| 词条 | 2nd Regiment Royal Artillery |
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| unit_name = 2nd Field Regiment | image = https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Royal_Artillery_Badge.jpg/220px-Royal_Artillery_Badge.jpg | caption = | dates = February 1958-31 December 1993 | country = {{flag|United Kingdom|23px}} | allegiance = | branch = {{army|United Kingdom|23px}} | type = Royal Artillery | role = Light Role Artillery Self-Propelled Artillery Air Defence | size = Regiment | command_structure = | garrison = Last garrison: Waterloo Barracks, Munster | garrison_label = | nickname = | patron = | motto = | colors = | colors_label = | march = | mascot = | equipment = 25 Pounder Pack Howitzer Light Self-Propelled Gun Medium Self-Propelled Gun | equipment_label = | battles = | anniversaries = | decorations = | battle_honours = | battle_honours_label = | disbanded = Put into Suspended Animation: 31 December 1993 | 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_3 = | identification_symbol_4 = | identification_symbol_2_label = | identification_symbol_3_label = | identification_symbol_4_label = }} The 2nd Regiment, Royal Artillery was a unit of the Royal Artillery, part of the British Army. HistoryThe regiment was formed by renaming 2nd Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery and subordinating it to 12th Infantry Brigade, in 1958.{{sfn|Watson|2005|p=48}} At that time it included L Field Battery,[1] N Field Battery[1] and O Field Battery[1] and it saw active service later that year during the Malayan Emergency.[1] In November 1961 the regiment became 2nd (Airportable) Regiment, Royal Artillery and moved to Colchester[1] and in March 1964 it converted to Ordnance QF 25-pounder as 2nd (Light) Regiment, Royal Artillery.[1] Then in 1965 it moved to Münster and became 2nd Field Regiment Royal Artillery.[1] In 1971 it moved to Hemer with Abbot guns as part of 2nd Division{{sfn|Watson|2005|p=82}} and in 1977 it transferred to Dortmund with Abbot's as part of 3rd Armoured Division.{{sfn|Watson|2005|p=90}} It returned home to Roberts Barracks at Larkhill{{sfn|Watson|2005|p=90}} as 2nd (Support) Regiment, Royal Artillery in September 1979.[1] In March 1982 it became 2nd (Field) Regiment, Royal Artillery[1] and in April 1982, as part of a move to Münster with M109's, it joined 4th Armoured Division.{{sfn|Watson|2005|p=97}} It became part of 3rd Armoured Division in 1988{{sfn|Watson|2005|p=106}} and it deployed to the Persian Gulf as part of Operation Granby between 1991 and 1992.{{sfn|Watson|2005|p=116}} The regiment was finally disbanded in 1993 as a result of the Options for Change and the drawdown from Germany.[1] ReferencesCitations1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 {{Cite web|url=http://british-army-units1945on.co.uk/royal-artillery/2nd-regiment-ra.html|title=British Army units from 1945 on - 2nd Regiment RA|website=british-army-units1945|language=en|access-date=2018-11-05}}{{Unreliable source?|date=November 2018}} Bibliography
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