10 Artillery Brigade (South Africa)

January 2015 10 Artillery Brigade SADF 10 Artillery Brigade emblem.jpg 180px 10 Artillery Brigade 19831992 South Africa 1928 South Africa 1928 South Africa 1981 Artillery Brigade South African Artillery Corps Potchefstroom Garrison 10 Art G5 Howitzer G2 Howitzer 127mm Multiple Rocket Launcher 120mm mortar South African Border War Commandant George Swanepoel OC Operation Excite/Hilti 200px| SADF 10 Artillery Brigade laurel 200px 10 Artillery Brigade beret badge 10 Artillery Brigade was a South African Defence Force formation designed for mass artillery barrages, mainly for the 7 South African Infantry Division or 8 South African Armoured Division, as well as an ad hoc formation during Operation Prone, when needed and detached and reattached where required. Smaller components would then be used at the battlegroup level. History 10 Artillery Brigadehttp://www.rfdiv.mil.za/pdfs/publications/gunner/gunner.pdf The South African Gunner Crook Lionel 18 2014-04-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20130613003404/http://www.rfdiv.mil.za/pdfs/publications/gunner/gunner.pdf 2013-06-13 http://www.gunners.org.za/modules/news/ South African Gunners Association - SANDF Reserve Force - SA Reserves' Achievements in 2016 Netherlands International Shooting Competition (2016NISC) - News 2018-12-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20161016143858/http://www.gunners.org.za/modules/news/ 2016-10-16 2010-02-09 Fact file: The SA Artillery https://www.defenceweb.co.za/resources/fact-files/fact-file-the-sa-artillery/ 2021-09-04 defenceWeb en-ZA was formed in Potchefstroom in 1983, when 4 Field RegimentGunners Association in Potchefstroom http://www.potchefstroom.co.za/gunnersassociation/history.html 2021-09-04 www.potchefstroom.co.za and 14 Field Regimenthttp://samilitaryhistory.org/11/c11aprne.html APRIL 2011 newsletter - Cape Town - South African Military History Society - Title page were both incorporated as 4 Artillery Regiment and 14 Field Artillery Regiment. 4 Artillery Regiment was located to the old 14 Field Regiment base where the Brigade was established. It provided the base and training facilities as well as National Servicemen gunner training between each regiment on an annual basis. Equipment The Brigade utilized the following equipment: G5 155mm long range howitzer G6 155mm long range howitzer G2 140mm medium range howitzer Bateleur 127mm multiple rocket launcher M5 120 mm heavy mortars thumb|center|600px|SADF 10 Artillery Brigade structure in Potchefstroom South West Africa and Angola Tactical headquarters 10 Artillery BrigadeRoberts Sean 44 Battery, 4 Artillery Brigade at 10 Artillery HQ in Potchefstroom 1990 https://sadf.sentinelprojects.com/bg1/10ART90.html Sentinel Projects Sentinel Projects 12 September 2016 Tactical headquarters was an artillery formation created in 1988 to support the ad hoc formation of 10 SA Division which had been formed to counter the Cuban forces in south-western Angola in June 1988. It was composed of: a tactical headquarters, 14 Field Artillery Regiment comprising: 14 Field Artillery Regiment HQ, 155 mm G5 battery from 62 Mechanised Battalion Group, a 140 mm G2 battery from Cape Field Artillery, a 127 mm MRL battery from 32 Battalion, a 120 mm mortar battery from 4 Artillery Regiment, a meteorological section from 1 Locating Regiment, a light workshop troop and a signals troop 17 Field Regiment comprising: 17 Field Regiment HQ, a 155 mm G5 Battery from 61 Mechanised Battalion Group, a 140 mm G2 Battery from 17 Field Regiment, another 140 mm G2 Battery from Transvaal Horse Artillery, a 127 mm MRL battery from 4 Artillery Regiment, a meteorological section from 2 Locating Regiment, a light workshop troop and a signals troop 181 battery from 18 Light Regiment thumb|center|600px|SADF 10 Artillery Brigade Tactical Structure Angola Engagements Battles fought around Cuito Cuanavale Operation Excite/Hilti Operation Prone Disbandment 10 Artillery Brigade became the basis for the South African Army Artillery Formation. See also South Africa Notes Velthuizen Andreas The significance of the battle for Cuito Cuanavale: Long term foresight of the current strategic landscape Scientia Militaria: South African Journal of Military Studies 2009 37 2 10.5787/37-2-71 2224-0020 free References External links Category:Brigades of South Africa Category:Disbanded military units and formations in Potchefstroom Category:Military units and formations established in 1983 Category:Military units and formations of South Africa in the Border War Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1992 Category:Artillery brigades