4 Regiment Royal Artillery
The North East Gunners
4th Regiment Royal Artillery is one of the Royal Artillery's Gun Regiments. There are about 500 officers and soldiers in the Regiment at any given time and as our name suggests, many come from the North East of England although there are plenty from elsewhere.
The Regiment is currently based in Topcliffe, North Yorkshire, and is part of 4th Mechanized Brigade 'The Black Rats'.
To find out more about the different elements that make up the Regiment, and what we are currently doing, please follow the left hand links.
Equipment
4th Regiment is an armoured regiment with two batteries equipped with AS90 self propelled gun. The senior battery is equipped with the L118 light gun which all batteries will convert to in preparation for operations in Afghanistan.
The North East Gunners in Afghanistan on Op HERRICK 12