1 Artillery Brigade
Our regiment is part of 1 Artillery Brigade.   Our soldiers are serving in both Afghanistan and Iraq.  The Regiment was formed as 5th Regiment Royal Horse Artillery in 1939.

Our Batteries
5 Regiment Royal Artillery is broken into five batteries, three batteries are equipped with Cobra, Mamba and ASP, to find the enemy on the battlefield. These radars can identify enemy locations firing at friendly troops.  With this information, Royal Artillery Unmanned Air Vehicles confirm the enemy grid reference with a real time live image, for the gun regiments to strike. The three batteries are 53 (Louisburg) Battery, P Battery (The Dragon Troop), and K (Hondeghem) Battery.  One battery of Special OPs, 4/73 (Sphinx) Special OP Battery who are special observers, trained to operate hidden deep in hostile territory. Dismounted with lightweight cameras, lasers and sights they find the enemy, and, coordinate a strike using artillery guns, mortars, attack helicopters and fast jets, and one Headquarter Battery, Q/Headquarters (Sanna's Post) Battery, 

Equipment
Use this link to see details of MAMBA

Location
We are based at Catterick, North Yorkshire.  Our address is Marne Barracks, Catterick, Richmond, North Yorkshire, DL10 7NP.