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11th (Honourable Artillery Company) Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery
The Honourable Artillery Company (HAC) is a reserve regiment in the British Army. Incorporated by royal charter in 1537 by King Henry VIII, it is the oldest regiment in the British Army and is considered the second-oldest military unit in the world. Today, it is also a charity whose purpose is to attend to the "better defence of the realm", primarily through supporting the HAC regiment and a detachment of City of London Special Constabulary. The word "artillery" in "Honourable Artillery Company" does not have the current meaning that is generally associated with it, but dates from a time when in the English language that word meant any projectile, including for example arrows shot from a bow. The equivalent form of words in modern English would be either "Honourable Infantry Company" or "Honourable Military Company". In the 17th century, its members played a significant part in the formation of both the Royal Marines and the Grenadier Guards. More recently, regiments, battalions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surveillance And Target Acquisition
Surveillance and target acquisition is a military role assigned to units and/or their equipment. It involves watching an area to see what changes (surveillance) and then the acquisition of targets based on that information. Artillery STA The role of STA artillery is to locate, track, assess and where appropriate cue the attack of hostile artillery, mortars, units and formation. It provides commanders with surveillance and targeting information across the battle space and is always linked by a robust command-and-control (C2) system to offensive support (OS) systems. Units British Army Regular army * 4/73 (Sphinx) Special Observation Post Battery RA * 5th Regiment Royal Artillery Army Reserve *Honourable Artillery Company * 204 (Tyneside Scottish) Battery Royal Artillery *269 (West Riding) Battery Royal Artillery French Army *61e régiment d'artillerie German Army *Artillerieaufklärungsbataillon 131, Mühlhausen Australian Army *20th Regiment, Royal Australian Artiller ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
