16th Regiment Royal Artillery

British Army artillery regiment January 2021 16 Regiment Royal Artillery 1947 – present United Kingdom United Kingdom Medium Range Air Defence 6 batteries471 personnelhttps://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2018-11-22/194616 Army – Question for Ministry of Defence 1 14 December 2020 7 Air Defence Group Baker Barracks, Thorney Island The London Invicta Gunners Sky Sabre,https://twitter.com/16regtra/status/1350189809227206662?lang=en What a milestone! Sky Sabre training has started LEAPP Equipment thumb|alt=Photograph of a missile system in the foreground and the Canary Wharf skyline in the background.|Gunners from 16 Regiment, Royal Artillery, set up a Rapier FSC Ground Based Air Defence (GBAD) system at Blackheath, London, on 2 May 2012, as part of Exercise Olympic Guardian 16 Regiment Royal Artillery is a regiment of the Royal Regiment of Artillery in the British Army. It currently serves in the Ground Based Air Defence role and is equipped with the Sky Sabre air defence missile system and Land Environment Air Picture Provision (LEAPP). One of its Sky Sabre batteries is always deployed to the Falkland Islands.https://www.thegunners.org.uk/uploads/Gnr%20Mar_22_interactive_version.pdf 16 Regiment Royal Artillery changing of the colours parade The Gunner 18 1 March 2022 26 June 2023 History The regiment was established in 1947 when 2nd Coast Regiment Royal Artillery was retitled 16 Coast Regiment Royal Artillery.http://british-army-units1945on.co.uk/royal-artillery/16th-regiment-ra.html 16th Regiment Royal Artillery British Army units 1945 on 10 May 2014 As 16 Light Air Defence Regiment it was deployed to Borneo in 1965. It undertook tours in Northern Ireland during the Troubles in 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1979, 1988 and 1993 and 14 Battery took part in the Falklands War in 1982. It was posted to Rapier Barracks at Kirton in Lindsey in 1985, seemingly swapping with 12th Air Defence Regiment Royal Artillery.http://british-army-units1945on.co.uk/royal-artillery/12th-regiment-ra.html 12th Regiment Royal Artillery British Army Units 1945 on 10 May 2014 The regiment was posted in Napier Barracks in Dortmund in 1992 and renamed 16th Regiment RA in 1993 whilst based there. It was relocated back to Centaur Barracks at Woolwich in England in 1995 and 14 Battery was deployed to the Maze prison and West Belfast at the end of the summer in 1996. The working garages at Centaur Barracks were replaced with Napier Lines which were sited alongside the main hub RA barracks in 1998. The regiment then deployed to South Armagh to start its final tour of Northern Ireland in 1998. A UN tour to Cyprus marked the start of the new millennium. In August 2007, the regiment relocated to St George's Barracks in Rutland from Woolwich. Its departure from the Royal Artillery Barracks, where the Royal Regiment of Artillery had been based since 1716, was marked with a ceremony on 25 July 2007.http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/topstories/display.var.1597572.0.end_of_an_era_for_historic_barracks.php End of an era for historic barracks Newshopper.co https://web.archive.org/web/20110807101630/http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/1597572.end_of_an_era_for_historic_barracks/ 7 August 2011 In July 2014, the regiment moved to Baker Barracks, Thorney Island.http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/defence/thorney-island-army-base-is-boosted-by-140-more-troops-1-7687923 Thorney Island army base is boosted by 140 more troops 19 November 2016 The News 16 September 2017 The regiment was part of the 2012 London Olympics Air Security Force, deploying Rapier FSC Ground Based Air Defence (GBAD) systems as part of Exercise Olympic Guardian.http://www.army.mod.uk/news/24058.aspx Gunners test air defences for Olympic Games 20 April 2014 Role Previously it also provided the now out of service Counter Rocket, Artillery, and Mortar (C-RAM) and Automated Sense & Warn (AS&W) Urgent Operational Requirement (UOR) capabilities on Operation TELIC (Iraq) and Operation HERRICK (Afghanistan) respectively.http://www.army.mod.uk/artillery/career/8020.aspx Royal Artillery Careers Ministry of Defence Other operational commitments are conducted (in the tertiary role) using C-RAM - a new and highly sensitive self defence system which destroys rockets and projectiles in flight. Applicable to Gunner Rapier applicants only. https://web.archive.org/web/20090430180321/http://www.army.mod.uk/artillery/career/8020.aspx 30 April 2009 dead 2009-04-18 In January 2021, the regiment began training with the new Sky Sabre air defence missile system, which in January 2022 fully replaced the previously used Rapier FSC Air Defence System. Batteries The unit has the following batteries:http://www.army.mod.uk/artillery/regiments/31211.aspx 16th Regiment Royal Artillery: Battery histories 10 May 2014 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140820031603/http://army.mod.uk/artillery/regiments/31211.aspx 20 August 2014 11 (Sphinx) Battery Royal Artillery - Sky Sabre Battery 14 (Cole's Kop) Battery Royal Artillery - Sky Sabre Battery 20 Battery Royal Artillery - Headquarters Battery 30 Battery (Rogers's Company) Royal Artillery - Sky Sabre Battery 32 (Minden) Battery Royal Artillery - Sky Sabre Battery 49 (Inkerman) Battery Royal Artillery - Land Environment Air Picture Provision (LEAPP) References External links Official site Category:Royal Artillery regiments Category:Air defence regiments of the British Army Category:Military units and formations established in 1947