 1st Field Artillery Regiment Canons automoteurs M109A2 du 1er régiment d'artillerie - 21-07-1989.jpg 21 February 1836 – 4 October 2010 Belgium Belgium Land Component Artillery 7th Brigade Field artillery Bastogne Ubique primus Mortier 120 RT Mortar Battle of Normandy Battles Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Denis thumb|Self-propelled gun M108 of the 1st Field Artillery Regiment participating in the parade of July 21, 1989 in Brussels. thumb|Commander and gunner of an M109A2 self-propelled gun of the 1st Field Artillery Regiment waiting before the parade of July 21, 1989 in Brussels. thumb|Roof machine gun Browning .50 of the self-propelled gun M109A2. The 1st Field Artillery Regiment (nl 1ste Regiment Veldartillerie, fr 1 Régiment d'Artillerie de Campagne) or 1A was an artillery battalion in the Land Component of the Belgian Armed Forces. The regiment was the field artillery battalion of the 7th Brigade until 2010. The unit was stationed in Bastogne and was equipped with the M108 then in the 1980s M109 self-propelled howitzer of 155mm and later the Mortier 12O RT heavy mortar. History The 1st Field Artillery Regiment was established on 21 February 1836, when the Regiment of Artillery was split up into three new regiments. The regiment participated in both World Wars. During the Second World War, it remained active after the Eighteen Days' Campaign, the campaign of the Belgian army in May 1940 when Belgium was invaded by Germany. The First Belgian Battery, which was created in the United Kingdom in February 1941, participated as part of the Brigade Piron in the Battle of Normandy and in fights in Belgian and Dutch Limburg during the liberation of Western Europe.http://www.be4046.eu/1Aie.htm 18 March 2018 The 1st Belgian Field Artillery Battery 1941-1944 For this reason, the regiment's first battery, A Battery, is known as fr Batterie Libération (French for "Liberation Battery"). Alliances - 1er Régiment d'Artillerie de Marine (1er RAMa) References External links Section of the website of the Belgian Ministry of Defence about the 1st Field Artillery Regiment https://web.archive.org/web/20110524063237/http://www.mil.be/armycomp/units/index.asp?LAN=fr&FILE=&ID=618&MENU=0&PAGE=1 2011-05-24 - Only available in French and Dutch Category:Military units and formations established in 1836 Field Artillery, 1 Category:1836 establishments in Belgium Category:2010 disestablishments in Belgium Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 2010