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1ST REGIMENT ROYAL HORSE ARTILLERY
SSgt (SSI) L L Brimble RAPTC
Iwas offered the Job at 1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery (1 RHA) whilst at the 2015 Study period in Sandhurst and I jumped at the opportunity to work with such an historic regiment. However,
there was a small catch; I would be starting in 10 days. I arrived in early July 15 and my plan was to break in nice and slow - Not a
AAPTI Pass off Parade Mar 2016
The AS90
chance!!! I had to hit the ground running as the Regt were in the nal stages of preparation to go onto High Readiness in Jan 2016.
The South Yorks & Midland Gunners (1 RHA) were formed on 1st May 1938, although the individual batteries had existed for some 145 years beforehand. They have been extensively involved in the North African Desert Campaign, Aden, Northern Ireland, Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan.
The Regiment consists of 640 personnel split between 6 Batteries with one based in Newcastle and the remaining 5 in Tidworth. The Regiment consists of 3 AS90 Gun Batteries, 1 MLRS Battery, TAC Battery, HQ Battery and Exactor Troop. Each gun battery has 4 Fire Support Teams (FSTs), which can man 6 Guns or 3 launchers and the TAC Battery consists of 6 FSTs. The Regiment’s job is to provide offensive re support to the infantry and it does this by embedding FSTs with the infantry companies or armoured squadrons, who then request the appropriate repower. This repower is not just restricted to AS90 (155mm) or Light Gun (105mm) but mortars, close air support, guided missiles and attack helicopters.
The restructure of the camp left tness training facilities at a premium and the gym here in Tidworth is a converted old Barracks Guardroom, additionally we share a gym hall with RTR and KRH.
I have a team of 12 AAPTIs with one just badging into the Corps, one currently on the Class One Course and another in nal
CO’s PT
Battle PT Team Relays