| 词条 | 17 Field Artillery |
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|unit_name= 17 Field Artillery Regiment | image=SADF era 17 Field Artillery emblem.png | image_size = 170 |caption= 17 Field Artillery Regiment emblem |dates= 1975–1991 |country= {{ZAF}} |allegiance={{plainlist|
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}} |type= Regular artillery |role=Field Artillery |size= Regiment |command_structure=South African Army Artillery Corps Army Conventional |garrison= Pretoria University of Pretoria Campus, Poynton Building |garrison_label= |nickname= |patron= |motto= Eminus Ferimus (From a distance) |colors= |colors_label= |march= |mascot= |equipment= |equipment_label= |battles=South African Border War |anniversaries= |decorations= |battle_honours=South-West Africa |battle_honours_label= |disbanded= |flying_hours= |website= |commander1= |commander1_label= |commander2= |commander2_label= |commander3= |commander3_label= |commander4= |commander4_label= |notable_commanders= |identification_symbol= |identification_symbol_label= |identification_symbol_2= |identification_symbol_2_label= |identification_symbol_3= |identification_symbol_3_label=Artillery Battery Emblems |identification_symbol_4= |identification_symbol_4_label= Artillery Beret Bar circa 1992 }} 17 Field Artillery Regiment was a reserve South African Artillery unit. History17 Field Artillery Regiment was formed in 1975 as a Citizen Force unit in Pretoria. 17 Field was originally a offshoot of the Regiment University of Pretoria. Divisional SupportIt 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. Artillery TypeThe 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. Commanders
Operations17 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. Botha 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. Renamed17 Field Artillery was also known as the Pretoria Artillery. Amalgamation17 Field Regiment was eventually amalgamated into the Transvaalse Staatsartillerie in October 1991. InsigniaFreedom of the CityReferences{{portal|South Africa}}
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