Английская Википедия:17 Field Artillery
Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use South African English Шаблон:More citations needed Шаблон:Infobox military unit 17 Field Artillery Regiment was a reserve South African Artillery unit.
History
17 Field Artillery Regiment was formed in 1975 as a Citizen Force unit in Pretoria.
It was a new artillery counter-insurgency unit whose purpose was to provide support for 73 Motorised Brigade from 1975 to 1991. 17 Field Artillery also assisted 81 Armoured Brigade.
17 Field was originally an offshoot of the Regiment University of Pretoria.
17 Field Artillery was also known as the Pretoria Artillery.
Artillery Type
The term Field Regiment was not quite descriptive of this unit which comprised a number of artillery elements such as field guns, medium mortars and a locating artillery element being essentially radar. It could also be referred to as a composite regiment.
Operations
17 Field Regiment received indirect operational experience when it received experienced national servicemen returning from SWA and Angola. Members also did service as infantry in the operational area. The first actual operation duty for the regiment occurred in 1982 when a battery under command of Capt H.J. Bootha was sent to Sector 70. Another battery was sent as well to Sector 10 as Infantry to fill a strength requirement for the Brigade. A battery under Commandant Botha was also sent to the border in Sector 10 in 1988. The expected operation did however not occur.
17 Field Regiment was eventually amalgamated into the Transvaalse Staatsartillerie in October 1991.
Commanders
- Commandant M. van Rooyen
- Commandant K.R.W. Harrison
- Commandant A.H. van Tonder
Insignia
References
- Further reading: Шаблон:Cite book
Шаблон:SAArmy Units Шаблон:SouthAfrica-mil-stub
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